Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Overclocked or not

[PierceMurdock]

I am wondering if I can use an overclocked version of the Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card with the build that I have
Here is my full build
CPU:Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor $269 (MSY)
Motherboard:Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard $153 (MSY)
RAM:G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory $99 (MSY)
Hard Drive:Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $70 (MSY)
Graphics Card:Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card $279 (pc case gear)
Case:Thermaltake Black Versa H24 Mid Tower Chassis $50 (newegg)
PSU:SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $80 (newegg)
Fan: Hyper212 Evo $39 (MSY)
OS: Windows 8.1 $125 (MSY)

 

[shivababbli]

no you cannot overclock with a h97 mobo, you need to have a z97 mobo. and also you need to have a oc (overclockable) gpu

 

[pavars]

R9 280X is overclockable, just got the GV-R929WF3-4GD (Gigabyte R9 290), which is not the OC version, but it's still possible with OC guru, MSI Afterburner, default AMD overclocker (any OC suite for GPU). Also, the H97 doesn't support CPU overclocking, not graphics card!
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Z97-vs-H97-What-is-the-Difference-562/
You can get the non-OC version of the card and get it yourself to OC specs of the same card, difference is, that it comes factory OCd by default, instead of messing around yourself.

But you can't OC your CPU
1) H97 chipset doesn't support it (need to go with Zxx or something else)
2) you need a K series CPU to OC it. (i5-4670K)

 

[shivababbli]

Sorry , My bad

 

[LB3]

To answer your question, since the others avoided it, YES! you can use this build with that graphics card, whether is comes overclocked or you overclock it yourself.