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Will this build run as it is supposed to? My wife and I share this PC for both streaming + gaming(often at the same time). I recently got a 960 Evo as well as the 1060 to replace one of my 770's. I wanted to make sure that the new SSD would not effect the GPU performance as I am now utilizing more pcie threads

Cpu- i5 7600
Ram -g.skills ripjaw 2x8
MB - asrock h270 pro 4
SSD - 960 Evo
HDD - Seagate barracuda 1 tb
GPU - 1060 3gb + GTX 770 4gb oc
PSU - EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 G3, 220-G3-1000-X1
 
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You cannot run that GTX 1060 WITH that GTX 770, if you are intending to use both for gaming. Independently, certainly you can, but there is probably very little reason to do so. The GTX 1060 can certainly run multiple monitors at 1080p if only one is being used for gaming display, without issue.

If you plan to use the GTX 770 for PhysX, you are unlikely to see much benefit from that. Maybe a little, but certainly not enough to justify the additional stress and power demands on the system. It might even actually decrease performance.

Furthermore, you make no mention of the most important of ALL the components to be used with this system, which is the power supply. NO other hardware makes the least bit of difference if you cannot run...
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The i5 7600 will not bottleneck with any graphics card on the market.
If your ram is DDR4 you are fine, your components are compatible.

I have never run two gpus from different generations (1060 3gb + GTX 770) in SLI, is your gain significant compared to using only one of the cards? Or do you want to know wich one is the better value?
 
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You cannot run that GTX 1060 WITH that GTX 770, if you are intending to use both for gaming. Independently, certainly you can, but there is probably very little reason to do so. The GTX 1060 can certainly run multiple monitors at 1080p if only one is being used for gaming display, without issue.

If you plan to use the GTX 770 for PhysX, you are unlikely to see much benefit from that. Maybe a little, but certainly not enough to justify the additional stress and power demands on the system. It might even actually decrease performance.

Furthermore, you make no mention of the most important of ALL the components to be used with this system, which is the power supply. NO other hardware makes the least bit of difference if you cannot run them well or they do not last long, because of an under capacity or low quality power supply.

Please list the power supply to be used including the EXACT model number of the unit.


I'd also probably recommend that you plan to include at least a 1TB, if not larger, HDD for use with the storage of Steam and other game files. Using the PCIe NVME M.2 drive for everything, including all necessary writes from games and applications, while ok, is not typically desirable. There are some longevity issues with using SSDs and PCIe SSDs for high file size write operations on a regular basis, and most try to limit those to spinning drives in order to extend the life of their solid state devices as long as possible.
 
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I'm running a 1000 watt gold+ certified psu i wasn't going to connect anything via sli until I can purchase another matching card. I just was curious if it would run without a bottleneck because I was worried about the # of pcie threads.
 
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So, that PSU could run a GTX 1080ti SLI without issue. And is an exemplary model besides. No concerns there.

You should not have any issues with the number of PCIe lanes, however, that board does not support SLI at all. It only supports the following multi card configurations.


- 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE2: x16 mode; PCIE4: x4 mode)*
- 3 x PCI Express 3.0 x1 Slots (Flexible PCIe)
- 1 x PCI Slot
- Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™
- 1 x M.2 Socket (Key E), supports type 2230 WiFi/BT module

*Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
If PCIE5 slot or PCI slot is occupied, PCIE4 slot will run at x2 mode.
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