Building first PC how are the specs and the compatibility.

[Crazye2000]

The only thing which worry's me is installing the CPU and maybe some other minor things with the case connections and the MOBO, but the manual should give pretty basic instructions.

 

[Crazye2000]

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga970aud3 How is this motherboard, is overclocking a possibility. Ha ya if I was loaded, Titan.

 

[Crazye2000]

So you have the same GPU your recommending installed in your pc.

 

[LoganG]

well that board only has one PCIE X 16 slot so CF wont be an option

 

[LoganG]

yeah, though the 8350 is a better cpu, I just got mine for a really good deal $132 at the time.

 

[Crazye2000]

How does Crysis 3, FC3 run with the 7870

 

[Crazye2000]

Why do I see two x16 slots, or am i seeing things

 

[Crazye2000]

Newegg states 2

 

[Crazye2000]

What does CF stand for using two cards in the PC

 

[LoganG]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crysis-3-performance-benchmark-gaming,3451.html

 

[LoganG]

2 (x16, x4) this means that only one runs at the full 16 the other runs at 4

and yes CF stands for crossfire which is using two GPUs

 

[Crazye2000]

What are the benefits of CF

 

[LoganG]

well both cards share the processing duties so it usually means you get a higher FPS as long as there is no other bottleneck in the system. Sometimes it may be cheaper to run two cheaper cards to get the similar performance of one more expensive card.

 

[Crazye2000]

32 with two cards

 

[Crazye2000]

Doesnt it confuse the OS, which it might only use one card even though their are two

 

[LoganG]

32? as far as OS confusion, I guess there could and are, driver problems every no and then but I haven't heard of any serious issues.

 

[Crazye2000]

16 PCI + 16, meaning its able to use both cards at full performance.

 

[Crazye2000]

So when installing GPU and CPU and first powering on the PC system, will the OS be able to install the drivers which are needed to run the parts. Or is it not that simple and will require software, etc?

 

[LoganG]

16x means 16 lanes of bandwidth available for that card yes, of course 8x + 8x may also work, I am not too up to date on the performance hit that may cause though.

 

[LoganG]

windows will detect all of the new devices and try to automatically install drivers for them, you may have instances where windows fails and you have to manually install them.