What Should I add?

[retroid99]

So here's my build thus far,

Corsair Carbide SPEC 01

Amd Fx 8320 (Hyper 212 Evo)

8 gigs of corsair vengeance 2133

Msi 970 Gaming motherboard

EVGA 500 semi module psu

Amd Sapphire r9 270x

 

I plan on getting two 8g Msi Rx 480's in crossfire but what psu should I upgrade to, and also what would be a better cpu to put in this?

[19_blackie_73]

do you already own it?

 

[21rkosta]

dont do two 480s in crossfire get one 1070

[TomR]

4 minutes ago, retroid99 said:

So here's my build thus far,

Corsair Carbide SPEC 01

Amd Fx 8320 (Hyper 212 Evo)

8 gigs of corsair vengeance 2133

Msi 970 Gaming motherboard

EVGA 500 semi module psu

Amd Sapphire r9 270x

 

I plan on getting two 8g Msi Rx 480's in crossfire but what psu should I upgrade to, and also what would be a better cpu to put in this?

Our CPU would be quite the bottleneck for two 480s.

[Brooksie359]

if you already own that motherboard and cpu you are kinda stuck unless you want a new motherboard cpu and ram. 

[Brooksie359]

2 minutes ago, 21rkosta said:

dont do two 480s in crossfire get one 1070

or even wait for vega

 

[stealth80]

if not already owned I would avoid that CPU at least until AMD's new stuff his the shelves later this month and don't ever build a PC with multi GPU from mid tier from the off. You always buy the single most powerful card you can afford at the time and add another later if required. By going with 2x 480's now you are killing your upgrade path later should you need it. For that money you could have an Nvidia 1070 GTX

[Guest]

Note that crossfire isn't a very polished solution to get more performance. Bad scaling, more heat are just some of the negatives. Would recommend a faster single card like the GTX 1070. 

Before you ask, yes crossfire RX 480 can outperform a GTX 1080 for a little more than the price of a GTX1070. But that performance level will only be reached in games with very good scaling.

[Brooksie359]

4 minutes ago, FTL said:

Note that crossfire isn't a very polished solution to get more performance. Bad scaling, more heat are just some of the negatives. Would recommend a faster single card like the GTX 1070. 

Before you ask, yes crossfire RX 480 can outperform a GTX 1080 for a little more than the price of a GTX1070. But that performance level will only be reached in games with very good scaling.

not only that but even if you get around the same average fps as a 1080 there are still the issues with micro stuttering making it feel like your fps is lower 

[retroid99]

Thank you guys, I already have all the parts that are listed, I like the idea of the 1070, but would I need to get a new psu and what would be a good cpu to go with it without needing to get a new motherboard?