Planning to buy second GPU, need help with finding the right one.

oblamot

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Hey guys, now before I post my specs I wanted to let you know that I am not very good at this. I get the basics but I've never put my pc together myself. I've purchased it off ibuypower. When I bought it I planned on upgrading to a second GPU later on. That time is now I guess.

I made sure my motherboard is SLI and all and I think in order for that to work I have to have the same GPU as my first one, now is that correct? If so which GPU exactly should I buy and or is there anything else I should do. Mainly doing this because I want to play Witcher 3 on high, and currently I can only pull off medium settings with around 40FPS. Thanks a lot for reading and I hope someone can help me with this.

My current specs (figured I'd post all of it so i'd be easier)

Case 1 x Thermaltake Chaser A31 Gaming Case - Black
Processor 1 x Intel® Core™ i7-4770K Processor (4x 3.50GHz/8MB L3 Cache) - Intel® Core™ i7-4770K
Processor Cooling 1 x Asetek 550LC Liquid CPU Cooling System [SOCKET-1155] - Standard 120mm Fan
Memory 1 x 16 GB [8 GB x2] DDR3-1600 Memory Module - FREE Upgrade to DDR3-1866 ADATA XPG V2
Video Card 1 x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 - 2GB - EVGA Superclocked - Single Card
Motherboard 1 x Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 -- 2x PCIe 3.0 x16, 4x USB 3.0, 6x SATA-III 6Gb/s
Intel Smart Response Technology X
Power Supply 1 x 850 Watt - AZZA Dynamo 850W
Primary Hard Drive 1 x 2 TB HARD DRIVE -- 64M Cache, 7200rpm, 6.0Gb/s - Single Drive
Optical Drive 1 x [12x Blu-Ray] LG BLU-RAY Reader, DVD±R/±RW Burner Combo Drive - Black
Sound Card 1 x 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard
Network Card 1 x Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100)
Operating System 1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium + Office Starter 2010 (Includes basic versions of Word and Excel) - 64-Bit

Advanced Build Options 1 x Professional wiring for all cables inside the system tower - Basic Pro Wiring
 

oblamot

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MY 850 PSU will be able to run it all or should I think into upgrading that as well?
 

bignastyid

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Doesn't need to be exact same just needs to be a 2Gb GTX 760. Your 850w PSU should work just fine. Nevermind just looked at the motherboard and it does not support SLI it only supports crossfire.
 

maxalge

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azza are not know for their quality, no.

Upgrade that first, then grab something like a gtx 970.

Tier 1 or 2 unit from this list:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html#15349669

Grab a 650w unit so you can have headroom if you ever want to overclock.
 

bignastyid

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It's made by SuperFlower so its should be atleast decent.
http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page13100.htm
 

maxalge

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Nope:



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Fake UL cert >.>