- Aug 3, 2013
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Here's my situation. I ordered two 760's as an "upgrade" to my old system, and here's where the trouble is. I cannot use SLI with my current motherboard. I'm also not sure that using two 760s will work great with the processor in my current rig when disregarding the motherboard compatibility issue.
I'll list my specs below.
My question is what should I do? Should I return one of the 760's and eat the 15% restocking fee and shipping costs, or will 1x 760 still be bottlenecked by the processor I have?
My alternative is to order a new mobo and processor. So far the i7-3820 looks like it performs the best for my needs (gaming on ultra + 1080p). What do you all think?
ASUS M4A89TD PRO/USB3 AM3 AMD 890FX
phenom ii x4 965 (black edition)
Antec TruePower New TP-750 750W Continuous Power
MSI N460GTX Cyclone 768D5/OC GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) removing this card for the 760s
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
I'll also be sticking to a 1080p monitor, because it's brand new and was free to me.
I'll list my specs below.
My question is what should I do? Should I return one of the 760's and eat the 15% restocking fee and shipping costs, or will 1x 760 still be bottlenecked by the processor I have?
My alternative is to order a new mobo and processor. So far the i7-3820 looks like it performs the best for my needs (gaming on ultra + 1080p). What do you all think?
ASUS M4A89TD PRO/USB3 AM3 AMD 890FX
phenom ii x4 965 (black edition)
Antec TruePower New TP-750 750W Continuous Power
MSI N460GTX Cyclone 768D5/OC GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) removing this card for the 760s
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
I'll also be sticking to a 1080p monitor, because it's brand new and was free to me.
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