Okay, I know Haswell is taking some heat (literally) for its poor overclocking ability... But I really wouldn't suggest anyone buy into an end of life socket. And there are no Microcenters in Baton Rouge.

I also want to add that Crossfire has improved greatly even over the past year. I had all sorts of issues with my crossfired 6950s, but my 7970s have run beautifully. The only disadvantage is that I can't overclock both of them nearly as high as I could clock a single one.

And also Skyrim hates crossfire, and that will probably never be fixed.

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Posted by Mr Gardoki

Member since Apr 2010

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Posted on 6/19/13 at 4:44 pm to ILikeLSUToo

skyrim doesn't like AMD. I knew someone would call me out for the lack of haswell. I just went with that because it is cheaper and there won't be much for gaming performance gains. There is plenty of room in the budget that he could get haswell though and be fine.

With Haswell upgrade... It will be a bit more too since you can't get to microcenter. Newegg has a combo discount on the cpu and mobo though

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($127.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($57.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card ($252.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($84.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $993.88

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Posted by jcole4lsu

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Member since Nov 2007

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Posted on 6/19/13 at 4:49 pm to ILikeLSUToo

if you are worried about end of life socket just go AMD. AM3+ still has at least one more update out there, and the current 8350 will not bottleneck your gpu on any game @ 1080p.
added bonus, a 990FX board and 8350 combo will save a couple bucks vs a comparable intel build

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