Upgrade advice

[rayraysfunhouse]

It shouldn't hold it back. I run the 6350 and it runs my card with no sweat but then again mine is no 290.

 

[RGone]

Bottlenecking! How to bottleneck a video card.

He had to really clock down his cpu to get a video bottleneck. Most run the FX6350
overclocked and likely will not bottleneck diddley.
RGone...

 

[jimmyblob]

Well finally got the system set up, This is what i got in the end.

Fx 8320 ( weekly deal and was cheaper than the fx6350 )
Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0
Kingston HyperX Genesis 8GB 1600mhz
Titan fenrir
Antec gamer 620w psu

Got it overclocked @ 4.4ghz on stock voltage 1.344v but it has only been stress tested for 30 mins on aida64, so may well turn out not to be stable with more rigorous testing, Load temps are hitting 54 degrees.

I can honestly say for the money i am very pleased with the set up, i should have ignored all the slating AMD was getting.

Thanks for all advice guys.

 

[RGone]

Have fun. NOTE: Aida64 is not nearly the stress of P95 Blend mode for two hours which is the watershed stability test around here. Luck man.
RGone...

 

[jimmyblob]

Just run prime and it took my cooler to the brink.
Would i be right in saying in hardware monitor the the higher temp which is cpu = socket temp
and the pakage temp = core.
Thanks.

 

[Johan45]

That's right on the money jimmyB

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

Get a good cooler and you will be golden.