Seeking advice: upgrading GPU

nudd

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Hey folks, seeking some advice here.

Here's my rig: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229283
Just upgraded the ram to this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229283

I upgraded the ram because my rig shipped with a dead stick of ram, and I've been getting impatient waiting for the replacement stick to come. I'll be using the rig hopefully for the next 3 or so years, so I figure the 16gb ram can't hurt. I'll just transfer the 8 gigs to my old rig that my girlfriend will be using to play d3 with me.

CPU related side nite: I will also most likely be buying an after market cooler for my CPU so that I can overclock it to ~4.5 ghz.

That being said, I'm looking to upgrade the graphics card in the rig as well, hopefully without the need to purchase a new PSU. My budget for the graphics card would be ~$300, I suppose I would be willing to throw $350 at it if I could find one worth the extra $50.

So... questions:

1) GPU recommendations?
2) If necessary, PSU recommendations?

Thank you all in advance for any advice! :)
 

nudd

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Crossfire 6850's would outperform a 2g 6970? or gtx 570?
And I play BF3, Skyrim, Crysis 2 etc... I also want this rig to last me, this isn't just for Diablo 3 or I would have kept my old setup lol.

Edit: Seems clear after a brief bit of research that I should just xfire the 6850's and thanks for the guidance.
Question is will that stock 600W power supply cut it? My guess is that I will need to upgrade, but I am no tech guru. Any suggestions on which PSU?
 

dejayXYX

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Modular is good if you are planning to use something like xfire or SLI.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371052

a bit pricy. I hear a lot of good things about this PSU.

If you dont want or need modular (possibly because you have a Full ATX case or plenty of clearance room) I would go with..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139025

the second one is what i have been running for almost 6 months now. I like the changeable LED light, goes great with all my other blue LEDs with my case.

I can possibly help you continue your search if you can inform me of a price range, and your case model.

P.S. The 2600k is an overclockers toy, lol. Just stock as is, already pretty good.
 

dejayXYX

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Im glad I could help. Enjoy D3, I know I will.
 

cbrunnem

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if you play skyrim there is about 20fps difference from 3.4 and 4.2ghz in that game so an overclock wouldnt hurt.