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Upgrading my Black Box

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So i upgraded my GPU today from an HD7770 to a R9 280X.

This was my old system

 

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I needed a greater PSU so i went with the CX600M

 

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Later that day my GPU arrived :)

 

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It's one sexy card...

 

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Everything in it's place.

 

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It emits light to bad i don't have a sidepanel with window.

 

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That's it, it's a small upgrade but it's worth every euro.

 

 

Current Specs.

CPU I5-3570K

GPU Sapphire R9 280X Vapor OC

RAM Corsair Vengeance 16GB @ 1600Mhz

MOBO Asus P8Z77-M

PSU Corsair CX 600M

Case Fractal Design Define R4

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The name of your build made me think of the Black Boxes they have in aeroplanes that are pretty hard to break and have the tapes from the flight inside. I was disappointed on clicking.

 

But, all is good as your PC looks awesome and dat new card tho

Ryzen 5 1500x, Noctua NH-L9x65 SE-AM4, GA-AB350N, 16GB 1600Mhz, EVGA GTX 970, 250GB Samsung 960 Evo, 120GB Samsung 840 Evo, 1TB WD Green & 2TB Seagate Barracuda. 650w OCZ ZX & Cooler Master Elite 130. Acer CB241HQK 4K, LG IPS234V-PN 1080p, Ducky Zero Shine All Blue/Anne Pro Brown/SteelSeries Apex Pro & Razer Naga 2014

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Nice looking card you got there dude :D

 

Have you played anything yet? ^^

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can you crossfire them ?

Yup

 

Nice looking card you got there dude :D

 

Have you played anything yet? ^^

Bf3 Ultra 1080P 100FPS

Crysis 2 With high res. textures 90 FPS (DX 10)

 

Uuuuhhhh, that Arctic Freezer CPU Cooler, used to have that this as well. 

It keeps my cpu below 60C

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That card has one of the sexiest backplates I have ever seen :o

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