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Hammerhead Shark
Picking up an R9 290, other bottlenecks?
See sig for my details. I'm replacing my GTX 560 Ti for a Sapphire Tri-X OC R9 290 (not a 290x), I'm picking one up today for $325. Next upgrade on my list was my motherboard, but does anyone see anything else that would potentially bottleneck my system? I mainly play FFXIV on my PC, I do the majority of my gaming on my PS4 so I don't really need high-high end stuff. I just don't want to get 30-40 fps in populated areas in FFXIV anymore.
Last edited by Trunks; 08-11-2014 at 02:31 PM.
Intel Core i5 2500k @ 4.5Ghz, MSI P67A-C43, Antec Kuhler 920, 16GB (4x4GB) Patriot G2 DDR3 1600, Sapphire Reference R9 290x, Samsung 840 Series 120GB SSD, Seagate 1TB HDD, Antec 650 Earthwatts, Antec 300, Corsair Vengeance K95 + M90
Late 2009 21.5" iMac - 3.06ghz C2D, NVidia 9400m, 4gb RAM, 500gb Hard Drive, Magic Mouse
Steam ID - Entrical85
PSN ID - Entrical
Currently playing: MLB 14: The Show
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Everything else looks up to snuff. Your Sandy Bridge should hold you over for awhile longer, probably until it's time to switch to a platform using DDR4.
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Hammerhead Shark
I ended up getting a reference Sapphire R9 290x from the guy I met with for $350. I figured the extra horsepower was worth the $25 and extra noise. I plan on replacing my case with a Corsair Carbide 540, as well as picking up a Corsair H110i to cool my CPU and picking up a Kraken G10 & VRM cooling kit so I can use my Antec Kuhler 920 to cool my 290x (either that or replacing my Kuhler 920 with a Corsair H70i so I can use Corsair Link).
Or I could just splurge and get an XSPC 3x120 + 2x120 rad, tank, cpu & 290x cooler....ahhhh I don't know. The Carbide 540 would be an awesome candidate for a nice WC system...
Intel Core i5 2500k @ 4.5Ghz, MSI P67A-C43, Antec Kuhler 920, 16GB (4x4GB) Patriot G2 DDR3 1600, Sapphire Reference R9 290x, Samsung 840 Series 120GB SSD, Seagate 1TB HDD, Antec 650 Earthwatts, Antec 300, Corsair Vengeance K95 + M90
Late 2009 21.5" iMac - 3.06ghz C2D, NVidia 9400m, 4gb RAM, 500gb Hard Drive, Magic Mouse
Steam ID - Entrical85
PSN ID - Entrical
Currently playing: MLB 14: The Show
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