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For Christmas, I was thinking about upgrading my Asus 7770 HD to a Gigabyte or Asus R9 280. With my Athlon X4 760k, would it better to upgrade it to the R9 280 or the R9 280x.

Your CPU shouldn't bottleneck that R9 270x too hard. I have the Athlon X4 760k which is a bit more powerful than yours and I am going to buy a R9 280. The R9 280 is the best I could get my CPU without it bottlenecking. If you paired your CPU with the 270x, you won't have any issues with...

The performance gap between the two is quite large. If you are looking to play new next-gen games on Ultra, go with the 970, but if you play games such as Far Cry 3 or Assassin's Creed on Ultra, just stick with your GTX770.

I have the Razer Naga 2014 with the braided cable and I have my PC on the ground with the card leading UP to my desk. Since there was a drag coming from the cable, I decided to put an approx. 2-5 lb wait on the braided cable to decrease the tension. Will this weight affect the cable in any way...

I am deciding between getting either the R9 270x or the GTX 760 for Christmas. I have the Athlon X4 760k (not going to overclock it) and I was wondering which graphics card would have the better performance and balance when paired with it.

If you want or have a discrete GPU, don't buy the A10 and get an Athlon X4 750 or 760k. The Athlon has the same power as the A10 but without an integrated GPU so it has a more bang for the buck. It is a lot cheaper than the A10 also.

Acer is a very reliable laptop company.

Okay so bottlenecking is when one component is stopping another component from performing at its maximum. If you had a dual core CPU, like you said, and match it with a 780 or 970, it will bottleneck the GPU because the Dual Core will perform at its maximum while the GPU can only perform at...

I was wondering which GPU would be better for my Athlon X4 760k 3.8 Ghz CPU. I am going to be upgrading soon.

I currently own an ASUS 7770 2gb GPU paired with my X4 760k. I want to upgrade the GPU to a point where my CPU won't bottleneck it. What is the best GPU for my CPU?

Yes, your mother board will support your processor and your GPU. 500W should be substantial