Need help with new components!

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Andddyyyy

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hey guys,

My rig is needing some much needed upgrading, just thought i would come on here and ask what you guys think!
My current specs are:

Intel i7 2600k
As Rock Z77 extreme 4-m
16Gb of Ballistic Elite Ram
Intel 180Gb SSD
1.5Tb hard drive
EVGA Geforce gtx 660 SuperClocked to 3Gb
Corsair h100i (push-pull)
Corsair Gaming series 700w
NZXT Phantom

I have bought 2x KFA2 GeForce GTX 770 LTD OC 2048MB GDDR5 WHITE EDITION.

Was just wondering what you guys think needs upgrading? i was thinking motherboard and PSU.

Help would be much appreciated! Cheers :lol::lol:
 
Andddyyyy said:
hey guys,

My rig is needing some much needed upgrading, just thought i would come on here and ask what you guys think!
My current specs are:

Intel i7 2600k
As Rock Z77 extreme 4-m
16Gb of Ballistic Elite Ram
Intel 180Gb SSD
1.5Tb hard drive
EVGA Geforce gtx 660 SuperClocked to 3Gb
Corsair h100i (push-pull)
Corsair Gaming series 700w
NZXT Phantom

I have bought 2x KFA2 GeForce GTX 770 LTD OC 2048MB GDDR5 WHITE EDITION.

Was just wondering what you guys think needs upgrading? i was thinking motherboard and PSU.

Help would be much appreciated! Cheers :lol::lol:
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board and PSU will be fine for 770 SLI as far as i can see, though they will be very close together.
 
You'll need to upgrade the motherboard really, as the cards will be very close together and the top card may struggle with air flow.

You need to go for something ATX.

Personally, I'd look at upgrading the processor too, whether to Ivybridge/Haswell if you're changing the motherboard anyway, and you may benefit slightly from PCIE3 depending on the board.

Power supply you should look at upgrading at some point in the future but for now it will most likely be fine.

What resolution are you running on?
 
jamesriley94 said:
You'll need to upgrade the motherboard really, as the cards will be very close together and the top card may struggle with air flow.

You need to go for something ATX.

Personally, I'd look at upgrading the processor too, whether to Ivybridge/Haswell if you're changing the motherboard anyway, and you may benefit slightly from PCIE3 depending on the board.

Power supply you should look at upgrading at some point in the future but for now it will most likely be fine.

What resolution are you running on?
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I've just spend £550 on two cards, wanting to get the best for my money:lol:
Just 1080p just now, my power supply only has one 8 pin pci-e so would need to get a molex to pci-e adaptor but can only find ugly ones on ebay, any recommendation here i could get a decent looking/quality one? I was just thinking if i was going to do that woulkd i just be better going for a fully modular one? Decisions Decisions... :huh:

Cheers for the help
 
jamesriley94 said:
You'll need to upgrade the motherboard really, as the cards will be very close together and the top card may struggle with air flow.

You need to go for something ATX.

Personally, I'd look at upgrading the processor too, whether to Ivybridge/Haswell if you're changing the motherboard anyway, and you may benefit slightly from PCIE3 depending on the board.

Power supply you should look at upgrading at some point in the future but for now it will most likely be fine.

What resolution are you running on?
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Also that was my thinking about the motherboard, with it being a micro-atx there isn't much space at the bottom of the board. :)
 
Andddyyyy said:
I've just spend £550 on two cards, wanting to get the best for my money:lol:
Just 1080p just now, my power supply only has one 8 pin pci-e so would need to get a molex to pci-e adaptor but can only find ugly ones on ebay, any recommendation here i could get a decent looking/quality one? I was just thinking if i was going to do that woulkd i just be better going for a fully modular one? Decisions Decisions... :huh:

Cheers for the help
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'Best for your money' after getting dual 770s ;)
To be honest, a single 770 will pretty much max out any game over 1920x1080, 2 is overkill for now. I'd personally run with a single card for now, and put the other one back in the box until you've upgraded other things as it isn't needed right now.

I probably would think about upgrading your power supply - an AX760 would easily be enough and does have the right connectors.

Depending on what motherboard you buy, the processor can probably wait.

What's your budget at the moment?
 
I'd probably get a new PSU if yours only has 1 8 pin PCIe connector, and an ATX motherboard too to improve the airflow between the cards
 
jamesriley94 said:
'Best for your money' after getting dual 770s ;)
To be honest, a single 770 will pretty much max out any game over 1920x1080, 2 is overkill for now. I'd personally run with a single card for now, and put the other one back in the box until you've upgraded other things as it isn't needed right now.

I probably would think about upgrading your power supply - an AX760 would easily be enough and does have the right connectors.

Depending on what motherboard you buy, the processor can probably wait.

What's your budget at the moment?
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hahaha, i know! got them both for £540 unopened on ebay, saved over £200, don't think this was how my dad wanted me to spend my money for uni ooopppsss...:mellow:

I was thinking around the £200 mark for motherboard and £100 for PSU.

Cheers!
 
Andddyyyy said:
hahaha, i know! got them both for £540 unopened on ebay, saved over £200, don't think this was how my dad wanted me to spend my money for uni ooopppsss...:mellow:

I was thinking around the £200 mark for motherboard and £100 for PSU.

Cheers!
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A bit outside the £100 mark but I'd recommend the Corsair AX750 also
 
Andddyyyy said:
hahaha, i know! got them both for £540 unopened on ebay, saved over £200, don't think this was how my dad wanted me to spend my money for uni ooopppsss...:mellow:

I was thinking around the £200 mark for motherboard and £100 for PSU.

Cheers!
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Don't worry about it - student loan comes in in less than a month, free money then!

I meant a total budget for spending really?
Trying to judge whether we can push a new CPU out of the budget too and upgrade to Haswell.

You don't need to be spending £200 on a motherboard btw. You'll get away easily spending just over half of that.
 
jamesriley94 said:
Don't worry about it - student loan comes in in less than a month, free money then!

I meant a total budget for spending really?
Trying to judge whether we can push a new CPU out of the budget too and upgrade to Haswell.

You don't need to be spending £200 on a motherboard btw. You'll get away easily spending just over half of that.
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My total spend would be around £400, want to go for the black/blue/white look for the build as well, why can't i just win the lottery? It would make life a lot easier!!
 
NeverBackDown said:
This is what would do.

Though if you can find other brands such as Seasonic PSUs for the same wattage and cheaper than i would get that instead. Seasonic makes a lot of other companies powersupplies.
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Hmm... decisions decision, need to find the time to put the new rig together also. Might just use one of the 770's then a few months down the line buy the 4670k and new mother board.

Would you be able to send me a link of one that you think might do the job?:)
 
I agree on the board ( +CPU)

Other than that I'd say your case is outdated and could probably use an upgrade as well.
 
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