had the parts picked... then 760 came out...help!

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Rhavi Marques

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so i had these parts already picked, but was told to wait on the launch of the 760, so i did. (i dont need a case, monitor, etc)

MB: ASRock 990FX Extreme3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS $120 (+4gbx2 ram free on newegg)

GPU: MSI N660 TF 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card $195

PSU: Rosewill HIVE Series HIVE-650 650W Continuous @40°C, 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified, Modular Design, Single +12V Rail, ATX12V v2.31/EPS12V ... $80

CPU: AMD FX-8320 Vishera 3.5GHz $160

HDD: Western Digital WD Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s $70

CPU COOLER: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2 Continuous Direct Contact 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler $35


i dont know about you guys, but the 760 seems very intresting, it came out at 250 instead of the 299 i thought it would, so maybe i could stretch a bit my budget and pick it up.

But my plan for this build was to buy a second gpu nearing Christmas, the 660's single 6pin requirement would be perfect for that, since the PSU comes with 2.

although i think a 600w is enough for a non-OC'd 760 SLI, there arnt enough connectors, or am i dead wrong? are there adapters i could use to transform one of those other connectors into 6 pins? into 2 of them?

or am i even wronger to assume the 760 is worth it, or that 600w isnt enough?
so many questions, please help!
 
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There's no question about it, the 760 is superior to the 660 Ti. If you can afford it, go for it.

Corsair CX750 ($87.74 Amazon US) would solve the problem of power and connectors. Gives you plenty of wattage headroom for SLI and overclocking, and it has 2x6 and 2x6+2 pin connectors.
 
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thanks for all your inputs, my original budget is about 650, the intel processors are really expensive, i might tone the 8320 down to the 6 core version and pick up the 760. i know the 7950 is a great card but i want to stick to geforce as i've heard they have better performance in my architecture softwares.


clarification edit: the budget is 650 just for components, i have case, monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc.
 
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If you play around with the configuration a bit in PC Part Picker you could definitely squeeze a 7950 in there if you already have case, PSU, etc. But you should definitely let the benchmarks do the talking: http://anandtech.com/bench/Product/854?vs=856
 
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i have no doubt the radeon is better for gaming, but i've heard and seen that the softwares i use for college take advantage of cuda cores, which is a nvidia technology, and i cant play around too much with the parts i've already picked, i need a good processor otherwise i'd go with a 4100, i want to be able to SLI next year so i cant drop the PSU to a 500w. If this was a pure gaming rig i'd probably go with a phenom II x4, a simpler motherboard and the best gpu i could get my hands on and still have a functioning pc.
 
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