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Planning on building a new pc and I5 6400 is only 2.7ghz. It's still good with an r9-390 right?

The 390 will hit 100% usage way before the i5 6400, so you've nothing to worry about. The i5 should be able to hold its own in even the most CPU-intense titles, as it's still a very capable chip.

In short- you're more than good. If you want to skimp a little, pair it with an i5-4460 and put the extra $20-$30 towards a 390x. The performance is the same, but since it's an older chip, it can be had for significantly less.

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Yep, should be good.

'Fanboyism is stupid' - someone on this forum.

Be nice to each other boys and girls. And don't cheap out on a power supply.

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plenty fine my boy. So long as your PSU can support the 390 you should have a solid gaming rig as soon as you get a case/HDD/RAM/motherboard/monitor/keyboard/mouse

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Bit of an AMD fan I suppose. I don't bias my replies to anything however, I just prefer AMD and their products. Buy whatever the H*CK you want. 

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Planning on building a new pc and I5 6400 is only 2.7ghz. It's still good with an r9-390 right?

The 390 will hit 100% usage way before the i5 6400, so you've nothing to worry about. The i5 should be able to hold its own in even the most CPU-intense titles, as it's still a very capable chip.

In short- you're more than good. If you want to skimp a little, pair it with an i5-4460 and put the extra $20-$30 towards a 390x. The performance is the same, but since it's an older chip, it can be had for significantly less.

i5 12600KF | Zotac RTX 4080 Gaming trinity | Team Vulcan 2x16GB DDR4 3600 | ASRock Z690M-ITX/ac | WD Black SN850x 2TB

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