Will my pc be able to handle SLI 660 Ti's efficiently?
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rhysneville
July 10, 2013 5:13:28 PM
My current set up is this:
CPU - Intel i7 2600 @3.40GHz
GPU - EVGA NVIDIA GTX 660 Ti
RAM - 8GB (Speed: PC3-10600 MB/sec,Type: DDR3-1333)
Motherboard - MSI Z77A-G45
PSU - OCZ-ZS650W-UK ATX 650w PSU
HDD - 2TB (Interface: SATA, Rotational Speed: 5400 RPM)
Blu ray disk drive (not sure about specs)
Case- Zalman Z11 Plus
I'm looking to buy a 2nd GTX 660 Ti for £200 and it comes with Splinter Cell Blacklist, that's a good idea right?
My PSU should suffice shouldn't it? I read that someone used 660 Ti SLI and never saw the power consumption go over 400w..
Also, my final question (I think), will my CPU bottleneck the cards, it's not an overclock-able version?
If so, what CPU should I upgrade to?
If I have left anything out or if you have any questions, I'll get back to you as soon as possible
Thanks,
Rhys.
CPU - Intel i7 2600 @3.40GHz
GPU - EVGA NVIDIA GTX 660 Ti
RAM - 8GB (Speed: PC3-10600 MB/sec,Type: DDR3-1333)
Motherboard - MSI Z77A-G45
PSU - OCZ-ZS650W-UK ATX 650w PSU
HDD - 2TB (Interface: SATA, Rotational Speed: 5400 RPM)
Blu ray disk drive (not sure about specs)
Case- Zalman Z11 Plus
I'm looking to buy a 2nd GTX 660 Ti for £200 and it comes with Splinter Cell Blacklist, that's a good idea right?
My PSU should suffice shouldn't it? I read that someone used 660 Ti SLI and never saw the power consumption go over 400w..
Also, my final question (I think), will my CPU bottleneck the cards, it's not an overclock-able version?
If so, what CPU should I upgrade to?
If I have left anything out or if you have any questions, I'll get back to you as soon as possible
Thanks,
Rhys.
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PopeOnaRope123
July 10, 2013 5:21:21 PM
Ok, two 660s should be very useful for blacklist, im also very excited for that game lol. Also 650w is plenty for two 660s in sli, thats actually a good comfort zone for two 660s, And also no an i7 2600k will not bottleneck with those cards, an i7 is very very very very hard to bottleneck man, i have 2 670s in my pc and there is no bottlenecking, ive also seen people with titans and 690s with that cpu without bottlenecking. So all in all you should be good to go dude hope this helped.
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rhysneville
July 10, 2013 5:22:53 PM
PopeOnaRope123 said:
Ok, two 660s should be very useful for blacklist, im also very excited for that game lol. Also 650w is plenty for two 660s in sli, thats actually a good comfort zone for two 660s, And also no an i7 2600k will not bottleneck with those cards, an i7 is very very very very hard to bottleneck man, i have 2 670s in my pc and there is no bottlenecking, ive also seen people with titans and 690s with that cpu without bottlenecking. So all in all you should be good to go dude hope this helped.That's great! I'm glad you agree and thanks for the help!
However, this is not an i7 2600k, it's just a regular i7-2600 @3.4Ghz!
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PopeOnaRope123
July 10, 2013 5:25:16 PM
rhysneville
July 10, 2013 5:27:29 PM
PopeOnaRope123 said:
Oh sorry dude didnt notice that it wasnt the 2600k, but either way the 2600 is still a great cpu any i7 is very hard to bottleneck dude you should be set to go.no worries man!
Thanks anyway, I can't wait to get paid in 2 weeks haha, I hope the blacklist promo is still there by then, can't wait for some SvM!
Would you reccommend upgrading to a i7-2600k in the future when I have enough money or just leave it? I heard that the i7 2600k is actually better than an i7 3770k, I heard it OC's better?
