MSI ATX DDR3 2133 970 GAMING motherboard, Is this mobo and a amd fx 6300 cpu a good combo?

[dulenitro]

I am building a new pc used primarily for gaming (and some photoshop + 3d designing). I am trying to figure out if this motherboard (MSI ATX DDR3 2133 Motherboard 970 GAMING) is compatible (without bottle-necking) with the cpu (amd fx 6300 or 8320). Is this a good combo to go with? if not, is there a better matched cpu or motherboard within the same price range that I should go for. I would also like about 8gb of ram to go with + a good vga (preferably an amd one, I was thinking of a r9 270?) Any recommendations for these would also be greatly appreciated.

Thanks guys.
Cheers.

 

[helpstar]

The combo CPU - motherboard is fine (6300 or 8320), the r9 270 will mostly perform without bottle-necking the system.

Which power supply will you use?
A good 450W gold should work very well

 

[ranst4038]

Yes, compare on MSI chart. 6300 has 6meg L2 cache burns 95watt, 8320 has 8meg burns 125watt. Go Green

 

[rotaryboy23]

Minimum PSU recommended for an R9 270 I think is 500W. I'm pretty sure it is for the 270x. Even if I'm wrong you will want a few more that minimum watts if you are OCing. If not you'll get by, but double check the minimum watts for the 970.
Any RAM will do. the MSI will default to 1866 I believe unless you manually change it in the BIOS. to upgrade from 1866 to 2133 ram is not a huge charge, but you probably won't notice any difference.

 

[dulenitro]

The combo CPU - motherboard is fine (6300 or 8320), the r9 270 will mostly perform without bottle-necking the system.

Which power supply will you use?
A good 450W gold should work very well

So i guess the best bang for the buck is with the fx 6300... But why did you say the R9 270 will 'mostly perform without bottle-necking' ? Is there a better alternative gfx card you would recommend? maybe a more higher end one ?

Thanks!

 

[helpstar]

GTX 960

or R9 280x (then 500W gold PSU)