i7 4770k + 2 GTX 770s - Bottleneck?

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Christopher Gonzalez

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Hey Guys!

I want to know if the 4770k will keep up with the 2 GTX 770s. The specific card I'm looking at is:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130925

For the relatively high boost speed and 4 GB. I'll probably wait till the 800 Series equivalent, but I want to know if I should start looking at LGA 2011 now (I think the 4930k (if that's the $500 one) is what I'd get otherwise) to keep up with the cards.

My other specs:

ASUS Maximus VI Hero

16GB 1866MHz from Mushkin

1 TB Black

256GB or 128GB 840 Pro

1000W (also want a lot of room to expand).

Thanks Guys!
 
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Only bottleneck from the 4GB card is in ya wallet..... as ya can see here.... 4GB gives ya nothing that 2 GB doesn't give ya .... sometimes 4GB is a s much as 1 fps faster, other times it's 1 fps slower.

http://alienbabeltech.com/main/gtx-770-4gb-vs-2gb-tested/3/

As for the rest ......

Hero is a nice board but even with it's recent $20 price drop, I don't think it's worth $200. I'd buy the MSI Z87 GD-65 in a heartbeat before the Hero .... look at the reviews ....GD-65 has more Editor's Choice Awards than anything in this price segment....don't take my word for it , read the reviews.

Here's a sampling

TechpowerUp's Editor's Choice
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/Z87-GD65_GAMING/15.html

PureOverclock's Editor's Choice...
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Only bottleneck from the 4GB card is in ya wallet..... as ya can see here.... 4GB gives ya nothing that 2 GB doesn't give ya .... sometimes 4GB is a s much as 1 fps faster, other times it's 1 fps slower.

http://alienbabeltech.com/main/gtx-770-4gb-vs-2gb-tested/3/

As for the rest ......

Hero is a nice board but even with it's recent $20 price drop, I don't think it's worth $200. I'd buy the MSI Z87 GD-65 in a heartbeat before the Hero .... look at the reviews ....GD-65 has more Editor's Choice Awards than anything in this price segment....don't take my word for it , read the reviews.

Here's a sampling

TechpowerUp's Editor's Choice
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/Z87-GD65_GAMING/15.html

PureOverclock's Editor's Choice
http://www.pureoverclock.com/Review-detail/msi-z87a-gd65-gaming-motherboard-review/22/

HardOCP Editor's Choice
http://hardocp.com/article/2013/07/10/msi_z87gd65_gaming_lga_1150_motherboard_review/7#.Uk4XGhAhGra

HighTech Legion Editor's Choice
http://hitechlegion.com/reviews/motherboards/35004-msi-z87-gd65g?showall=&start=8

Overclock 3D - Gold Award
http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/cpu_mainboard/msi_z87_gd65_gaming_review/15

Now if ya willing to spend a bit more money....the Asus Maximus VI Formula is a killer board ($290 atm on newegg after coupon code)

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/z87-motherboard-review,3618-24.html


Mushkin also took top honors in THGs recent testing .... the 1866 and 2133 models are particularly attractive.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/memory-scaling-gaming-haswell-richland,3593-18.html

As for the Black (148.5), Id go with the 7200.14 (193.5 Mbps - 30% faster than the black)
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/desktop-hdd.15-st4000dm000-4tb,3494-3.html

 
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1. I'm going for 4 GB just because I'd like to future proof a little, kinda. I know some games exceed 2 GB like BF4 and such, and I think with the 4 GB, it really only improves the minimum FPS, and I'm capturing, so that's a plus. And it'd be nice to do 3 monitors or 1600p at 60 FPS average.

2. I don't shop MOBOs often but I've heard ASUS boards have much better customer service... I'll look more into the MSI, though.

3. I'm a little confused at what your saying here... Is the Seagate drive faster?

Thanks!
 
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