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If you want to add a second GPU then we should really look into an APU and a CF/SLI capable motherboard.

Well I guess because the current combo of CPU and Mobo is only €70 I will go with that and If I'm ever adding a second one Ill just upgrade the mobo and the CPU
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CPU: R7 5800x -- Mobo: Gigabyte B550 Gaming X v2 -- RAM: 2x16GB Kingston Fury Renegade -- GPU: Asrock RX 6800 XT Phantom Gaming OC -- Case: Fractal Design North Walnut/Black Mesh -- Storage: 2TB 970 Evo Plus, 4TB NM790 -- PSU: BeQuiet Pure Power 11 Platinum 650w -- Displays: AOC AGON  AG352UCG, Dell Ultrasharp U2715H -- Cooling: Noctua NH-D14 -- Mouse: Corsair M65 -- Keyboard: Func KB 460 MX Blue -- Sound: Motu M2 -> THX 789 -> DT880 600Ω -- Mic: RØDE NT1-A

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RIG 2: Intel i5-8400, 16 GB RAM, RTX 2070S

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I will go with https://gyazo.com/668b77686ae5870f5b1b6d99ac0c7ba3 and the R9 290 on ebay

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CPU: R7 5800x -- Mobo: Gigabyte B550 Gaming X v2 -- RAM: 2x16GB Kingston Fury Renegade -- GPU: Asrock RX 6800 XT Phantom Gaming OC -- Case: Fractal Design North Walnut/Black Mesh -- Storage: 2TB 970 Evo Plus, 4TB NM790 -- PSU: BeQuiet Pure Power 11 Platinum 650w -- Displays: AOC AGON  AG352UCG, Dell Ultrasharp U2715H -- Cooling: Noctua NH-D14 -- Mouse: Corsair M65 -- Keyboard: Func KB 460 MX Blue -- Sound: Motu M2 -> THX 789 -> DT880 600Ω -- Mic: RØDE NT1-A

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RIG 2: Intel i5-8400, 16 GB RAM, RTX 2070S

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I'm a bit late to the party but I don't really understand the advice here. NVIDIA's PPD/Watt greatly exceeds AMD, more so on Maxwell GPUs, seeming to perform better at folding than their AMD equivalents in gaming performance. I use this to answer you

900x900px-LL-7809c421_database_summary.PAnd I can attest to the GTX 960 value shown in this as admittedly not for every project I work on, I've gotten up to 203k max with an overall usual rate of about 160 - 180k (23 WU experience)

System: Intel Core i3 3240 @ 3.4GHz, EVGA GTX 960 SSC 2GB ACX 2.0, 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 Kingston HyperX RAM, ASRock B75M-DGS R2.0 Motherboard, Corsair CX430 W Power Supply

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A guy did a survey of it and made some graphs of his findings, you can still add to the survey to this day

http://www.overclock.net/t/475163/gpu-projects-ppd-database

System: Intel Core i3 3240 @ 3.4GHz, EVGA GTX 960 SSC 2GB ACX 2.0, 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 Kingston HyperX RAM, ASRock B75M-DGS R2.0 Motherboard, Corsair CX430 W Power Supply

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