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Jan 25 2016 04:43pm

The case is an Antex P160 ATX, and motherboard is https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8Z68V_PROGEN3/

How do I know if I will have room for the card? I feel lost in all this lol. Sorry for my noviceness.

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Jan 25 2016 04:52pm

open it and mesure it.

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Jan 25 2016 05:06pm

Quote (maulepan @ Jan 25 2016 04:52pm)

open it and mesure it.

It is just under 12inchs to the harddrive racking so I can not fit 305mm card, where does that leave me now in upgrading?

Buy new case? or smaller card?

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Jan 25 2016 05:10pm

well then you just have to buy a card that fitts.
the msi version is 277mm
the asus is 300mm
the powercooler is 305mm

under specifications you can find the dimensions of your card.

By the way. last compatibility check. whats your psu (power supply). it needs to have a 6pin and a 8 pin connector. usually under specifications it is written like this: "2x PCI Express 6+2pol"

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Jan 25 2016 07:22pm

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3276567

That's my Power supply, looks like it has 2x 6, and a 8 pcie Is that correct pins?

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Jan 25 2016 07:27pm

Quote (maulepan @ Jan 25 2016 04:21pm)

i5 2500k can easly feed 100fps+ at most games. There is no need to overclock it.

Not most games. All games. There is currently no game that a r9 390 cant run.

Minimum fps

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Jan 25 2016 07:31pm

Quote (maulepan @ Jan 25 2016 04:21pm)

i5 2500k can easly feed 100fps+ at most games. There is no need to overclock it.

Not most games. All games. There is currently no game that a r9 390 cant run.

2500K overclocked is a beast gaming CPU. Why would you leave ornate stock clocks?

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Jan 25 2016 08:15pm

just get a SSD for the 2500k build and call it a day
the 4 games u listed don't require 390/970. Plus if you get a 390, ull definitely want a new PSU, cos that shit is junk.
Just try it out first, and get GPU later. CAD pesos are no joke

This post was edited by Secksii on Jan 25 2016 08:17pm

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