So to make a long story short my system in my sig was sold a few months ago to help pay bills at the time. However, 3 weeks ago I received a sweet deal on a dell workstation system with a blowen power supply. ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...gclid=CKr19bKGussCFY8bgQodub8B-g&gclsrc=aw.ds is a very close version, but with a firepro card instead)
I had a corsair 1000 watt power supply laying around from an unfinished project that i threw in and she booted right up. But yesterday I received a bonus from work so I went ahead and upgraded the video card to a XFX R9 390 (amazing card btw) and thats where my problem is. The case wont close because the cards heat sink is too high, no big deal even with the side off its whisper quiet, but i feel i should get a new case for it. The mb in the system is a normal atx type board just upside down so i could simply put it in another case, but the heat sink isnt designed for a normal case. It gets its air flow from the intake and then blows across into the back of the cases exaust parts. Also i can not overclock the processor (which is basically an I7 965, just a xeon version). So that means either an odd airflow setup for the pc in a new case or also a new heat sink and possibly a new mb to overclock.
Which leads me here. I am not sure if its worth it to drop cash on such an old chipset for overclocking options and better design setup (like crossfire if i wanted at some point, i dont think this system could even though it has 2 pcie slots). I am not even sure what a good mb would be for x58. And would the potential oc be worth the cash? I have been playing fallout 4 on this since i got it (granted yesterday i was able to punch it up to 1080 with graphics mods and high settings with the new card) and I do play other games like tomb raider and stuff. Any advice would be welcomed.
I had a corsair 1000 watt power supply laying around from an unfinished project that i threw in and she booted right up. But yesterday I received a bonus from work so I went ahead and upgraded the video card to a XFX R9 390 (amazing card btw) and thats where my problem is. The case wont close because the cards heat sink is too high, no big deal even with the side off its whisper quiet, but i feel i should get a new case for it. The mb in the system is a normal atx type board just upside down so i could simply put it in another case, but the heat sink isnt designed for a normal case. It gets its air flow from the intake and then blows across into the back of the cases exaust parts. Also i can not overclock the processor (which is basically an I7 965, just a xeon version). So that means either an odd airflow setup for the pc in a new case or also a new heat sink and possibly a new mb to overclock.
Which leads me here. I am not sure if its worth it to drop cash on such an old chipset for overclocking options and better design setup (like crossfire if i wanted at some point, i dont think this system could even though it has 2 pcie slots). I am not even sure what a good mb would be for x58. And would the potential oc be worth the cash? I have been playing fallout 4 on this since i got it (granted yesterday i was able to punch it up to 1080 with graphics mods and high settings with the new card) and I do play other games like tomb raider and stuff. Any advice would be welcomed.
