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Some people would say yes. I'd honestly say no. 650 watts should easily be enough for 2 670's in that rig. 2 GTX 670's in SLI pull about 10-15 watts less than a GTX 690 under full load. The GTX 690 recommends a 650W PSU so you're right on target with a 650W unit for 2 cards in this machine.

Upgrade the CPU or the GPU? Those are 2 separate parts. CPU is the processor (the Core-i5). GPU is the graphics card (GTX 670). You'd be hard-pressed to upgrade either in the sample rig I posted without making some serious performance cuts elsewhere.

So I totally shit the bed and never updated this thread with a list of suggested hardware. Here's what I've picked out. Feel free to ask questions or give feedback. CPU: Intel Core-i5 3570K - $230 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504 Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V PRO - $215 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131819 SSD: Samsung 830 series 128GB - $100 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147163 HDD: Seagate 1TB 7200RPM - $90 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840 GPU: EVGA GTX 670 FTW - $400 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130802 Case: BitFenix Raider Mid-tower - $90 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811345009 RAM: G.Skill ARES 8GB (2x4GB) - $45 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231546 PSU: XFX 650W modular - $100 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207022 CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 - $65 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181015 Optical Disk: ASUS DVD Burner - $19 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204 PSU extension cable - $5 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812226050 That puts my cart at $1385 shipped to my front door. Should be the same to ship to New Mexico. A machine with these specs would RIP apart current games and games for years to come. The motherboard will run 2 cards no problem so you've even got room to upgrade. I hope this helps!

I never had issues with my 4350 in my Ubuntu box, though I never used it for gaming. It was fine for media playback though.

He can't do triple-monitor gaming off 2 different cards. He'd need 2 matching nVidia cards in SLI to run games at 5760x1080. The 7870 is a much stronger card for triple-monitor gaming due to it's 2GB of vRAM and Eyefinity support.

Go Download Steam if you haven't: http://store.steampowered.com/ Portal Portal 2 Bastion Borderlands Those would be the top 4 I'd recommend for not a whole lot. Portal and Portal 2 will keep you entertained all the way through the story. They have challenge modes for levels you've already beaten and Portal 2 introduced a co-op mode that's incredibly fun as well. The original is only $10 and the sequel is only $20. Definitely worth the money for a pair of Valve's best games. Bastion is my favorite Indie game I've ever played. I personally enjoyed playing it more with an Xbox controller plugged in but it's still great with a mouse and keyboard. Definitely worth every bit of the $15. I've never played a game quite like Bastion and I'm hoping they come out with a sequel. Borderlands 2 is just around the corner so it might be worth it to grab the first one and see if you like it. If you do grab it, I suggest the Game of the Year edition because it comes with $40 worth of DLC for $10. It's a long game but it has decent replayability with 4 character classes and combines a first-person shooter playstyle with quests, talents, and other RPG elements to make a unique game experience.

The 690 is an absolute monster but it's over NZD $2000 in New Zealand.

The Flex Edition is actually a better option here. Totally forgot Sapphire had that option for a little bit more. It'll come out to $493 for the card but won't require any adapters for your third monitor (assuming your monitors can all use DVI/HDMI). It'll save you about $20 and you won't have to worry about expensive adapters possibly breaking. Good catch on that one! do you think ill get away with my current power supply? http://www.digitalve...11664/test.html they are the monitors ive got. I currently have 2 and will get a third once the funds build up again after buying the card Your current PSU will be enough for a 7870.

The Flex Edition is actually a better option here. Totally forgot Sapphire had that option for a little bit more. It'll come out to $493 for the card but won't require any adapters for your third monitor (assuming your monitors can all use DVI/HDMI). It'll save you about $20 and you won't have to worry about expensive adapters possibly breaking. Good catch on that one!

