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Is the r9 290 overkill for the 8320?

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Good point. I have it and It's truly awesome. Make sure your case can take a 12" gpu.

That didn't sound sexual at all.

I feel sorry for your case, you shouldn't force a 12" into it..

 

 

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No, it's not overkill. The 8320 is still a good CPU especially for it's price. 

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I am looking into buying an r9 290 for my gaming pc. I currently have a 7850, and I dont know if the 290 is overkill for my cpu.

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R9 290 is never a bad decision :) make sure its a TRI-x from sapphire lol

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[ I5 4690k (no oc) - Gigabyte Z97 D3H - 8GB Ram - Sapphire R9 280X Vapor-X ]

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nope in no way is it over kill

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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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R9 290 is never a bad decision :) make sure its a TRI-x from sapphire lol

Good point. I have it and It's truly awesome. Make sure your case can take a 12" gpu.

That didn't sound sexual at all.

SuperNova: CPU: Intel Core i5 4670k @4.6 GPU: Sapphire R290 Tri-x @1200, @1350, MOBO: MSI Z87 G45 Gaming, RAM: 16Gb HyperX Fury White @1866, PSU: CORSAIR TX750M, CASE: Arc Midi R2, SSD: Kingston 120gb SSD, 
COOLING: H100i w/ 2x Nb eLoop 800rpm
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Good point. I have it and It's truly awesome. Make sure your case can take a 12" gpu.

That didn't sound sexual at all.

I feel sorry for your case, you shouldn't force a 12" into it..

 

 

@OP

No, it's not overkill. The 8320 is still a good CPU especially for it's price. 

Needs more v-core

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