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I want to crossfire 2 dual slot GPU's (both AMD chipsets) and I need a Power upgrade as well, in order to do this. I have a 650 watt PSU right now and a M5A97 R2.0 board that won't crossfire well with the slots available. All my components are AMD friendly, so please don't recommend different NVIDIA cards.
My confusion comes in with the mobo. The cheaper MSI board has onboard audio, but I have a sound card. It also doesn't look as pretty
aesthetics aside... is the price bump to performance ratio worth the buy?
Here are the parts I have in mind for the upgrade.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130790 90.00
Cheap MSI MOBO
MSI MSI Gaming 970 Gaming AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 and SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
OR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132255 150.00
MOBO
ASUS ROG CROSSBLADE RANGER FM2+ AMD A88X (Bolton D4) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Gaming Motherboard
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438034 120.00
PSU
EVGA 220-GS-0850-V1 80 PLUS GOLD 850 W 7 yr Warranty ECO Mode Fully Modular NVIDIA SLI Ready and Crossfire Support Super Silent Continuous Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131687 230.00
GPU
PowerColor PCS+ Radeon R9 380X DirectX 12 AXR9 380X 4GBD5-PPDHV2E 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support ATX Myst. Edition Video Card
Thanks,
Harrison
My confusion comes in with the mobo. The cheaper MSI board has onboard audio, but I have a sound card. It also doesn't look as pretty
aesthetics aside... is the price bump to performance ratio worth the buy? Here are the parts I have in mind for the upgrade.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130790 90.00
Cheap MSI MOBO
MSI MSI Gaming 970 Gaming AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 and SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
OR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132255 150.00
MOBO
ASUS ROG CROSSBLADE RANGER FM2+ AMD A88X (Bolton D4) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Gaming Motherboard
-------
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438034 120.00
PSU
EVGA 220-GS-0850-V1 80 PLUS GOLD 850 W 7 yr Warranty ECO Mode Fully Modular NVIDIA SLI Ready and Crossfire Support Super Silent Continuous Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131687 230.00
GPU
PowerColor PCS+ Radeon R9 380X DirectX 12 AXR9 380X 4GBD5-PPDHV2E 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support ATX Myst. Edition Video Card
Thanks,
Harrison
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