Will gigabyte R9 290X Work On My setup?

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Hello, Im a huge noob at PC building and general knowledge, I have a computer ive had for a few years now and wish to upgrade it, The current Graphics card is an Nvidia GT545 3gb DDR3. The mother board is an Asus P8H67-M, and it has Intel Core i7 2600, if i purchase a 750w PSU first, will a "Gigabyte R9 290X 4GB DDR5" graphics card be compatible, I believe the motherboard has PCIEX16 1.0? will it work? if not can you recomend a card that would give the highest performance with this configuration?
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Yes, that will work for sure because 750 watts is enough to power a single card. Just make sure you have enough space in your case and youre set. I would get the GTX 970 right now over the R9 290x. However, these things are pretty much sold out everywhere, but if you can find one get it. ( Just a suggestion).
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Yes, that will work for sure because 750 watts is enough to power a single card. Just make sure you have enough space in your case and youre set. I would get the GTX 970 right now over the R9 290x. However, these things are pretty much sold out everywhere, but if you can find one get it. ( Just a suggestion).
 
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You are fine and your mobo has PCIE 2.0 as well a Crossfire support, the above poster probably did not look into this so... i suggest you get radeon since your mobo only supports CFX.
 
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Yes, I have run 2 R9 290X at load with a single 750 watt OCZ when i was stuck, so a single Card will be fine. However if you get into crossfire you should look into a bigger PSU. They are most efficient when running at half load rather than close to max all the time. I currently run 2 R9 290x on a 1600w LEPA. I did notice your board says is it Crossfire Compatible but mentions nothing of SLI. This is because it does not support it at all. AMD is your only option for that mobo. Get the R9 290 or 290x and you will save some money too.
 
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