pc Upgrade?

[Diceair]

Hi there. My current rig is

 

MSI b75a-g43 gaming 9only mobo i could get cause my other one broke)

Sound Blaster Z

i7-3770k

Corsair h100i

AMD r9-280x

16GB 1600mhz ram

60Gb SSD for OS 

2x HDD for downloads and games

qnix qx2710 2560x1440 @ 96Hz

Corsair air 540

Corsair ax850w

 

 

Now the real question is that I have another r9-280x that I want to crossfire. I'm from South Africa and am struggling to get my hands on a 1155 crossfire motherboard. My other issue is that I can't install another graphics card due to the fact that the graphics card will block my sata ports so what can I do. I already tried getting my hands on silverstone cp11 cables and I can get them but they rather expensive here as I have to import it. Now I was thinking maybe I should upgrade to 4790k and MSI gaming 5 motherboard then keep the rest but first want to know what else I can do to maybe fix my issue and get crossfire working without spending money that I don't have to?

 

So what do you suggest I do?

 

 

Thanks

[MrLewisMHarris]

I'd have to say don't use crossfire, instead just save some money for a Nvidia GTX 780 or something like that, but its up to you.

[Diceair]

I'd have to say don't use crossfire, instead just save some money for a Nvidia GTX 780 or something like that, but its up to you.

 

 

That's rather expensive but yet again upgrading to 4790k also expensive. I can maybe also try to sell both cards and get a r9-290 gaming. Back whenI was still running crossfire I could play bf4 on ultra 2xmsaa ssao and no post aa and get almost 120fps all the time. The only issue was the fact that my old 2500k that's in a work pc now was holding me back, so far with 1 card since I enabled mantle it has been working great so if i can crossfire again I can maybe test mantle to see if it will be better. I can almost maintain 70-95 fps with 1 card in most games on about high to medium details and no aa except for games like crysis etc etc.

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

get a CF/SLI ready Motherboard than think about CF 280X, or sell it, make some more and get a 780/290, the important thing is getting a more flexible Mobo 

[Erik4boss]

get a CF/SLI ready Motherboard than think about CF 280X, or sell it, make some more and get a 780/290, the important thing is getting a more flexible Mobo 

Upgrading from 280x to R9 290, nah. R9 280x to 780 ti, or dual R9 290X

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

Upgrading from 280x to R9 290, nah. R9 280x to 780 ti, or dual R9 290X

are you joking ! hell yeah, Tough GPU; 4GB, 512Bit bus, will Crush 1440p and handle 4K at decent Settings with around $500 for the Gaming 290

[Diceair]

I've learned my lesson now. Rather get the best high end card like for example 780 or r9-290 and then maybe later on crossfire or so. I will edit OP with my pc case.

 

Also the r9-290 sounds like the best option if I'm looking at getting a new card. lot's of vram with a 512bit bus and about half the price of 780ti here.