Upgrade Advice

[adrenalytic]

Hello, I'm looking to upgrade my gaming rig and am hoping for some advice. My current specs are as follows:
____________________________________________________________

Mobo:

P67A-G43
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130583

CPU:

i5 2500k OC'd at 4.5 ghz on air cooling for the time being. I know I can get higher clocks with liquid but I don't feel that my processor is a bottleneck at the moment
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072

GPU:

EVGA GTX 560 Ti (Fermi).
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130610

RAM:

8GB (2x4 GB) G. Skill Ripjaws DDR3 1600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314

PSU:

Corsair 650w
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005

HDD:

Western Digital 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0GB/s
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136794
____________________________________________________________

My budget for upgrading is in the ball park of $700 USD.

I'm looking to replace my 560 Ti with a pair of 660's in SLI. Based on benchmarks, I've surmised that this is the best bang for my buck. I do understand that there are cooling concerns with these cards in SLI so I am open to alternative cooling solutions.

I also have my eye on an SSD:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147189

And I would like to upgrade the Mobo to a Z77 at some point but I'm not sure that the few extra FPS gained from going to PCIe 2.0 to 3.0 is an immediate need for me.

But other than that, I am completely open to suggestions and constructive criticism on my upgrade choices.

My question is will my PSU run 2 660's reliably? And is there anything else in my build that would be an obvious upgrade that fits within my budget.

Thanks in advance for your feedback.

 

[JJ1217]

There's nothing really there to upgrade aside from the graphics cards. You'd gain no realistic performance benefit upgrading to an i5 3570k, or even a new motherboard.

Two 7870XT's which are roughly the same price as two 660's and roughly the same performance as two 7950's take the best bang for buck crown, and most likely will until the next generation of GPU's launch.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202024

Even though 650W should be enough for two 7870 XT which I believe still consume a tiny bit more power than a 7950, you still want some sort of headroom for overclocking.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139011

 

[Norlag]

I would get at least a 700w psu, probably a 750 watt. That would leave some room for overclocking and safety.

You would have to upgrade the mobo, as it only has 1 pcie x16 slot.

 

[adrenalytic]

I would get at least a 700w psu, probably a 750 watt. That would leave some room for overclocking and safety.

You would have to upgrade the mobo, as it only has 1 pcie x16 slot.

>< I totally did not realize that. I bought the board 2 years ago and assumed that it had 2 slots. Thank you for pointing that out.

So it sounds like I'm better off getting the 2 660's and upgrading the mobo until next gen hardware is released?

 

[JJ1217]

>< I totally did not realize that. I bought the board 2 years ago and assumed that it had 2 slots. Thank you for pointing that out.

So it sounds like I'm better off getting the 2 660's and upgrading the mobo until next gen hardware is released?

Did you even listen to a single thing I said :lol:

 

[JJ1217]

I would get at least a 700w psu, probably a 750 watt. That would leave some room for overclocking and safety.

You would have to upgrade the mobo, as it only has 1 pcie x16 slot.

It does have two PCIe x16 slots, its just when they are both used one runs at x16 and one runs at x8.

OP, since PCIe 2.0 x8 is the same as PCIe 3.0 x4, you might want to get a new mobo if you consider SLI/Xfire.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128544

This is pretty good.