I need help determining if my mobo is good for this set up with an upgrade to either sli or crossfire. As for the video card I keep lurking about how good dual 6950s are but I also hear how good the gtx 560 ti. What would is better down the road as I do plan to have a dual card set up. Plan to upgrade ram and add another monitor later as well. I am very flexible with the build if you find better/cheaper parts
Approximate Purchase Date: (end of may)
Budget Range: 1200-1300 Before
System Usage: Pure gaming (Total War Shogun 2, Metro 2033, Crysis 2, Portal 2 etc)
Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, OS
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: New Egg & Amazon
Country of Origin: US/ Florida
Parts Preferences: none
Overclocking: Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: Yes in a later upgrade
Monitor Resolution: Max is 1920 x 1080
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Current build is as fallows
CPU: Sandy Bridge i5 2500k
GPU:GTX 560 or 6950
MOBO: MSI P67A-GD65 or MSI P67A-GD55
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black WD6402AAEX 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb x2
PSU: CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 750W ATX12V v2.31
Case: Antect Nine Hundred or Antec Nine Hundred Two V3
Drive: ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner
OS: Windows Home Premium 7 64 bit
Monitor: Asus 21.5" widescreen 1080p
Approximate Purchase Date: (end of may)
Budget Range: 1200-1300 Before
System Usage: Pure gaming (Total War Shogun 2, Metro 2033, Crysis 2, Portal 2 etc)
Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, OS
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: New Egg & Amazon
Country of Origin: US/ Florida
Parts Preferences: none
Overclocking: Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: Yes in a later upgrade
Monitor Resolution: Max is 1920 x 1080
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Current build is as fallows
CPU: Sandy Bridge i5 2500k
GPU:GTX 560 or 6950
MOBO: MSI P67A-GD65 or MSI P67A-GD55
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black WD6402AAEX 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb x2
PSU: CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 750W ATX12V v2.31
Case: Antect Nine Hundred or Antec Nine Hundred Two V3
Drive: ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner
OS: Windows Home Premium 7 64 bit
Monitor: Asus 21.5" widescreen 1080p