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So, in the next few weeks (about 2, maybe 3) I will be putting together a gaming computer, and I would love it if some people could give me some input, I plan to have it be around 1500, don't want to go above 1600 really.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/oxOs

-While I know that the case is quite expensive I plan to re-use the case for quite a while and I am in love with the Haf X case, so that is why I am planning to pay a little extra to get it. And also a bit of a ocd thing, I can't leave any of the front i/o ports not working, that bugs me way too much. :) 

-Don't really need an i7, games don't use hyperthreading and I doubt I will be doing much but gaming and normal things (internet, word documents, ect.)

-I want 2 660 ti's in sli, but at the current price I plan to maybe get one down the road if I feel like I would like more preformance, if this somehow was able to fit it great, I doubt it though so no big deal. 

Thanks so much in advance! 

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if all you do is game, you don't need more than 8 gigs of ram,

and if you don't watch alot of blu-ray movies, just get a dvd burner.

with the money you save with that you can get the sapphire radeon 7970, which, with the beta drivers, will blow the 680 out of the water

 

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you could easily get a 680 in this price point.

 

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The only question i have about that is that I have seen benchmarks between the 660 ti and 7950, and they seem fairly even, I was only going w/ the 7950 becuase I have a few friends who love it, and I also have loved nvidia cards

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thise were tested with older drivers, the beta drivers will give you at least 10 fps more. and I edited that to suggest droppin the blu-ray and getting a 7970

 

 

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I think I am going to stick with the gtx 660 ti, I may think about the 680 though, personally I love nvidia cards, not really a fanboy, but I would definitlly prefer nvidia. Also I lowered it to 8 gigs of ram, thanks 

 

Edit: can't drop the bluray, I watch too many bluray movies and things 

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dude, amd KILLS nvidia. and if you use the blu ray, then ok. and cards are chaeaper and perform better than nvidia

 

 

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The pricepoints of the 680 and 7970 and the same as far as I can tell, both at about 450 dollars, and honostly, I looked at a bunch of benchmarks, and both seem fairly equal :/   I fell like this is just too much like cpu with the intel vs amd, both have strong points, it is just something everyone agrees to disagree on :P 

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yeah, I would have to agree with you, everyone has their favorites, and some defend their favorites quite vigorusly...

and the sapphire 7970 is $399, and again, those benchmarks are using the old drivers. some people say it's a 70% improvement in fps, and while that's pretty exagerated, it's still like 20% better, and they were already a little ahead of nvidia.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-100351sr

 

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Ok, well thanks for that link, I will definitly think it over, however it is something I want to think about for a little while before switching over from the gtx 600's, and agian, thanks so much for your help :) 

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id probably go with the ghz edition of the 7970 like this one

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-100351vxsr

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Oh, another question I have is am I going to be able to use that processor with that motherboard BIOS, without updating it I mean, I don't have another cpu to flash the bios with, so i need it to be able to start up with that cpu 

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Change the PSU for a 550w if you're going for an nVidia card, 650w for AMD.

750w is overkill even for SLI with the 660-670  

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hahahahahahahahaha cheezus crust.

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Yea, I might do that, the only reason I have the 750w is for future upgrades to better more powerfull cards down the line, I may just keep the 750w to have the headroom, plus it really is only a 20 dollar increse which isn't too bad, not sure what I will do yet