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Advice on new parts

Julez · 2013-08-06 02:10:19

I'm over in the states at the moment and I'm thinking of picking up a new GPU and CPU as the prices seem to be decent. My current motherboard is Asus M5A97 and my Ram is 16 Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 and I have a 750w PSU. I'm thinking of adding EVGA GTX 770 and AMD FX-8350. Can anyone see any potential issues or…

06-08-2013 2:10am

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Julez

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I'm over in the states at the moment and I'm thinking of picking up a new GPU and CPU as the prices seem to be decent.

My current motherboard is Asus M5A97 and my Ram is 16 Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 and I have a 750w PSU.

I'm thinking of adding EVGA GTX 770 and AMD FX-8350.

Can anyone see any potential issues or bottlenecks? Is it an overkill?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Julez

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#2 06-08-2013 5:53am

BloodBath

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Looks good. If you want to save a bit you could grab a 760 gtx. The 770 has 25% more performance but costs 50% more.

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