Gaming PC GPU and Motherboard

[Joseph Draper]

Hi. am looking at building a gaming PC for around $1000 with the AMD FX-8350 Black Edition and are stuck on Motherboard and GPU options. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Joe

 

[coolcole01]

is the 8350 a must

 

[TennisAddict1999]

970 is a real beast; if your into the future technology you should look into the R9 290x. Mantle seems like it will be widely used. Both cards are around $350. As for a motherboard, I use a
Gigabyte ATX Socket AM3+ AMD 970 Chipset 2000MHz DDR3 SATA III 6Gbps Ready AMD 9 Series FX Motherboards GA-970A-D3P.
It allows for some overclocking, which is a must, as you have the FX 8350/8320. I have the 8320 overclocked to 4.4ghz with a cheap Evo 212 cooler.