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rhysneville
July 10, 2013 5:27:30 PM
PopeOnaRope123 said:
Oh sorry dude didnt notice that it wasnt the 2600k, but either way the 2600 is still a great cpu any i7 is very hard to bottleneck dude you should be set to go.no worries man!
Thanks anyway, I can't wait to get paid in 2 weeks haha, I hope the blacklist promo is still there by then, can't wait for some SvM!
Would you reccommend upgrading to a i7-2600k in the future when I have enough money or just leave it? I heard that the i7 2600k is actually better than an i7 3770k, I heard it OC's better?
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rhysneville
July 10, 2013 5:33:05 PM
rhysneville said:
Intel God said:
You'll be bottlenecked by the clock speed. You need 4.4ghz+ to fully push those GPU's in SLI Ah crap, really?:/
How bad will the bottleneck be? If I wanted to upgrade my cpu to an OC version, would I have to upgrade my MB? (Probably a dumb question but I have no idea..)
I edited my post. At 3.4Ghz the bottleneck shouldnt be TOO bad.
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rhysneville
July 10, 2013 5:34:57 PM
Intel God said:
rhysneville said:
Intel God said:
You'll be bottlenecked by the clock speed. You need 4.4ghz+ to fully push those GPU's in SLI Ah crap, really?:/
How bad will the bottleneck be? If I wanted to upgrade my cpu to an OC version, would I have to upgrade my MB? (Probably a dumb question but I have no idea..)
I edited my post. At 3.4Ghz the bottleneck shouldnt be TOO bad.
Oh right, well that's okay then I guess, when I have the money I'll probably upgrade to a better CPU too!
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PopeOnaRope123
July 10, 2013 5:36:39 PM
rhysneville said:
Intel God said:
rhysneville said:
Intel God said:
You'll be bottlenecked by the clock speed. You need 4.4ghz+ to fully push those GPU's in SLI Ah crap, really?:/
How bad will the bottleneck be? If I wanted to upgrade my cpu to an OC version, would I have to upgrade my MB? (Probably a dumb question but I have no idea..)
I edited my post. At 3.4Ghz the bottleneck shouldnt be TOO bad.
Oh right, well that's okay then I guess, when I have the money I'll probably upgrade to a better CPU too!

Good idea of what you'll be running into
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rhysneville
July 10, 2013 5:39:09 PM
Intel God said:
rhysneville said:
Intel God said:
rhysneville said:
Intel God said:
You'll be bottlenecked by the clock speed. You need 4.4ghz+ to fully push those GPU's in SLI Ah crap, really?:/
How bad will the bottleneck be? If I wanted to upgrade my cpu to an OC version, would I have to upgrade my MB? (Probably a dumb question but I have no idea..)
I edited my post. At 3.4Ghz the bottleneck shouldnt be TOO bad.
Oh right, well that's okay then I guess, when I have the money I'll probably upgrade to a better CPU too!

Good idea of what you'll be running into
Nicee! That's good right? The way you said it makes it sound as if it's a path I dont want to go down haha!
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rhysneville said:
Intel God said:
rhysneville said:
Intel God said:
rhysneville said:
Intel God said:
You'll be bottlenecked by the clock speed. You need 4.4ghz+ to fully push those GPU's in SLI Ah crap, really?:/
How bad will the bottleneck be? If I wanted to upgrade my cpu to an OC version, would I have to upgrade my MB? (Probably a dumb question but I have no idea..)
I edited my post. At 3.4Ghz the bottleneck shouldnt be TOO bad.
Oh right, well that's okay then I guess, when I have the money I'll probably upgrade to a better CPU too!

Good idea of what you'll be running into
Nicee! That's good right? The way you said it makes it sound as if it's a path I dont want to go down haha!
2600 is a great processor. Like i said the 3.4Ghz will be the limiting factor but IMO unless you can get a 660 ti for super cheap i wouldnt go for it.
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rhysneville said:
Would you recommend upgrading to a i7-2600k in the future when I have enough money or just leave it? I heard that the i7 2600k is actually better than an i7 3770k, I heard it OC's better?
