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hitman12108
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Yeah it's an upgrade but can your PSU handle it?

 

 

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is it a good upgrade from a gtx660 to a r9 290 or is it just a little upgrade?

Why don't you look at benchmarks? You can find a lot on Google man.

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yea i have a 600w psu, will that do?

600 should be good.

 

 

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yeah thats a big upgrade

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what cpu and what cooler ?

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so far the best cooler are the power color pcs+, sapphire tri-x and the best is the vapour-x and maybe the msi lightning card although i dont know much about it

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The Ninja (current gaming pc)  Case- h440 red/black cpu- i5-4690k@ 4.3ghz cooler- coolermaster hyper 212 evo mobo- Gigabyte z97x-sli ram- adata xpg v.1 2x4gb 1600mhz gpu- asus strix gtx 970 hdd- wd blue 1tb ssd- kingston hyperx savage 240gb psu- evga 600b peripherals: mouse- razer death adder 2013 keyboard- corsair k70 with chery mx-reds headset- HyperX Cloud 2

my laptop- toshiba satelite p850, cpu- i7-3630qm ram- 8gb 1600mhz hdd- 1tb 5400rpm gpu- Nvidia gt630m 2gb

did you know we have a gun thread ? well we do 

 

and a car thread ! 

 

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