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So I switched from my ASUS to a MSI 7870 because the ASUS hit 74c with ease. So with the MSI I got it OCed at 1250/1400 with 1.299V and it never goes over 54c on games or 3d mark 11. Got another 300 points on 3d mark 11 P with this card to. Side note: Is it a good OC on the cpu if I am at...

I currently have: i5-2500k with stock heat/fan 2 sticks of 4gig ddr3 1333 ram (not sure of specs) asus 7870 stock corsair tx750 enthusiast series v2 ocz agility 3 60GB SSD WD green series 500GB 7200 sata2 HDD Cheap off brand mid tower case with 1 80mm front, 1 120mm rear/side ASUS P8Z68-v lx...

My system: i5-3500k @ 4Ghz 8gigs of ddr3 1600. (2 4gig sticks) OS on SSD Games on slave HDD ASUS 6850 stock I'm thinking of upgrading GPU and PSU if need be. What GPU won't bottleneck my CPU and max games out on my 22" 1680x1050 max res display? I'm thinking 7850 or GTX 660. Could go 7950 but...

Okay I have a budget of 350 dollars. I'm not sure if I will get rid of my asus 6850. I am not looking to crossfire my 6850. I'd like to go Nvidia for the first time as I want 3D in the future and from what I hear Nvidia does a better job at encoding media and 3dsmax. Primary use is gaming. Here...