Hey everyone!
So a couple days ago i got a bargain on two r9 290x's and i want to run them in crossfire. Now when i did that purchase i obviously knew the fx-8370 wouldn't cut it xD
But anyways. I have looked at the i5 4690k and i ask myself, is the 16 lanes enough? If i put those two cards in crossfire they would each be in 8x mode which would be fine of course. But i also have this wireless pcie card which takes 1x or 4x so my understanding is that one of the crossfired cards will jump down to 4x speed which will bottleneck it if im correct? Also the other thing is, would i see any severe bottlenecks with the i5 4690k? I will upgrade to the 4790k in the future though so that wont be an issue, the 4690k would be temporary. I was looking at the 5820k but the x99 motherboards are expensive as well as the cpu itself. So anyways, i appreciate all feedback, thanks!
So a couple days ago i got a bargain on two r9 290x's and i want to run them in crossfire. Now when i did that purchase i obviously knew the fx-8370 wouldn't cut it xD
But anyways. I have looked at the i5 4690k and i ask myself, is the 16 lanes enough? If i put those two cards in crossfire they would each be in 8x mode which would be fine of course. But i also have this wireless pcie card which takes 1x or 4x so my understanding is that one of the crossfired cards will jump down to 4x speed which will bottleneck it if im correct? Also the other thing is, would i see any severe bottlenecks with the i5 4690k? I will upgrade to the 4790k in the future though so that wont be an issue, the 4690k would be temporary. I was looking at the 5820k but the x99 motherboards are expensive as well as the cpu itself. So anyways, i appreciate all feedback, thanks!
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