Last August I decided I wanted a new budget gamin system since my then system was aging and needed to enter the retirement home.
Well stupid me not doing my research I went out and bought:
Asus M5A99FX Pro R2.0 ( went through ASUS RMA Hell)
FX-8120 CPU
4x2gb Hyperx Blue DDR3 1600 sticks
XFX Radeon HD 7770
USED
Asus Vento 3600 Red case
Thermatake TR2 600 (RMA to Thermatake replaced with brand new)
Re-used
Sata Seagate Barracuda 750 GB 7200 RPM HD
Sata WD 500 GB 7200 RPM Green Power HD
Opted for no optical drive
Also have my old GTX 550 TI GPU
Anyhow after 3 RMA with ASUS with that motherboard for the exact same audio issue, they are shipping me the Sabertooth 990FX R2. It will be here tomorrow.
I want to do crossfire according the web calculators my PSU is not strong enough even though the 12v rail has either 42 or 48 amps on, I have tried both the AMD and Nvidia card in the system and it powered it just fine under load and stress. However is this PSU large enough?
This ram was on the QCL for the RMA'ed motherboard but not for the Sabertooth go figure...wonder if this gonna be problem?
I am still currently running stock cooler, and my CPU runs easy OC at 4.2 GHZ, if I got some liquid cooler would I be able to push it higher or will the ram hold it back?
I am slowly going to move to eyefinity as I can buy new monitors as well.
Any thoughts or suggestions. Just keep in mind I have limited income since I am disabled.
Thanks in advance!
Well stupid me not doing my research I went out and bought:
Asus M5A99FX Pro R2.0 ( went through ASUS RMA Hell)
FX-8120 CPU
4x2gb Hyperx Blue DDR3 1600 sticks
XFX Radeon HD 7770
USED
Asus Vento 3600 Red case
Thermatake TR2 600 (RMA to Thermatake replaced with brand new)
Re-used
Sata Seagate Barracuda 750 GB 7200 RPM HD
Sata WD 500 GB 7200 RPM Green Power HD
Opted for no optical drive
Also have my old GTX 550 TI GPU
Anyhow after 3 RMA with ASUS with that motherboard for the exact same audio issue, they are shipping me the Sabertooth 990FX R2. It will be here tomorrow.
I want to do crossfire according the web calculators my PSU is not strong enough even though the 12v rail has either 42 or 48 amps on, I have tried both the AMD and Nvidia card in the system and it powered it just fine under load and stress. However is this PSU large enough?
This ram was on the QCL for the RMA'ed motherboard but not for the Sabertooth go figure...wonder if this gonna be problem?
I am still currently running stock cooler, and my CPU runs easy OC at 4.2 GHZ, if I got some liquid cooler would I be able to push it higher or will the ram hold it back?
I am slowly going to move to eyefinity as I can buy new monitors as well.
Any thoughts or suggestions. Just keep in mind I have limited income since I am disabled.
Thanks in advance!