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Buy a mATX motherboard and case

 

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OR

 

 

Crossfire now

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i would like to scale my build down and i can crossfire later if i want to. what are yalls thoughts?

 

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its CROSSFIRE!!! unless you case sucks ass i woudnt upgrade.

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CROSSFIYAAAAAA

 

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I would shrink down if you want a smaller system and then Crossfire later and maybe watercool it :P

 

Edit: If you are finding the R9 280x not powerful enough then I would recommend getting the Crossfire.

 

i actually have a 7970 and i game at 1440p :P in some games i have to turn down the settings (AA and such) 

 

im watercooling ATM with an H220. 

 

 

its CROSSFIRE!!! unless you case sucks ass i woudnt upgrade.

 

its pretty large :P portability is definitely a pipe dream with my rig

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CROSSFIRE!!! GIMMEH ALL TEH JIGGAHERTZ!

 

I'll throw the term Litecoin mining out there aswell. So option 2 could help you getting option 1 faster.

 

i gotta start on that ASAP <_<

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 Me too.  :D still waiting for availability on a 280X. but think about it. LTC mining will probably be a thing for at least 3 months. You could get enough money for both options in that time.

 

 

setting that up now :D

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