Upgrading from i7-2600 to i7-2600K? Hell no, you wouldn't notice the difference. Get an SSD with that money instead, or more games...
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rhysneville
July 10, 2013 5:48:26 PM
rhysneville
July 10, 2013 5:50:13 PM
aevm said:
rhysneville said:
Would you recommend upgrading to a i7-2600k in the future when I have enough money or just leave it? I heard that the i7 2600k is actually better than an i7 3770k, I heard it OC's better?
Upgrading from i7-2600 to i7-2600K? Hell no, you wouldn't notice the difference. Get an SSD with that money instead, or more games...
Yeah honestly, I'd rather stick with a CPU that doesn't overclock, that way I won't screw anything up haha, and I save on additional cooling for my pc.
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rhysneville said:
Intel God said:
OP you dont by chance live near a Microcenter do you? Nowhere near, I'm from the UK
The GTX 660 Ti is £200 and it comes with Splinter Cell Blacklist, £200 in USD is around $298.46 according to google!
Yeah i wouldnt touch a Ti for that price.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX...
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rhysneville
July 10, 2013 5:53:23 PM
Intel God said:
rhysneville said:
Intel God said:
OP you dont by chance live near a Microcenter do you? Nowhere near, I'm from the UK
The GTX 660 Ti is £200 and it comes with Splinter Cell Blacklist, £200 in USD is around $298.46 according to google!
Yeah i wouldnt touch a Ti for that price.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX...
Yeah I found a 760 for £210 which is the same price as yours but comes with splinter cell blacklist, but is the card much different from the 660 ti? From benchmarks I've seen there has only been around a 5fps difference?
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rhysneville
July 10, 2013 5:54:27 PM
Intel God said:
rhysneville said:
Intel God said:
OP you dont by chance live near a Microcenter do you? Nowhere near, I'm from the UK
The GTX 660 Ti is £200 and it comes with Splinter Cell Blacklist, £200 in USD is around $298.46 according to google!
Yeah i wouldnt touch a Ti for that price.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX...
In fact, my bad, the card you showed me actually does come with Blacklist..
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rhysneville said:
Intel God said:
rhysneville said:
Intel God said:
OP you dont by chance live near a Microcenter do you? Nowhere near, I'm from the UK
The GTX 660 Ti is £200 and it comes with Splinter Cell Blacklist, £200 in USD is around $298.46 according to google!
Yeah i wouldnt touch a Ti for that price.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX...
Yeah I found a 760 for £210 which is the same price as yours but comes with splinter cell blacklist, but is the card much different from the 660 ti? From benchmarks I've seen there has only been around a 5fps difference?
I was suggesting selling your existing TI and go 760 SLI
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rhysneville
July 10, 2013 5:57:16 PM
Intel God said:
rhysneville said:
Intel God said:
rhysneville said:
Intel God said:
OP you dont by chance live near a Microcenter do you? Nowhere near, I'm from the UK
The GTX 660 Ti is £200 and it comes with Splinter Cell Blacklist, £200 in USD is around $298.46 according to google!
Yeah i wouldnt touch a Ti for that price.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX...
Yeah I found a 760 for £210 which is the same price as yours but comes with splinter cell blacklist, but is the card much different from the 660 ti? From benchmarks I've seen there has only been around a 5fps difference?
I was suggesting selling your existing TI and go 760 SLI
I know haha, but would there be much of a difference? How much would I get for my 660 ti and where would I sell it? I'm not sure if that many people would be interested in it. What's the point of selling it and going for a 760 sli when I can just have 660 ti with more or less the same performance, right?
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rhysneville said:
Intel God said:
rhysneville said:
Intel God said:
rhysneville said:
Intel God said:
OP you dont by chance live near a Microcenter do you? Nowhere near, I'm from the UK
The GTX 660 Ti is £200 and it comes with Splinter Cell Blacklist, £200 in USD is around $298.46 according to google!
Yeah i wouldnt touch a Ti for that price.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX...
