Hey guys!
Got a few questions or just your opinion to justify on what I’ve bought so this might or at least it will be a bit of a long read! And it might not be to the Intel fan boy’s tastes lol! But I had to carefully work with a tight budget as the wife wanted a home makeover as well that worked out bloody expensive but at least she’s sorted and I get to spoil myself with the change lol!
So I’ve sold off my trusty old Core2Quad Q9400 setup and decided to go AMD route... I’ve started with some upgrades earlier in the year and the bug sort of bit to go the “whole nine yards†because the C2Q served me very well for over 5yrs!
1st two upgrades was a Thermaltake A31 Chaser mid tower and Gigabyte Powerock W600 PSU and I filled all the fan slots... So it’s 3 120mm: front 2 intake and bottom intake, 1x120mm rear exhaust and top 2x140mm exhaust
What’s sitting in the cupboard at the moment is...
AMD FX 8350
4 x 2 GB Samsung 1333 ddr3
OCZ Vertex 2 100gb SSD for the Win 64bit OS
2 x 1tb Seagate 7200rpm (storage)
MSI N250GTS 512MB 256bit DDR3 (yep old and needs an asthma pump at times but not quite cold yet!) <upgrading the GPU in December but will still have to use for now as there’s no onboard display/graphics with the new goodies.
The motherboard should be arriving by latest on Monday and is an Asus M5A99FX Pro R2.0 (I know some of you might question is it necessary for this board but just keep that thought in mind for a bit...)
I mainly just use the PC for gaming, watching HD movies, converting movies for my kids’ USB DVD player which doesn’t play all formats lol! And surfing the net and the occasional typing out of a CV... So not really any heavy single core performance work like I’ve read up about Intel’s CPU’s being superior in that aspect, but way to pricey for me!
So December I’m looking to get me a R9 270X and I’ll only have a R3k budget for a new GPU and no it can’t be stretched at all! Plus AMD’s Mantle sound exciting!!!
I use a 40†Sony Bravia LCD as my monitor and TV with cheapie Genius cordless mouse n keyboard setup with a wireless Microsoft Xbox controller
Questions:
1. Would the cooling be good enough with above said fans and stock cooler on the fx8350? I’m not planning on overclocking it soon and will run it normal until next year...
2. Would 2xR9 270X GPU’s be good enough in crossfire? the 2nd R9 270X has to wait until Feb-Mar I’m happy with 1080p gaming but would like to see what the future holds if I decide get a proper Gaming monitor at a later stage...
3. Should I be looking into a better PSU when going the crossfire route or will the W600 do?
4. With all the case fans I added will aftermarket air cooling like a CM Hyper 212 do?
Sorry for the long read but I’m really looking forward to your opinions guys!
Oh I’ve posted the exact same thread on Carbonite cos i’ve noticed that the 2 forums have more of a different age group that frequent them and would love everyone’s input so please don’t slate me for doing this, if so I’ll ask admin to remove it.
I’ll post progress pics of the build once I start with it next week.
Got a few questions or just your opinion to justify on what I’ve bought so this might or at least it will be a bit of a long read! And it might not be to the Intel fan boy’s tastes lol! But I had to carefully work with a tight budget as the wife wanted a home makeover as well that worked out bloody expensive but at least she’s sorted and I get to spoil myself with the change lol!
So I’ve sold off my trusty old Core2Quad Q9400 setup and decided to go AMD route... I’ve started with some upgrades earlier in the year and the bug sort of bit to go the “whole nine yards†because the C2Q served me very well for over 5yrs!
1st two upgrades was a Thermaltake A31 Chaser mid tower and Gigabyte Powerock W600 PSU and I filled all the fan slots... So it’s 3 120mm: front 2 intake and bottom intake, 1x120mm rear exhaust and top 2x140mm exhaust
What’s sitting in the cupboard at the moment is...
AMD FX 8350
4 x 2 GB Samsung 1333 ddr3
OCZ Vertex 2 100gb SSD for the Win 64bit OS
2 x 1tb Seagate 7200rpm (storage)
MSI N250GTS 512MB 256bit DDR3 (yep old and needs an asthma pump at times but not quite cold yet!) <upgrading the GPU in December but will still have to use for now as there’s no onboard display/graphics with the new goodies.
The motherboard should be arriving by latest on Monday and is an Asus M5A99FX Pro R2.0 (I know some of you might question is it necessary for this board but just keep that thought in mind for a bit...)
I mainly just use the PC for gaming, watching HD movies, converting movies for my kids’ USB DVD player which doesn’t play all formats lol! And surfing the net and the occasional typing out of a CV... So not really any heavy single core performance work like I’ve read up about Intel’s CPU’s being superior in that aspect, but way to pricey for me!
So December I’m looking to get me a R9 270X and I’ll only have a R3k budget for a new GPU and no it can’t be stretched at all! Plus AMD’s Mantle sound exciting!!!
I use a 40†Sony Bravia LCD as my monitor and TV with cheapie Genius cordless mouse n keyboard setup with a wireless Microsoft Xbox controller
Questions:
1. Would the cooling be good enough with above said fans and stock cooler on the fx8350? I’m not planning on overclocking it soon and will run it normal until next year...
2. Would 2xR9 270X GPU’s be good enough in crossfire? the 2nd R9 270X has to wait until Feb-Mar I’m happy with 1080p gaming but would like to see what the future holds if I decide get a proper Gaming monitor at a later stage...
3. Should I be looking into a better PSU when going the crossfire route or will the W600 do?
4. With all the case fans I added will aftermarket air cooling like a CM Hyper 212 do?
Sorry for the long read but I’m really looking forward to your opinions guys!
Oh I’ve posted the exact same thread on Carbonite cos i’ve noticed that the 2 forums have more of a different age group that frequent them and would love everyone’s input so please don’t slate me for doing this, if so I’ll ask admin to remove it.
I’ll post progress pics of the build once I start with it next week.
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