Thinking of upgrading

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Hey I am thinking of upgrading. My current rig stands at :

  • AMD FX 6300 @ 4.64 ghz ( sometimes 4.72 when I am feeling insane )
  • Cooler master hyper evo 212+
  • GiGABYTE 970A UD3-p
  • Corsair Vengeance 4gb x 2 @ 1960 mhz 9-9-9-26 
  • AMD POWER COLOR 7870 ghz edition v2  @ 1170 mhz ( not stable any higher)
  • 4 x Cougar Turbine fans 120mm
  • 3x Fractal fans 140mm
  • Fractal ARC midi R2 
  • Seagate barracuda 1tb 7200rpm
  • Kingston SDD 120gb ( not hyperX ) 
  • Thermaltake 650w bronze smart series M modular power supply
  • Window ME

The brand new GTX 970 has really got me interested, and I was wonder if you guys think my little FX can keep up with it. I am planing on moving to intel at some point but right now my rig is defiantly bottle necked by my card.  ( p.s Please don't tell me that I can't run a 6300 @ 4.64 on a 4 power phase board, I am pushing 1.52 v on the core because I am crazy ;) ) (p.s.s She been running there for 7 months with zero blue screen and never reaching past 55 C, and it is a 200 dollar MB and CPU combo so yolo) 

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"buy an I3" , no save 30$ and get a 6 core at 4.6 ghz for 90$.

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he was just being sarcastic (he will grow on you after a while lol) ... and you are nutz for that kinda clocking with just an 212evo

it will handle the 970 fine

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Gratz on the OC. My 4.8 GHZ 8350 gives me issues sometimes have to be humble at 4.5.:/

IMO 6300 is fine for 1440p gaming, but if you decided to SLI for 4k I'd step up to a 8350 or 4690k

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Haha yah kinda thought  lol just kidding around.  My solid cooling comes from good thermal paste and great Air flow. Also many people underestimate how important it is to have a good installation for the CPU cooler, high pressure and even spread of paste. It can make like a 10 degree difference which is a sizable jump up in cooling.

(also oh god interpreting sarcasm from text, call fucking tom cruise because this is going to be mission impossible ) 

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Thanks, I was thinking that same. I would step up to a new CPU and MB after the first 970, then get another and SLI.