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Ok, my friend in Britain agreed to give me his AMD Fx 8350 when he goes intel soon. I have an ASUS AMD Radeon HD 6770 with 1gb of ddr5. Will it be a bottleneck? If so, how bad?

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no bottlenecks

 

your GPU will run fine with med settings

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I really don't see how a better processor with an existing GPU will bottleneck. From a personal standpoint I wouldn't use the word bottleneck I'd use the word unoptimized. No system will be in perfect balance for any specific task or even general tasks such as intensive gaming. In this case it practically doesn't matter since the entire system has already been purchased. Personally I'd feel it is time to get a new GPU, and what more fortuitous time to get an upgrade with a new powerful GPU coming your way. 

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one issue thou

 

Asus M5A78L-M LX Plus

 

that mobo will not handle the FX8350

 

you need a new mobo with at least 970 or 990X or 990FX chipset 

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one issue thou

 

Asus M5A78L-M LX Plus

 

that mobo will not handle the FX8350

 

you need a new mobo with at least 970 or 990X or 990FX chipset 

website says it's supported, bios says it supports 8 cores. also have the latest bios update

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website says it's supported, bios says it supports 8 cores. also have the latest bios update

ok you can try

 

but if the mobo fails

 

time to replace it 

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ok you can try

 

but if the mobo fails

 

time to replace it 

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I think he means the power delivery system. With a hot and power hungry CPU like the 8350 you might be running the dog piss out of the VRMs and I don't see any heatsinks on the Newegg pictures. I'm not an expert on how long VRMs last because I've only ever had motherboards that have beefy heatsinks so I don't know how long your board will hold up. It'll probably fun just fine for a while like the mining R9 290Xs on ebay. It'll run fine for a while but it could crap out on you at any time. I'd get the CPU but plan on I mobo upgrade in the near future.

not a prob for me. i planned on it soon anyhow. he might give me his board too

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I think he means the power delivery system. With a hot and power hungry CPU like the 8350 you might be running the dog piss out of the VRMs and I don't see any heatsinks on the Newegg pictures. I'm not an expert on how long VRMs last because I've only ever had motherboards that have beefy heatsinks so I don't know how long your board will hold up. It'll probably fun just fine for a while like the mining R9 290Xs on ebay. It'll run fine for a while but it could crap out on you at any time. I'd get the CPU but plan on I mobo upgrade in the near future.

EDIT: it's a lot like the second hand power supplies I find at my local computer recycler. I only ever grab the ones from Cooler Master or Corsair or Thermaltake, and they run fine even under heavy load in this hot weather in my folding rigs that always end up getting switched around all the time. They work, but they always smell hot. So yes, your motherboard WILL WORK, but FOR HOW LONG, in the question. It's like an R9 290X with a stock cooler. It WILL WORK, but SHOULD IT?

I can understand that. Didn't think about that at first. But again I was planning on upgrading the board soon anyhow, so I may just let it sit until I get one.

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I think he means the power delivery system. With a hot and power hungry CPU like the 8350 you might be running the dog piss out of the VRMs and I don't see any heatsinks on the Newegg pictures. I'm not an expert on how long VRMs last because I've only ever had motherboards that have beefy heatsinks so I don't know how long your board will hold up. It'll probably fun just fine for a while like the mining R9 290Xs on ebay. It'll run fine for a while but it could crap out on you at any time. I'd get the CPU but plan on I mobo upgrade in the near future.

EDIT: it's a lot like the second hand power supplies I find at my local computer recycler. I only ever grab the ones from Cooler Master or Corsair or Thermaltake, and they run fine even under heavy load in this hot weather in my folding rigs that always end up getting switched around all the time. They work, but they always smell hot. So yes, your motherboard WILL WORK, but FOR HOW LONG, in the question. It's like an R9 290X with a stock cooler. It WILL WORK, but SHOULD IT?

Thank you 

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