Buying a new GPU. Can my system handle it?

Sam1212

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Im thinking of buying this graphics card..

http://www.zotac.com/products/graphics-cards/geforce-700-series/gtx-780/product/gtx-780/detail/geforce-gtx-780-amp-edition/sort/starttime/order/DESC/amount/10/section/specifications.html

Im curious as to whether my system for one can actually take the graphics card (PSU and mobo), and also whether there will be bottleneck?

My specs are as follows;

Geforce GTX 670 2gb DDR5 - GPU
Intel i5 3.4ghz quad core 4670k - CPU (Not overclocked, overclocks to 3.8ghz according to the box :p )
8GB Corsair DDR3 Vengeance - RAM
Asus Z87-PRO, Intel Z87, S 1150 - Motherboard
650W Corsair Enthusiast Series 650T - Power supply
1TB Seagate ST1000DM003 Barracuda - HDD (if relevant)


Also i'd like to apologise, i feel like I'm spamming the forums. I just want to thoroughly research before I spend a big chunk of money :).
 
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Maciek Fulton

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Your PSU is fine, and your i5 is not going to even come close to bottle-necking the 780. Some games in the future (hopefully in another year or two) might really start to use more then 2 cores, but thats a road that you can cross when you get there.

I absolutely love this card, Preforms like a beast and stays quite and cool. 23C Idle and 55-58C gaming.
 
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