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Hi there my brother has just upgraded his pc and he gave me his old 980 so now i have 2. However, as expected the cpu is bottlenecking the system. I have a 8320 OC to 4300mhz. And so the gpus are sitting around at about 50%. What processor/ platform shall i invest in? is there any AM3+  CPUS that will fix the bottlenecking so don't have to upgrade motherboard aswell. 

Thanks Ryan.

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No there are no good AM3+ CPUs.

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hahah well yeah it is an old platform now...

 

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Even the fx 9590 is about equal to the g4560. AM3+ can handle up to about an rx 480/1060 before the bottleneck is unleashed. Just one gtx 980 is being bottlenecked, two is pointless

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In terms of ryzen is the 1600x worth the extra money over the 1600. And would i need to get the x370 chipset as i am wanting to sli ?

 

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1 minute ago, soundwave41 said:

In terms of ryzen is the 1600x worth the extra money over the 1600. And would i need to get the x370 chipset as i am wanting to sli ?

 

no the x isn't 

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6 minutes ago, soundwave41 said:

In terms of ryzen is the 1600x worth the extra money over the 1600. And would i need to get the x370 chipset as i am wanting to sli ?

 

yes sli only work whit the x370 chipset.

https://www.pcper.com/news/Motherboards/AMD-Supports-CrossFire-B350-and-X370-Chipsets-However-SLI-Limited-X370

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oh gonna be expensive then! Thanks for al your help:P

 

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