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spec me an fx cpu and mobo

rabc1690

rabc1690

rabc1690

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As title can someone spec me an FX chip and mono please. Preferably atx with good xfire support for my vtx,3d 7870s. Looking at about 160-180 for both
 
4x wouldn't make any sense.
If they were just using the CPU lanes, it'd be 8/8 wouldn't it?

I'll try and find out in a sec.

EDIT : Yeah, you're right, but won't it be PCI-E 3.0 with an Ivy? I know PCI-E 3.0 isn't Z77 exclusive as many people think it is, and I believe that board only uses CPU lanes, so I'd assume it should be PCI-E 3.0 in the second lane, which will be like running 8x 2.0. But that depends on the switches, I assume newer revisions have it "fixed".
 
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GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-D3 AMD 990FX that supports dual p ay 16x/16x would that still be limited by cpu??? going by reviews on the net a 1090t wont bottleneck them
 
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GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-D3 AMD 990FX that supports dual p ay 16x/16x would that still be limited by cpu??? going by reviews on the net a 1090t wont bottleneck them
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A Crossfire would bottleneck quite easily on a 1090T.
Stock 2500k would probably bottleneck a 7870 Crossfire depending on the game.

Your PCI-E bandwidth won't be your problem, even if you were running them on 8x lanes, it'd be your CPU grunt, FX6300 isn't exactly meant for a set up of the same calibre as a 7870 Crossfire.
 
so what would the non intel fan boys recommend??? amd said a 1090t or fx 4100/4300 minimum fpr crossfire with the 2 cards minimum and a 6100/6300 recommended, yet eceryone says any amd inc the 6350 will bottleneck the 2 cards. bearing in mind my a10 5800k only botlenecks the 2 cards at about 15-20% on 16x/4x.

what i want is a definitive answer without the fanboys telling me intel is only way to go
 
that should read 8350, bearing in mind on my old cpu, phenom x4 970 which i gave to a friend runs both 7870's with 100% usage on both cards and 104 fps in sleeping dogs,

i almost get the feeling that everyone works for intel and are getting a cut from every sale as an old cpu and mobo prove there is no bottleneck yet people INSIST that there is
 
If its not being used for simulators (FSX) and you dont really care about points in 3Dmark, then i'd say go for it. Try for an 8x/8x board if you can.

If you can stretch your budget by about £40, i'd go for the 8320 over the 6300, but i doubt you'll be disappointed if you did get the 6300. i'd personally prioritise an 8x/8x board over the 8320
 
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the gigabyte board i posted earlier was 16x/16x. i was looking at the 8350 but was advised to get the 6300 as it was better value for what i was using it for
 
with piledriver you need to really clock the cpu which means you need to spend more on a good board, ie the 4+1 vrm boards will throttle but even with a good 8+2 board the chip might hit a brick wall at an unimpressive frequency.
 
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so what would the non intel fan boys recommend??? amd said a 1090t or fx 4100/4300 minimum fpr crossfire with the 2 cards minimum and a 6100/6300 recommended, yet eceryone says any amd inc the 6350 will bottleneck the 2 cards. bearing in mind my a10 5800k only botlenecks the 2 cards at about 15-20% on 16x/4x.

what i want is a definitive answer without the fanboys telling me intel is only way to go
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Nothing I said was Intel biased, it was truthful, unless of course a stock i5 2500k is an AMD CPU now. So stick the fanboy crap as far as it'll go down yourself.

You don't have a 7870 Crossfire to bottleneck it by saving a couple of quid on an AMD set up, I bottlenecked a 6870 Crossfire with a 1055T depending on the game.

Also, I didn't realise the FX6300 was the sole AMD CPU, and mentioning the FX6300 would bottleneck a 7870 Crossfire was giving a blanket statement of every AMD CPU.

AMD aren't going to tell you "To get the best out of your GPU set up, use our competitors CPU"


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that should read 8350, bearing in mind on my old cpu, phenom x4 970 which i gave to a friend runs both 7870's with 100% usage on both cards and 104 fps in sleeping dogs,

i almost get the feeling that everyone works for intel and are getting a cut from every sale as an old cpu and mobo prove there is no bottleneck yet people INSIST that there is
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Pitiful.

People try to help you, tell you how it is, you call them Intel fanboys? Grow up.


Before Bulldozer came out, in 2011. I probably ran one of the fastest AMD CPU set ups AM3 wise on these boards 24/7 under conventional cooling.
 
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Nothing I said was Intel biased, it was truthful, unless of course a stock i5 2500k is an AMD CPU now. So stick the fanboy crap as far as it'll go down yourself.

You don't have a 7870 Crossfire to bottleneck it by saving a couple of quid on an AMD set up, I bottlenecked a 6870 Crossfire with a 1055T depending on the game.

Also, I didn't realise the FX6300 was the sole AMD CPU, and mentioning the FX6300 would bottleneck a 7870 Crossfire was giving a blanket statement of every AMD CPU.

AMD aren't going to tell you "To get the best out of your GPU set up, use our competitors CPU"




Pitiful.

People try to help you, tell you how it is, you call them Intel fanboys? Grow up.


Before Bulldozer came out, in 2011. I probably ran of of the fastest AMD CPU set ups AM3 wise on these boards 24/7.
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only reason i have xfire 7870's is i won my second one in a comp and tbh its been more hassle than its worth, 1st i tried to use it to be told, my old phenom was useless along with the second hand 1090t. so i gave away the phenom and sold the 1090t. i stupidly bought the a10 5800k after thinking i had sold the 2 7870's on ebay ( which i will never use again ) and that turned out to be a pile of ****e, so ive decided to put the a10 and mobo into storage, or preferably the bin but what really ****es me off is when, and it happens frequently on here and other forums, is people say spec me and amd build and its full of buy an i5 or go intel. christ sake if they or me wanted to go intel we would have said spec me an intel. why cant people understand if someone asks for an amd build thats what they want.
 
happens in the gpu room too fella.
I come on here to correct the bull&=** if it really needs addressing, otherwise I just have a good giggle.
 
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only reason i have xfire 7870's is i won my second one in a comp and tbh its been more hassle than its worth, 1st i tried to use it to be told, my old phenom was useless along with the second hand 1090t. so i gave away the phenom and sold the 1090t. i stupidly bought the a10 5800k after thinking i had sold the 2 7870's on ebay ( which i will never use again ) and that turned out to be a pile of ****e, so ive decided to put the a10 and mobo into storage, or preferably the bin but what really ****es me off is when, and it happens frequently on here and other forums, is people say spec me and amd build and its full of buy an i5 or go intel. christ sake if they or me wanted to go intel we would have said spec me an intel. why cant people understand if someone asks for an amd build thats what they want.
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So, you can call someone a fanboy, then be against being open minded for a vendor which gives you a product that is more to your benefit? Think you're the fanboy.
If someone wants an AMD set up, that's fine, but I'm trying to give you advice to suit your situation, I told you it straight, an fx6300 will be your bottleneck, not bandwidth.
 
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