GTX 690 with the rest of my current setup?

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The SLI bridge should have come with the motherboard, they don't come with the cards. If you don't have one you can by them for less than $10...

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I need to know your [strike]GPU [/strike] PSU specs.....
 

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It's a GTX 295. Really old. I didn't post it because it will be getting replaced by the 690.
 

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You'll need to check the dimensions of your case to make sure it fits, the cooling of your case to make sure it doesn't overheat and the wattage of your power supply to make sure you have enough juice to run the card.

Hope this helps! :D
 

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Oops, sorry, I meant the PSU.
 

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Yeah, as long as he can do that with his motherboard and cooling that's better. The GTX 690 would require about 100 more watts than his current setup and dual 770s about 160. :D
 

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1200W. I like the 690, but if two 770s in SLI would be cheaper and better and still fit that'd be great too. The 295 I have is also a really large card so I'm not worried about the 690 fitting, I'd be more worried about two cards not fitting. I'm just running on fan cooling, I won't be doing any overclocking though. If I need more cooling than fans I'd need an entirely new setup.
 


His rig able to handle 295 so it should be able 690 though there might be bottleneck on cpu front.

2 770 might be a bit faster and cheaper than 690 but it also consumes much more power. So if you want to go for two 770 you need to doible check your psu
 

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PSU should be good, motherboard is SLI compatible. 2 2Gb gtx 770s will cost ~800, 2 4Gb cards will cost $900, GTX 680 is $1000 so they would be atleast $100 cheaper and a bit faster. If you game at resolutions higher than 1080p get the 4Gb cards.
 

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Thanks for the answers everyone. So 2 4GB 770s in SLI will be okay with the 1200W PSU and out of the box fan cooling? Also, I've never used anything but EVGA for my cards and never had a problem with them, I'm just wondering what other brands for cards everyone would recommend.
 

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It's a Turbo-Cool, I can't seem to find the model number on the PSU, I built this thing over 5 years ago so I don't remember. I just know that it's 1200W. Also, does the card you linked come with an SLI bridge?
 

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The SLI bridge should have come with the motherboard, they don't come with the cards. If you don't have one you can by them for less than $10.
http://www.amazon.com/Asus-Nvidia-flexible-interconnect-connector/dp/B0025VT6LQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1372723180&sr=8-1&keywords=sli+bridge
 
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What about two 770s? And if I need to overclock for those will the CPU still be alright with fan cooling? I've never experimented with over clocking at all.
 

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To get the most out of a 2 card setup you'll need to overclock but it would be super easy on your processor because you have an unlocked multiplier.
 

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So overclocking to 4.0Ghz with two 770s on fan cooling only should stop any bottlenecking and should keep everything cool enough?
 

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You mean the stock intel cooler? No you'll need a new heatsink for overclocking the 965. That processor gets warm