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Help on AMD APU Build?

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Grizzle

Limp Gawd
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Hey Everyone.

I'm currently trying to put together some upgrades. These are the items I want to keep on my current PC

Radeon HD 6870
Case
Power Supply
HD's

I'm looking to buy these products soon, just wanted to make sure they were compatible with my HD 6870 - I would like to crossfire this card with the new APU.

Part list permalink / Part price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD A8-3870K 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus F1A75-M PRO Micro ATX FM1 Motherboard ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($64.95 @ B&H)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 6870 1GB Video Card
Total: $299.93
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)
(Generated 2012-04-08 16:41 EDT-0400)

Remember I already have the card. Thanks in advance!
 
What are you planning on doing with this PC?

Also I don't think you can Crossfire the significantly faster HD 6870 with the APU. The highest-end GPU recommended for the AMD Dual Graphics is the HD 6670.
 
Mostly gaming. I have issues with my current setup especially when running fraps. I checked the amd alu wiki and i thought it said that card was a match. Ill try and find the exact info again. Hard responding from an iphone
 
In that case, forget about AMD and go for the Core i3 2120 instead. It may be a dual-core but it's still faster than an AMD quad-core even in games that scales well with multiple cores.
 
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