Mobo for i5 with Gtx 660 (may use sli)?

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Par Cheema

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I'm going to buy i5 3570k with GTX 660 2GB,may use SLI in future and overclock my cpu.
4Gb/8Gb RAM doesn't mean lot to me.

Is there any mobo not so expensive but also not so cheap in quality.

Gigabyte GA-Z77MX-D3H ,this one seems gud but don't know much about it.

Any help will be appreciated
 
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whats your budget for the PSu, a 700W PSU should be sufficient. also if you are overclocking Asrock Z77 extreme 4 is slightly better for OCing and SLI[because it can take cards upto 3 slots and provide better airflow between cards that take 2 or less slots] though 10$ more. and thanks :)
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Par Cheema

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Thankx
As u r a power supply expert (Congrats) Plzz suggest a PSU,as i stated above i may use Sli and Overclock cpu in future so don't want to upgrade PSU later.

Thankx in Advance
 
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whats your budget for the PSu, a 700W PSU should be sufficient. also if you are overclocking Asrock Z77 extreme 4 is slightly better for OCing and SLI[because it can take cards upto 3 slots and provide better airflow between cards that take 2 or less slots] though 10$ more. and thanks :)
 
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Gigabyte GA-Z77MX-D3H costs me around Rs 8,700 i.e. 154$ and Asrock mobo around Rs 10,000 i.e. 177$

23 bucks for 3 SLI Support with better airflow (as u Stated) r not bad at all.Thankx

Can i use Coller Master 650W intead of 700W coz its around Rs 5,600 i.e. 100$
But 700W costs around Rs 8,000 i.e. 140$
 
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if you are going 650 watt then id recommend a corsair/ antec seasonic XFX etc PSU's.if you are going with CM id say go with Slient Pro X series, it will be reliable.

and the asrock doesnt have 3 way SLI support it has 2 way support . By slots i mean how much space a card will take if put in a PCIe X16 slot. big cards like asus's direct CU cards have big heat sinks that occupy 3 PCI slots with the fan [ including the PCIE X16 slot]. so basically you can SLI 2 Gfx card like direct CU but will have poor airflow due to 1st card blowing its exhaust to 2nd card so it will get hotter. but if used a 2 slot card [ that takes 2 slots] there will be space for the hot air to get away so youll have much better temps.
 
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Thankx for the info about gpu width,i checked that Gtx 660/660 ti (gonna buy one of these) has Dual-slot width,so i think its fine with Asrock mobo for better airflow even after SLI.

Once again thankx.
 
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Hi #thasan1

Need Help

i have to choose FX-8350 instead of i5-3570k coz i'm goin to start my Animation classes next month and my one friend suggest me FX coz it has 8 cores which r best used for 3D Rendering instead of gaming.

What do u think,is this CPU is good with gtx 660 Ti (as i'm saving some bucks by goin with FX-8350 so i'll buy 660 Ti insted of Non-Ti (is it good to go with Ti or stick with Non-Ti version)).

what about overclocking this CPU.
Sorry to bother u by asking again n again.

Thankx 4 help.Hope 4 More:)
 
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firstly yes FX is good for 660 ti. it performs close to the i5 so no worries about bottleneck. but your main problem would be power consumption,especially overclocked. it takes a lot of power if oberclocked high and would need a beefy cooler but it overclocks fairly good and worlds current OC record [8.39 or something Ghz] is held by this CPU [ though it needed a liquid helium cooler]
and as for 660ti, it will give you fairly good performance than 660, it more like a crippled GTX 670. with less bandwidth and ROP's.
 
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