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i5 CPU & R9 270X

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September 19, 2014 7:03:32 AM

So my birthday is coming up soon and I told my uncle that I will be building a new rig for gaming and he told me that as his present, he will buy me the parts for it but I will need to get the GPU. He hasn't told me the actual model of the CPU but he said it is a i5 Sandybridge stock clocked at 3.2Ghz. The GPU I'm looking at is the R9 270X Toxic from Sapphire. I was just wondering if it would be okay to pair these up together. I know that is not a lot to go by but I just need a little guidance.

P.S. The CPU will get overclocked.

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September 19, 2014 7:06:13 AM

Perfectly good pairing :) 
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September 19, 2014 7:10:41 AM

Yes that will work well for modern games, obviously its not going to be an r9 295 but it will be a good setup, just watch that the PSU is decent.

However, I am a little confused, the only sandy bridge that can be overclocked is the 2500k which is 3.3Ghz.
The only 3.2Ghz one is the 2450P which is somewhat rare although still a fine chip
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September 19, 2014 7:29:28 AM

Videographer said:
Yes that will work well for modern games, obviously its not going to be an r9 295 but it will be a good setup, just watch that the PSU is decent.

However, I am a little confused, the only sandy bridge that can be overclocked is the 2500k which is 3.3Ghz.
The only 3.2Ghz one is the 2450P which is somewhat rare although still a fine chip


My uncle did ask me if I'll be overclocking and I said yes so I suppose it must be the 3.3Ghz. And yes, I do have a decent PSU. It's the CX750M from Corsair.
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September 19, 2014 7:32:52 AM

Then your very lucky, it will be a great machine
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September 19, 2014 7:34:41 AM

Videographer said:
Then your very lucky, it will be a great machine


Great :)  Thanks for your help. Can't wait for it to be running :D 
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