Approximate Purchase Date: Within April.
Budget Range: $600-800 after rebates
System Usage: Gaming
Parts Not Required: Case, Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, Speakers, OS.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg
Country of Origin: US, Northeast
Overclocking: Negative
SLI or Crossfire: Yes
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1200
I already possess an Antec 900 case, a 1GB GTX 460 video card (exact item) and 2x2 GB of RAM (exact item). I would like to reuse these parts, if that would be prudent.
I have these parts in mind:
■Motherboard ($140): ASUS P8P67-M PRO (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard (Newegg)
■CPU ($225): Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K (Newegg)
■RAM ($47): G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL8D-4GBHK (Newegg)
My question relates to video cards and the PSU. Since I already own a 1GB GTX 460, I'm unsure of how to handle upgrades. One option would be to purchase a second 460 and run them in SLI. Alternatively, I could upgrade the above but wait until later in the year to replace my current 460 with something better performing. With the above components, would a single GTX 460 be a small enough bottleneck that going SLI would be ill-advised?
Additionally, I could really use a recommendation of PSUs for both scenarios (SLI or a future single card).
My picks for components are mostly guesswork. I've read the literature but have little experience. Any recommendations of better choices would be useful.
Thanks for any help.
Budget Range: $600-800 after rebates
System Usage: Gaming
Parts Not Required: Case, Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, Speakers, OS.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg
Country of Origin: US, Northeast
Overclocking: Negative
SLI or Crossfire: Yes
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1200
I already possess an Antec 900 case, a 1GB GTX 460 video card (exact item) and 2x2 GB of RAM (exact item). I would like to reuse these parts, if that would be prudent.
I have these parts in mind:
■Motherboard ($140): ASUS P8P67-M PRO (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard (Newegg)
■CPU ($225): Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K (Newegg)
■RAM ($47): G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL8D-4GBHK (Newegg)
My question relates to video cards and the PSU. Since I already own a 1GB GTX 460, I'm unsure of how to handle upgrades. One option would be to purchase a second 460 and run them in SLI. Alternatively, I could upgrade the above but wait until later in the year to replace my current 460 with something better performing. With the above components, would a single GTX 460 be a small enough bottleneck that going SLI would be ill-advised?
Additionally, I could really use a recommendation of PSUs for both scenarios (SLI or a future single card).
My picks for components are mostly guesswork. I've read the literature but have little experience. Any recommendations of better choices would be useful.
Thanks for any help.
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram