Is my current PC good enough for SLI?

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marskeiko123

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I have recently purchased a GTX970 but still think it is not powerful enough therefore I am now considering to buy one more to run SLI.

However, other than the GTX970, all the other parts in my PC are 3 years old, as I know very little about SLI, I am afraid that buying another GTX970 straight away will be a waste. Therefore I would like to ask before going into SLI, do I need to first replacement other parts in my PC first. If yes, what parts/models are recommended? My PC is purely for gaming and I have no intention of overclocking it.

CPU: Intel Core i5 2500
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V LE
Ram: DDR3 8GB
PSU: Corsair GS600

In addition, If I am really buying another GTX970, does it have to be exactly the same as the first one or any GTX970 will do? Thanks so much in advance, much appreciated.
 
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@Marskeiko123: Yessir, from the link I gave you? You can choose which one you want. Any of those will do for your SLI configs, it's also configured for your CPU so all you really need to worry about is choosing which one you want haha.
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I'm afraid you cannot SLI. Each gtx 970 uses 28A on the 12v rail, for a total of 56A for two. Your psu has 48A on the 12v rail and will not power them sufficiently.

Secondly the motherboard's second PCI-E slot is PCI Express 2.0 x4 which will bottleneck the card even you had a better PSU due to the lack of bandwidth.
 
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Any of these will do man. I've configured it to where you can choose which one suits your budget more: [link]

For PSU, you can get one like EVGA SuperNOVA 750G2.
It's one of the best PSUs out there mate. It's not going to break your budget either.
 
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Thank you for the link, there are so many motherboard to choose from!
I actually know very little about computers and the motherboard prices seems to vary quite abit.
Any tips on which to choose and what differences does it make? Thank you.
 
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@Gamer1357: That CPU isn't that old. It will suffice for the SLI config that he plans to do.

@Marskeiko123: Any from those will do. If I were you, I'd choose from what your color scheme is. In today's market, Asus is number one for motherboard. It's really up to you though, how much you're going to be spending and such.
 
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@ZeusGamer: Thanks again for your reply. So basically choosing any motherboard that supports SLI will do? I do not mind paying the money, but I just hope I am paying money only for what I require. As my main purpose of this PC is to connect to a 40 inch TV and use a xbox controller to play games, I want to spend money on computer parts that will enhance my gaming experience. For example, if upgrading to a newer i7 makes no difference to upgrade to a new i5 for gaming, I will just upgrade to a newer i5. That is exactly what I did when I first bought the i5 2500.
 
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@Marskeiko123: Yessir, from the link I gave you? You can choose which one you want. Any of those will do for your SLI configs, it's also configured for your CPU so all you really need to worry about is choosing which one you want haha.
 
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