leonheart390

Team Red here. I am not a fan of Intel and their price gouging tactics. Even if their older stuff is worth buying I'd rather stick with AMD. Everyone has been saying go with Intel and ditch AMD but I can't afford to pay over $900 for a CPU and $799 for a GPU. Intel continues to sell their CPU's at ridiculously high prices while AMD chips cost quite a bit less. I don't need a PC to render video or stream or do any crazy demanding tasks. I just want something to give me around 60fps 1080p Gaming and or Video content. I plan on sending VR to my phone and VR headset via an app and it will only project the 1080p of the 5.5" screen. Rather than just tell me to switch to an Intel(I will never use Intel) platform, it would be nice to know about real options for incremental upgrades. Looks like Crossfire of RX460 cards comes out to about 10% less performance than a RX480 with an upgrade price of 2/3rds of the price of buying an RX480 at the cheapest RX480 price.

I have a DIYPC DIY-TG8-BW Tempered Glass case with ASUS Micro ATX DDR3 2000 AMD AM3+ Motherboard M5A78L-M/USB3 motherboard. I have an AMD FX-6300 Processor with a cheap $12 cooler that seems to do a decent job of keeping the CPU cool. I have 16GB of DDR3 RAM(Half of which are G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) Ripjaws X Series DDR3 1600MHz PC3-12800 240-Pin Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM) The other half are crucial generic style RAM and are probably bottlenecking my G.Skill RAM as in my BIOS both sets are running at around 800Mhz) I have a 500W Power Supply(slightly better than generic, Bronze certified) I currently have an XFX RX460 Double Dissipation 4GB card. I'm trying to figure out the best route to take for upgrading my system periodically.(meaning not a complete replacement of all my components at once) I think my first mistake was buying a micro-atx motherboard, as now I'm limited with my options. I know at some point I'd like to upgrade my CPU cooler to a Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED Turbo(or one of the other options available) or a Noctua cooler(although I HATE the retro color scheme of Noctua's coolers) I also know I want to upgrade the other half of my RAM to match the G.Skill RAM. My main question is would it be worth it to replace the motherboard with a full size ATX board with 2 or more PCI Express slots and add an additional XFX RX460 or would it be better to just upgrade my 460 to a 470 or 480 or another AMD card? I've heard many people mention that an RX460 has roughly half the performance of RX470s and RX480s. Would two in Crossfire mode be worth saving the $200 or so extra it would cost to get an RX470 or 480? RX480 and RX470 cards right now are in the $300+ with some as high as $600!(occasional deals can be found on Amazon though for around $268 for a 4GB version) I've had my eye on a R9 380 4GB as well https://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-DL-DVI-I-DL-DVI-D-Graphics-11242-13-20G/dp/B016LE95TK/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1506706965&sr=1-3&keywords=r9+290 Would it be better to just save up some money and buy a beast of a card or would it be beneficial having two RX460 cards? I know I can get a replacement motherboard for like $50 or $60 and a XFX RX460 4GB for like $149.99 or so. Which would be cheaper than one RX470, 480 or R9 card. Is CrossFire actually worth it?

Why does nobody know the answer to this problem? I've looked in over a dozen places and can't figure out the answer/resolution for this problem. I actually now believe I know what's behind the issue. I recently upgraded to Windows 10(had Windows 7 before and didn't have this issue) and I've unplugged everything and then unplugged the Logitech Unifying receiver and it stopped refreshing. If I have a physical mouse and keyboard plugged in, the problem stops and I'm able to use device manager without any issues. My problem is that I have a laptop on a dock under the desk and don't really have an ability to have a mouse and keyboard plugged in via direct usb. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the Logitech software, I've tried plugging the receiver into the laptop directly and through a hub and the laptop dock. I can't figure out how to use the receiver and not have this glitch with device manager refreshing every few seconds. Anyone have any ideas?