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2chriswy
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ok so my current build is a:

FX-6300 

r9 280x msi

8 gb or ram

750w modular power supply

cooler master hyper 412 slim

120gb Samsung ssd

1tb wd black storage 

1tb wd green backup drive

 

i was thinking of upgrading the cpu or graphic card.

should i get a second 280x or a 290. or should i get a fx 8350 

''FX-9590 Hotter than lava''

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motherboard? 

Specs

CPU: i5 4670k i won the silicon lottery Cooler: Corsair H100i w/ 2x Corsair SP120 quiet editions Mobo: ASUS Z97 SABERTOOTH MARK 1 Ram: Corsair Platnums 16gb (4x4gb) Storage: Samsun 840 evo 256gb and random hard drives GPU: EVGA acx 2.0 gtx 980 PSU: Corsair RM 850w Case: Fractal Arc Midi R2 windowed 

 

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yeh but i would need to buy a new motherboard than

If you dont have the money for the new motherboard, then stick with an 8350.

Ryzen 1600@3.8ghz / 16gb 2400mhz / ASRock B350 ITX / Gigabyte RX 470 4gb / 256gb M.2 / SG13B-Q / Corsair 450w

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Upgrade your CPU and motherboard. Upgrade to a 8350 or a i5-4670K

His motherboard might be fine.

 

 

CPU would be a solid upgrade choice though.

CPU: Ryzen 9 5900 Cooler: EVGA CLC280 Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Pro AX RAM: Kingston Hyper X 32GB 3200mhz

Storage: WD 750 SE 500GB, WD 730 SE 1TB GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050 PSU: Corsair SF750 Case: Streacom DA2

Monitor: LG 27GL83B Mouse: Razer Basilisk V2 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red Speakers: Mackie CR5BT

 

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PSU: Integrated Case: Shuttle XPC Slim

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

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Monitor: Dell P2214H x2 Mouse: Logitech MX Master Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

 

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What's the system being used for?

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If you dont have the money for the new motherboard, then stick with an 8350.

yeh i cant justify spending $430 on a cpu upgrade unless it gives my much better performance over a $240 upgrade to get the 8350

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i have to do some CAD work from home.

so rendering, video editing and gameing 

What motherboard do you have?

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I voted that you should get a second graphics card because the AMD FX 8350 is pointless. Just get the FX 8320 and save some money.

i would get one of those but they are sold out in all my local retailers 

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i would get one of those but they are sold out in all my local retailers 

 

Okay well then that's okay. I thought you might have been just purchasing it because it's the higher model.

 

Then in that case getting the FX 8350 would be your best choice out of the three.

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i think its this one Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0

I'd just get a 8320 if possible. 8350 is fine too.

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