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Current Build:
-Asrock z77 Extreme4 Motherboard
-i5 3570k Overclocked to 4.0~4.2Ghz (still messing with it)
-Raidmax Blackstone Series RX-700AC 700 Watt Power Supply
-NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550Ti
-8 GB RAM (2x Sapphire@4GB,2x Ripjaw @4GB)
-Seagate 500GB HDD
-HP DVD Writer 1270t (for the sake of power usage)

So what i'm upgrading to would be:
EVGA 04G-P4-2766-KR GeForce GTX 760 4GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card

Most likely going to do two of them on SLI, was hoping my system could power it the way it is. Also, there's a 2GB version of the GPU as well, which is just a tad bit cheaper, would there be a huge performance loss if I did 2x of those instead? Also someone mentioned when installing new GPU's there is a bunch of stuff you have to do before installing them, wasn't sure if it was true and what exactly it was...goes over my head most the time.

Thanks in advance for any advice.
EJ

 
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tator_80
It's a good upgrade. I don't see why your 700 watt PSU couldn't run it. I don't know how efficient it is, but it sounds like it would run those just fine.
You shouldn't have any issues switching those cards out. Looks like each card runs off 2 6pin connectors, so if you have 4 of those to spare that would be best for those cards if you plan on running 2. The card does have adapters from molex to the 6pin connector, but it just looks cluttered in the case using those.
The only issue you would have run into would have been if you are going from a Nvidia card to an AMD card or vice versa. You should be able to pop the card out and pop the new one in since they run off the same drivers.
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It's a good upgrade. I don't see why your 700 watt PSU couldn't run it. I don't know how efficient it is, but it sounds like it would run those just fine.
You shouldn't have any issues switching those cards out. Looks like each card runs off 2 6pin connectors, so if you have 4 of those to spare that would be best for those cards if you plan on running 2. The card does have adapters from molex to the 6pin connector, but it just looks cluttered in the case using those.
The only issue you would have run into would have been if you are going from a Nvidia card to an AMD card or vice versa. You should be able to pop the card out and pop the new one in since they run off the same drivers.
 
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So the 2GB version I was looking at one my phone is this one:
EVGA SuperClocked 02G-P4-2765-KR GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support w/ EVGA ACX Cooler Video Card

I will most likely will want to do 2x of these since it stays more within my budget, they seem pretty decent though i'm sure those 4GB ones are nicer. I'm pretty sure I have enough connectors with my PSU.
 
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