Hello everyone Sorry if my English is not perfect I still need to learn more...
I'm thinking about replacing graphics cards from r9 280x to r9 390 x2 crossfire.
However I will have to buy a decent power supply because the one I have now is only 600watts.
And there is some problem with cpu cooling...
Here are my pc specs
Motherboard- Asus Sabertooth fx 2.0
CPU-AMD fx 9590 8 cores 4.7
8Gb Ram
CPU cooling-Zalman x5 Performance Cooler
Graphics- ATI Radeon R9 280X 3GB (link below)
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-r9390xgaming8g
Power supply-FSP 600 Watt A/PFC 80+ Silver
Case-Cit Vanquish (here's the link)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/CiT-Vanquish-Gaming-Toolless-Red/dp/B00MNIGFB0
You can skip all those words and just go to the questions at the end of this article , however without reading this you may not know the situation that I have with this build and some of the details .
Zalman x5 Performance Cooler ... Yes this is simple fan cooling for amd processor with 8 cores which was stupid decision from me ...
So the story is, I got a job, rushed to buy new pc with decent graphics card, ridicilous cpu power and ridicolously weak cooling for it ...
I didn't have much experience with building computers, so I found a website and I could choose some of the parts, and I choose fan cooling because I was most familiar with it and I thought that water cooling is too complicated or something like that.
When I got the computer I installed witcher 3 to check how everything works. (Of course I installed all required drivers before that).
It was great experience at the beginning with maybe 40-50 fps at ultra settings, however after maybe 20-30 minutes of gameplay system just freezed . Sometimes it was happening even when I wasn't playing and doing simple tasks could freeze everything. After some research and experiments with bios for cpu I found out that it was the cooling
So I downloaded amd overdrive software and underclocked cpu clocks from 4.7 to 4.2 and I'm using this settings even now for gaming and have no problems at all. However when I do something like video converting, cpu thermal margin goes veeeeery low . Thermal magrin of 10 is just too scary for me so I have to underclock even more to increase it to 20, just for converting though.
Few Simple ( Or not simple) Questions.
1.Will 2 Radeons r9 390 MSI fit in that case ? Vanquish (Link above with specs)
2.What power supply would be the best ? I would choose this one
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-rm1000
3.Is is possible to install water cooling into this case and if not what would be the best of the best fan cooling for this cpu ?
4.Would u prefer any different graphics cards at this price range ? (See budget below)
5. Can I run new and upcoming games in 2016/2017 at 60 fps with 1440p with those radeons ?
My budget for graphics with power supply is up to 1200 euro without water cooling.
With 200 euro more for better cooling if possible.
Ow and radeons only, I'm not an amd fan boy, it's just that my first computer was with glorious Radeon 9600 Pro that could run The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion at medium settings with flashing weapons when I was exploring the world . I'm just sentimental I guess
Thank you for your attention.
I hope someone will be able to lead me on the right path
I'm thinking about replacing graphics cards from r9 280x to r9 390 x2 crossfire.
However I will have to buy a decent power supply because the one I have now is only 600watts.
And there is some problem with cpu cooling...
Here are my pc specs
Motherboard- Asus Sabertooth fx 2.0
CPU-AMD fx 9590 8 cores 4.7
8Gb Ram
CPU cooling-Zalman x5 Performance Cooler
Graphics- ATI Radeon R9 280X 3GB (link below)
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-r9390xgaming8g
Power supply-FSP 600 Watt A/PFC 80+ Silver
Case-Cit Vanquish (here's the link)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/CiT-Vanquish-Gaming-Toolless-Red/dp/B00MNIGFB0
You can skip all those words and just go to the questions at the end of this article , however without reading this you may not know the situation that I have with this build and some of the details .
Zalman x5 Performance Cooler ... Yes this is simple fan cooling for amd processor with 8 cores which was stupid decision from me ...
So the story is, I got a job, rushed to buy new pc with decent graphics card, ridicilous cpu power and ridicolously weak cooling for it ...
I didn't have much experience with building computers, so I found a website and I could choose some of the parts, and I choose fan cooling because I was most familiar with it and I thought that water cooling is too complicated or something like that.
When I got the computer I installed witcher 3 to check how everything works. (Of course I installed all required drivers before that).
It was great experience at the beginning with maybe 40-50 fps at ultra settings, however after maybe 20-30 minutes of gameplay system just freezed . Sometimes it was happening even when I wasn't playing and doing simple tasks could freeze everything. After some research and experiments with bios for cpu I found out that it was the cooling
So I downloaded amd overdrive software and underclocked cpu clocks from 4.7 to 4.2 and I'm using this settings even now for gaming and have no problems at all. However when I do something like video converting, cpu thermal margin goes veeeeery low . Thermal magrin of 10 is just too scary for me so I have to underclock even more to increase it to 20, just for converting though.
Few Simple ( Or not simple) Questions.
1.Will 2 Radeons r9 390 MSI fit in that case ? Vanquish (Link above with specs)
2.What power supply would be the best ? I would choose this one
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-rm1000
3.Is is possible to install water cooling into this case and if not what would be the best of the best fan cooling for this cpu ?
4.Would u prefer any different graphics cards at this price range ? (See budget below)
5. Can I run new and upcoming games in 2016/2017 at 60 fps with 1440p with those radeons ?
My budget for graphics with power supply is up to 1200 euro without water cooling.
With 200 euro more for better cooling if possible.
Ow and radeons only, I'm not an amd fan boy, it's just that my first computer was with glorious Radeon 9600 Pro that could run The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion at medium settings with flashing weapons when I was exploring the world . I'm just sentimental I guess
Thank you for your attention.
I hope someone will be able to lead me on the right path