After years of gaming on laptops (I work out of town frequently), I am ready to upgrade to a desktop (paired with an x205ta or similar for travel). Thoughts?
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Couple of questions:
1. Can I get away with a fx-6300 if I overclock with a 212 evo? I've seen Linus Tech Tips do this on a couple of builds, but I worry about bottlenecks with the 290. The money saved might even let me eek out a GTX 970 if worth it, and the "tinkerer" side of me is turned off by the locked cpu.
2. Is the R9 290 a worthy upgrade over the GTX 960/ R9 280x? If I'm overclocking, might this money be better spent elsewhere?
3. The motherboard is cheap and only has 4 phases for the cpu. Will this be a problem?
I am trying to keep everything under $1000
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Couple of questions:
1. Can I get away with a fx-6300 if I overclock with a 212 evo? I've seen Linus Tech Tips do this on a couple of builds, but I worry about bottlenecks with the 290. The money saved might even let me eek out a GTX 970 if worth it, and the "tinkerer" side of me is turned off by the locked cpu.
2. Is the R9 290 a worthy upgrade over the GTX 960/ R9 280x? If I'm overclocking, might this money be better spent elsewhere?
3. The motherboard is cheap and only has 4 phases for the cpu. Will this be a problem?
I am trying to keep everything under $1000
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