R7 260X help

[Polar the Bear]

Hi for my birthday I plan on making a purchase for this card, and I have had problems with dual slot cards not fitting in the past... Now I have a new(er) pc and looking to upgrade to a dual slot R7 260X. Yes i know its not the new R9 390X or what ever but im not looking for 4k ultra settings 200 frames per second. I have a xbox one for social and friends, then I have my pc for me. I currently have a R7 2402gb in the pcie x16 3.0 slot, its a single slot card. Now Im wanting to upgrade to the R7 260X which is always a dual slot, the single slot version of it is garbage only using 2gb ddr3. SO the major question is I have a pcie x1 lane right next to the pcie x16 lane. and the fan/heatsink seems to stick out alot towards the slot or so I try to imagine how it would fit. I have a MSI A58M-E33 FM2+ CV X16 HXFR 2D3 M32 GL R MATX motherboard, and I believe the MATX stands for micro atx? what ever that means could someone leave a link with a descripotion to ATX and micro atx? Also I have a Strike-X One MATX Tower No PSU Red Chassis case. I bought the pc from Cybertron reading the reviews said it was a very good system for upgradability. Also would I get any bottleneck? My specs are below

R7 240 2gb ddr3

AMD A10-5800k quad core 3.8ghz~

8gb ram 1600mhz

Windows 8.1

and 1tb hard drive

Thanks for your replies if I get any

Ill post a link to the pc I customized from cybertron :D Happy valentines day!!!

[Polar the Bear]

http://www.cybertronpc.com/customkititems.asp?kc=GM1293C&Group=PLAY&Cat=GAMERS#tab1

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Unless you have some card installed in that PCI-E x1 slot there should be no problems installing dual-slot cards into this case.
Dual-slot cards still connect to the motherboard with just single PCI-E x16 slot.
R7 260X is not powerful enough card to bottleneck anything.
What PSU did you chose when you put that PC configuration together?

[Polar the Bear]

I have a ultra 600 watt power suplly :)

Ultra is the brand name

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

๖ۣۜSilver5hark eredeti hozzászólása:

I have a ultra 600 watt power suplly :)

Ultra is the brand name

Then you are far better off with R9 270, the price difference is not that much but the performance in modern games is much better:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202090

[Polar the Bear]

Oh thanks for the link! The one I was looking at is from bestbuy and is the same price, I have a question though would it fit a a MATX case?? Also how many extra power connectors would it cost? I believe I have one extra 6 pin open

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

๖ۣۜSilver5hark eredeti hozzászólása:

Oh thanks for the link! The one I was looking at is from bestbuy and is the same price, I have a question though would it fit a a MATX case?? Also how many extra power connectors would it cost? I believe I have one extra 6 pin open

Yeah it fits into this case no problems.
It needs one 6-pin connector so you are good in that regard.

[Polar the Bear]

Alright awesome, do you think best buy possibly has one for the same price? Or would I have to order from newegg. Thanks for the help though!

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

๖ۣۜSilver5hark eredeti hozzászólása:

Alright awesome, do you think best buy possibly has one for the same price? Or would I have to order from newegg. Thanks for the help though!

BestBuy doesnt seem to have this on sale currently, best to order from Newegg, you will also get $20 rebate deal from there.

[Polar the Bear]

Oh ok, and any free games to come with it?

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

๖ۣۜSilver5hark eredeti hozzászólása:

Oh ok, and any free games to come with it?

Nope, no free games. There usually wont be many free game offers with this price range graphics cards.

[Polar the Bear]

Oh because i know best buy likes to give free games away because they have a deal with the card dealers anyways thanks for all your help! Now If best buy does have it at their store should I buy it there if its near the same price or still from newegg??

[upcoast]

http://www.techspot.com/review/946-nvidia-geforce-gtx-960/page3.html

Some reference for you ^ it includes the 260x/270/270x 2GB and 280 3GB.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=-1%208000&IsNodeId=1&Description=r9%20280&bop=And&page=1

If the R9 280 ^ is out of budget or simply won't fit the case the 270/270x are better than the 260x/750ti.

I believe amd game bundles ran out last month .

[Polar the Bear]

Ya those are just a tad bit out of budget and I doubt a R9 270 and up or a GTX 750 ti and up are just to big. I have a xbox one for all the games I wouldnt want to run on pc so I can enjoy with friends and other things like that thansk for the reply though Im only looking for 1080p on games like chivarly tomb raider and rome 2 maybe AC rougue and games like that. Oh and Happy valentines day everyone


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202081 this and http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202090 are my top choices I just it matters on how much money Im willing to spend and maybe my friends will send me a card or something thanks forall the help though :D

[Dilfshake]

I just bought A preowned R9 280x 3GB on Amazon for 189$ USD, and it runs like a dream! 189$ is the same price as a R9 270 2GB on newegg so It's a great deal considering.

[Polar the Bear]

Oh ok thanks!