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You cant 3-Way crossfire with the board, so the 270X is out of the picture. I would go for the non-reference R9-290, and get the DCUII flavor. Single stronger cards are mainly better than weaker dual cards, because you can then upgrade to dual cards and beast at performance. Get the 290. 

 

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Hey guys! 

I like to ask which is the best graphic card set up for my rig. My options are :

1X R9 290
2X R9 280x (crossfire)
3X R9 270 (trifire)

In my opinion, I love the R9 290 but it's too NOISY and HOT. I might just wait for the non-reference card.
These are my specs :

AMD FX 8350
Cooler Master Seido 120M
MSI 970A-G43
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Kingston HyperX (4X2) 8 GB

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Preferably single gpu setups are better.

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Hey guys! I like to ask which is the best graphic card set up for my rig. My options are :1X R9 2902X R9 280x (crossfire)3X R9 270 (trifire)In my opinion, I love the R9 290 but it's too NOISY and HOT. I might just wait for the non-reference card.These are my specs :AMD FX 8350Cooler Master Seido 120MMSI 970A-G43650WKingston HyperX (4X2) 8 GB

You can really fire on that board because the other slots are x4 so buy a single gpu

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You cant 3-Way crossfire with the board, so the 270X is out of the picture. I would go for the non-reference R9-290, and get the DCUII flavor. Single stronger cards are mainly better than weaker dual cards, because you can then upgrade to dual cards and beast at performance. Get the 290. 

 

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The blue slots on the left of the picture are the only ones that can have GPU's. There are two...

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Single GPU will be better. wait for non-reference.

 

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