You can't sell on this forum with less than 150 posts. /rentamod

This is tough because you're in New Zealand. Components are a little harder to find over there and I don't even know where to look online besides the website you posted. For your scenario I'd suggest upgrading your single video card rather than running 2 cards in SLI. The reason for this is that you'll not only need to buy the second 560Ti but you'll also need to upgrade your power supply to a 700W+ model in order to power both cards and the rest of the system. A quality 700W+ model on the website you posted costs around $194. Add that to the $343 for the 560Ti and you're looking at a total upgrade cost of around $537. For $515 you could get a Radeon 7870 2GB and an adapter for a 3rd monitor: http://www.pbtech.co.nz/index.php?z=p&p=VGASAP7870&name=Sapphire-HD7870-GHZ-EDITION-2G-GDDR5-PCI-E-Video-c Adapter: http://www.pbtech.co.nz/index.php?z=p&p=ADPSAP0005&name=Sapphire-ACTIVE-MINI-Display-PORT-(Male)-to-Single The 7870 has a few advantages. It'll be a single card, meaning less power consumption (no need to upgrade power supply) and less heat (fans will make less noise). It also has 2GB of video memory as compared to the 1GB the 560Ti has. In a triple-1080p setup you'll want more than 1GB of RAM in modern games. The 7870 is known to run multiple-monitor setups at medium-high settings in newer games and should be a much better solution than running 2 560Ti given the total upgrade price.

Is the $1400 including a monitor, mouse, keyboard, etc. or is that just for the tower?

Blue motherboard Yellow SATA cables classic Gigabyte

Whaddup yellow SATA cables and a PATA cable?

What budget are you looking at for a case? Corsair's 800D is my favorite case I've ever had the pleasure of working with but it's in the $250-300 range depending on where you buy it.

Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes get the job done for free if you set them to do scheduled scans daily. Kaspersky is the way to go if you want Internet Security and stronger real-time protection.

Google Drive gives you 5GB of free storage space that you can upload anything to. It's linked to your Gmail account and you can send friends a download link and let them download the files. https://drive.google.com/start#home Depending on how many videos it is, you might have to do them in batches or one at a time but it'll get it done.

They just work because it's magical. And because you're playing inside of a sandbox instead of playing at the beach.

bassface is right for sure. It'd throw off stereo sound for your highs. The driver's seat would have left-channel audio coming from the right and the passenger would have right-channel audio coming from the left. I wouldn't do it personally. Pillars would be a better place for tweets.

Why would you need a 5.25" power supply? And I'd definitely grab the 7750 over the 6670. The 7750 is a much better performer and it'll handle games at 1080p. The 6670 is a far weaker card and will struggle at 1080p in most games.

The computer might be trying to output to the onboard video by default. Boot into BIOS and change the video output option from "onboard" or "integrated" to "PCI"/"PCIe"/"addon" or whatever option it gives you.

AMD's Radeon HD 7750 is a phenomenal card that doesn't require a power connector. It's so power efficient that it only needs to draw power from the PCIe connector. They'd be able to play most older games on high settings and newer games like BF3 and Crysis 2 on medium settings at 1080p. Sapphire's overclocked model: $105 - http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814102985 Sapphire's basic model: $99 - http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814102969 XFX's single-slot variant (only get this if you need a single-clot card): $120 - http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814150612

Open Internet Options in Control Panel. Click over to the "Connections" tab. Make sure your homepage is set to what you want and then hit "LAN Settings" down bottom. Now check to be sure "Automatically Detect Settings" is highlighted. Once you verify that, head over to http://www.malwarebytes.org/mwb-download.php and download Malwarebytes. Install it and run it. It'll scan your machine for any malware it can find that might be causing the issue and eradicate it.

If you build a new box then the box will be worth more than the subs LOL

Windows 7 kinda has this built in. Right-click Volume in the notification tray and hit "Playback devices". Right-click your default output and hit "Properties". Now in the "Enhancements" tab there should be "Loudness Equalization". That should normalize all output through that connection.