System Built Except GPU Decision!

[TheOnlyCorwin]

My system is built except for the graphics card. I was going to wait for the GTX680, but I am unsure if I even need to spend $500 on this card.


HD:HITACHI Deskstar 7K1000.D HDS721010DLE630 (0F13180) 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
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PSU: CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750M 750W ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Semi Modular High Performance
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139030
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
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SSD: Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
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CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115070
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820233143
CPU Fan: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2 Continuous Direct Contact 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler Compatible with latest Intel 2011/1366/1155 and AMD FM1/AM3+


I don't play any intensive games right now, but may in the future. I play Star Wars the Old Republic at the moment, that's as intensive as I get.
Is it worth it to wait and buy the GTX680 or will a lesser card fulfill all my needs?
Lesser cards are maybe GTX580? Would an SLI set up work better? Radeon?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Chainzsaw]

Hello,

If you do not game much, and TOR is the only game you play, you can get away with a "lesser" card. A radeon 7870 would suffice for your situation. Save yourself some money.

Take a look at the benchmarks here:

http://www.techspot.com/review/504-amd-radeon-7870-7850/page5.html

I know it isn't for TOR - however Battlefield 3 is definitely a more demanding game than TOR is.

Edit: Also is there a reason you want the I7 2600K? The extra threads the i7 provide usually are only good for photo editing/movie editing/ basically any kind of work that isn't gaming.

You could save yourself some money and go for either the I5 2500K or I5 2550K. With all that extra money you "save" by not getting the high end GPU and I7 processor - you could get yourself the 256GB version of the Crucial M4.

One last thing - your ram. I know they look nice and all but I usually don't reccomend people buying ram with tall heat sinks on them. Sometimes they can block certain heat sinks for your CPU. I would go for something like this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233197

 

[TheOnlyCorwin]

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