970 vs 990FXA

[DireMe]

I will have a FX 6300 CPU and will overclock in the future, shall I save some and get 970 and a good CPU cooler? or 990FXA and upgrade CPU cooler later? Thinking of Having Crossfire later and both MB's can do it, the 990FXA is on sale for 20 euros more than 970...

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Get the 990 series board.

 

[DireMe]

And if I don't overclock? Will FX 6300 Bottleneck 2 7950's unoverclocked?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Not worth having two 7950's with a 6300.

 

[DireMe]

Changing subject, If I get i5 CPU (like 3470), will that work with 2 7950's?

 

[jam3so3]

If possible stay away from dual gpu, but to answer the original problem, go with 990fxa and a 8120 would do crossfire fine for 129.99 on newegg right now, I crossfired on a 970 and got a performance loss because it's x16,x4 , but the 990 gave me good benchmarking results.