Needing opinions on upgrading Mobo and GFX

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skypir4te

skypir4te

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Hello! I'm planning on upgrading my motherboard to support the newer graphics cards and I would like to know all of your recommendations!

Current rig:

Motherboard - Asus rock P67 extreme4
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157229

Video card - Radeon hd 5770

Processor - Intel i5 2500k
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072

Memory - 8gb ram

PSU - 550w (upgradable if needed)

OS - windows 7

1. My budget is under $600 for both the graphics card and motherboard.

2. I'm playing on a single monitor 1080p.

3. I plan on overclocking in the future.

4. I'm interested in the gtx 760 graphics card.
 
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Hi, You don't need to change your board at all. All PCIE cards will work fine, don't worry about getting a PCIE 3 board as I run a 780 on PCIE 2 without any problems. I would keep the current board and spend more on a better graphics card.
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bob hays

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Is your plan to sli the 760?
 
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bumnut53

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Hi, You don't need to change your board at all. All PCIE cards will work fine, don't worry about getting a PCIE 3 board as I run a 780 on PCIE 2 without any problems. I would keep the current board and spend more on a better graphics card.
 
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No not really any at all. At this time I do not know if even the Titan saturates the PCI-E x16 version 2.0 bus but there is no way it will limit your GTX 760 in any way shape or form.

PCI-E version 3 will be important at some point but right now the GPU's just have not done that.
 
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