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I am planning on building a budget gaming pc using an AMD FX 6300 CPU, 8GB of RAM (would like to have a motherboard that allowed for upgrades), and a Raedon R9 2____ graphics card. I ideally would like to have my motherboard crossfire compatible to allow for the use of an additional graphics card. Any suggestions?
Dutchoperative said:
Okay, gotcha. I have been racking my brain for a while trying to determine the best course of action. I really appreciate the advice. You've made this overwhelming process exponentially easier.Well if you ever need any more assistance you either message me or post some more forum questions. Good luck.
Dutchoperative
September 9, 2014 9:27:34 PM
People will debate back and forth between using two mid range cards in SLI/Crossfire vs a single more powerful GPU by itself. It really depends on your particular situation. If you are going with AMD GPUs, then you need to understand that they typically use more power and run hotter than similar Nvidia ones. So you will need a pretty beefy power supply and good cooling for running Crossfire. Also, while there are many games that do use Crossfire, not all do, and even if a game does the optimization may not be as good as it should be.
If you get a single more powerful GPU you can always add another one later on...while if you go for two GPUs in Crossfire, even if you could add a third GPU there would not really be a point to it.
If you get a single more powerful GPU you can always add another one later on...while if you go for two GPUs in Crossfire, even if you could add a third GPU there would not really be a point to it.
Dutchoperative
September 9, 2014 9:07:25 PM
Thanks, it has been overwhelming trying to find a motherboard that covers all the bases. By the way do you have any experience with the R9 2___ series? I'm aware that they are far from being the best GPU option out there but from what I have ascertained they seem to be the most bang for your buck under $200. Also, how does using two cheaper graphics cards (ex. 2 X r9 270x's) through Crossfire compare to using a high end card? I'm am transitioning from console gaming to PC gaming and have no real experience with graphics cards. Thanks in advanced.
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Dutchoperative
September 9, 2014 7:54:59 PM
Depending on what GPUs you decide to buy, this is a great PCIe x16,x16 SLI/CF compatible mobo, that also is really good for CPU OC'ing. If you're just getting lower-end R9 cards like the 270 or 270x, x8,x8 CF should be enough for the card's bandwidth.
Here's the higher end Gigabyte one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
and lower end ones:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
Here's the higher end Gigabyte one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
and lower end ones:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
What is affordable?
Update:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-970extr...
is an example, but you also have to take into consideration how many different SATA III ports and USB ports you want also.
Update:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-970extr...
is an example, but you also have to take into consideration how many different SATA III ports and USB ports you want also.
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