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Thomas Renwick

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Yo just tossing some components onto a list that i might build. Want your thoughts, more on the graphics card though. Wanting to spend no more than 800 on vid card.

CPU- Intel Core i5-3570k
MOBO- ASRock Z77 Extreme4
RAM- Ripjaws x series (2x4gb)
GPU- ASUS GTX760 X2 (I am unsure if i want to go with two of these or go for one more expensive card and potentially double that in a year or two)
 
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Over 70% of my builds are SLI ..... there is simply no possible way that a single GPU can compete with two lesser priced cards in SLI. The idea that you can buy a card cheap in the future is often wishful thinking .... where ? .... not from an established reputable seller with a warranty. I cant tell ya how many users come back and ask me for help finding a 2nd card to match the one they have .... usually the ebay crapshoot only viable alternative. Don't get me wrong.... have had many users go the other way.... invest in that high end card thinking they gonna get another one later .... but of the ones that do, they doing it in 6 months for the most part or not at all.

Looking at the numbers......

Twin 560 Tis ($410) outperformed...
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Chairman Ray

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Always go for a single card. Several years later when the card is not good enough to play the latest games, you can pick up a second one for cheap. Single card configurations also have less heat and power consumption.
 
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Over 70% of my builds are SLI ..... there is simply no possible way that a single GPU can compete with two lesser priced cards in SLI. The idea that you can buy a card cheap in the future is often wishful thinking .... where ? .... not from an established reputable seller with a warranty. I cant tell ya how many users come back and ask me for help finding a 2nd card to match the one they have .... usually the ebay crapshoot only viable alternative. Don't get me wrong.... have had many users go the other way.... invest in that high end card thinking they gonna get another one later .... but of the ones that do, they doing it in 6 months for the most part or not at all.

Looking at the numbers......

Twin 560 Tis ($410) outperformed the 580 ($500) by 40% ..... ( no issues to date)
Twin 650 Tis Boosts ($310) outperform the single 680 ($550)

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_650_Ti_Boost_SLI/23.html

After running the GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost SLI through our test suite, I have to admit that I'm impressed. The duo delivered performance easily matching and often exceeding much more expensive single-card options such as the GeForce GTX 680 and Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition, and they don't cost as much. SLI multi-GPU scaling works well with all of our titles except for F1 2012. Scaling by going from one to two GTX 650 Ti Boost cards is around 70%, even with F1 2012 taken into account. Unlike AMD, NVIDIA does a good job of maintaining its SLI profiles, so you should be able to play new games without a long wait for multi-GPU support. However, the risk that a game will not be supported still exists, and you might, at worst, end up with single-card performance. This is in my opinion, given the massive performance-per-dollar advantage, an acceptable tradeoff. I would definitely recommend a GTX 650 Ti Boost SLI setup to a friend looking to spend as little money as possible on a high-end gaming rig.

With a combined price of $340 [$310 actually], the graphics cards cost much less than the HD 7970 GHz Edition ($430) and the GTX 680 ($440) while still delivering comparable performance. Power draw and noise levels are slightly higher, but that's the price you'll have to pay to save over 100 bucks. This setup also makes upgrading your aging rig to play the latest and most demanding titles without breaking the bank an option. Core "Sandy Bridge" only supports PCI-Express 2.0, so the setup would run at reduced PCI-Express bandwidth, but the difference should be quite small, maybe 4% in actual games, which is very acceptable if you take into account the lower cost of this upgrade path. Have $340 and want high-end performance? Consider this!
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If ya have the dough, id get 2 now.... if ya don't, Id get one now and a 2nd as a XMas present to yaself.
 
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You must also factor in power consumption, for SLI/Crossfire you need a larger and more powerfull PSU, 2 GPU's create twice the amount of heat in your case so you need really good ventalation. The LGA1155 socket is dead and has been replaced so buying a i5 3570k is not future proof. Better to buy the haswell cpu which is on sale for less than the i5 plus it is future proof and will work well with the new GPU's.
 
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