Yeah I found a 760 for £210 which is the same price as yours but comes with splinter cell blacklist, but is the card much different from the 660 ti? From benchmarks I've seen there has only been around a 5fps difference?
I was suggesting selling your existing TI and go 760 SLI
I know haha, but would there be much of a difference? How much would I get for my 660 ti and where would I sell it? I'm not sure if that many people would be interested in it. What's the point of selling it and going for a 760 sli when I can just have 660 ti with more or less the same performance, right?
Agreed. Have you seen this 660 Ti?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/GTX660-TI-DC2-2GD5-Graphics-Sur...
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rhysneville
July 10, 2013 6:02:23 PM
Intel God said:
rhysneville said:
Intel God said:
rhysneville said:
Intel God said:
rhysneville said:
Intel God said:
OP you dont by chance live near a Microcenter do you? Nowhere near, I'm from the UK
The GTX 660 Ti is £200 and it comes with Splinter Cell Blacklist, £200 in USD is around $298.46 according to google!
Yeah i wouldnt touch a Ti for that price.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX...
Yeah I found a 760 for £210 which is the same price as yours but comes with splinter cell blacklist, but is the card much different from the 660 ti? From benchmarks I've seen there has only been around a 5fps difference?
I was suggesting selling your existing TI and go 760 SLI
I know haha, but would there be much of a difference? How much would I get for my 660 ti and where would I sell it? I'm not sure if that many people would be interested in it. What's the point of selling it and going for a 760 sli when I can just have 660 ti with more or less the same performance, right?
Agreed. Have you seen this 660 Ti?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/GTX660-TI-DC2-2GD5-Graphics-Sur...
I'm so confused man haha! So you agree to keeping my 660 ti and putting it with another?
That's cool £190 though, without blacklist
Wouldn't it be better if I got the exact same make and model as my current card? http://www.scan.co.uk/products/evga-gtx-660-ti-28nm-600...
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PopeOnaRope123
July 10, 2013 6:24:58 PM
rhysneville
July 10, 2013 6:26:51 PM
PopeOnaRope123 said:
i think you would be saving $$ by keeping your 660 and sli them man, theyre really isnt much performance difference between the 660 and 760 dudeYeah that's what I think, but I'm always open to ideas and I'm grateful for the community in helping me out, so thank you to Intel God too!
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rhysneville said:
Intel God said:
rhysneville said:
Intel God said:
rhysneville said:
Intel God said:
rhysneville said:
Intel God said:
OP you dont by chance live near a Microcenter do you? Nowhere near, I'm from the UK
The GTX 660 Ti is £200 and it comes with Splinter Cell Blacklist, £200 in USD is around $298.46 according to google!
Yeah i wouldnt touch a Ti for that price.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX...
Yeah I found a 760 for £210 which is the same price as yours but comes with splinter cell blacklist, but is the card much different from the 660 ti? From benchmarks I've seen there has only been around a 5fps difference?
I was suggesting selling your existing TI and go 760 SLI
I know haha, but would there be much of a difference? How much would I get for my 660 ti and where would I sell it? I'm not sure if that many people would be interested in it. What's the point of selling it and going for a 760 sli when I can just have 660 ti with more or less the same performance, right?
Agreed. Have you seen this 660 Ti?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/GTX660-TI-DC2-2GD5-Graphics-Sur...
I'm so confused man haha! So you agree to keeping my 660 ti and putting it with another?
That's cool £190 though, without blacklist
Wouldn't it be better if I got the exact same make and model as my current card? http://www.scan.co.uk/products/evga-gtx-660-ti-28nm-600...
PopeOnaRope123 said:
i think you would be saving $$ by keeping your 660 and sli them man, theyre really isnt much performance difference between the 660 and 760 dudeThe most cost effective way is to just go 660 Ti SLI and if it was my rig i'd buy the exact same card for SLI. Also sorry to be confusing. I had alittle too much blueberry moonshine tonight
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rhysneville
July 10, 2013 7:04:20 PM
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