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Thinking of buying this mobo and cpu

  • 11-12-2014 10:05pm
    #1
    darlenmol
    Closed Accounts Posts: 186 ✭✭


    Ive bought a corsair 750ww psu and cooler and the R7 290x 4gb to start my new build.

    Was looking at these two what do ye think?

    AMD FX8350 Black Edition 8 Core Processor (4.0/4.2GHz, 8MB Level 3 Cache, 8MB Level 2 Cache, Socket AM3+, 125W, Retail Boxed)

    Found on AMAZON.

    MSI 970 GAMING AMD Motherboard AM3+ AMD 970 4 DIMM Slots Max Memory 32 GB ATX

    Found on EBAY.

    Also could ye help me select a single 8gb stick of ram to start with, cheers.


Comments

  • #2
    darlenmol
    Closed Accounts Posts: 186 ✭✭darlenmol


    bump? prices getting worse but still need advice


  • #3
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Do you already have an am3+ motherboard? if so, the 8350 makes sense.

    If not, any i5 is a much better option.

    There is no benefit whatsoever in swapping your 290 for a 970, so stick with it.


  • #4
    SterlingArcher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,767 ✭✭✭SterlingArcher


    darlenmol wrote: »
    bump? prices getting worse but still need advice

    What's the prices


  • #5
    SterlingArcher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,767 ✭✭✭SterlingArcher


    TerrorFirmer wrote: »
    Do you already have an am3+ motherboard? if so, the 8350 makes sense.

    If not, any i5 is a much better option.

    There is no benefit whatsoever in swapping your 290 for a 970, so stick with it.

    I figured that was a mistake of sorts.


  • #6
    darlenmol
    Closed Accounts Posts: 186 ✭✭darlenmol


    No I'd didn't buy anything yet at all and to be honest im having issues with my gcard. Im a lifelong AMD fan but this card is troubling me. its flickering on a dual monitor setup and i dont even use hdmi, only dvi and vga monitors.


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  • #7
    darlenmol
    Closed Accounts Posts: 186 ✭✭darlenmol


    I'm hoping the bundle I was on about will bring everything into harmony.


  • #8
    challengemaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    Buying more stuff isn't going to fix a faulty graphics card... RMA it if you're sure theres a problem.


  • #9
    SterlingArcher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,767 ✭✭✭SterlingArcher


    challengemaster wrote: »
    Buying more stuff isn't going to fix a faulty graphics card... RMA it if you're sure theres a problem.

    This, where did you buy it from??

    Still no prices man can't tell if any of them bundles are actually good deals.


  • #10
    darlenmol
    Closed Accounts Posts: 186 ✭✭darlenmol


    I bought it on amazon but the warranty is lapsed. I did a bit of reading up about the issues and a lot of people have similar experiences. Theres a chance its just a bad driver problem. Hopefully It will be corrected in the next release.


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