To upgrade or not to upgare. . . That is the question.

The Joker said:
Your welcome.

The Sabertooth and the biostar are the ones I would go for.
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Cool. This is what I have come up with so far:


ASUS Sabertooth P67 LGA1155 Intel P67 B3 Revision ATX Discrete Intel Desktop Motherboard - Retail - R2663
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz LGA1155 32nm Quad-Core - Retail - R2099
XFX Radeon HD 6970 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E Desktop Graphics Card - R3808
Corsair GS700, ATX 12V V2.3 - 700W (12v: 672W), 80PLUS White Certified Power Supply - R1155
G.Skill F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM 2x4GB DDR3-1600 CL8 Ripjaws-X - Desktop Memory - R762

Total - R 10,487.00
 
Grimspoon said:
Cool. This is what I have come up with so far:


ASUS Sabertooth P67 LGA1155 Intel P67 B3 Revision ATX Discrete Intel Desktop Motherboard - Retail - R2663
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz LGA1155 32nm Quad-Core - Retail - R2099
XFX Radeon HD 6970 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E Desktop Graphics Card - R3808
Corsair GS700, ATX 12V V2.3 - 700W (12v: 672W), 80PLUS White Certified Power Supply - R1155
G.Skill F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM 2x4GB DDR3-1600 CL8 Ripjaws-X - Desktop Memory - R762

Total - R 10,487.00
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The psu is to pricey, get a Aerocool modular 700W 80+ certified from E Should be around R800.
The gpu is really sweet, and I know you're an Ati/Amd fan so that's perfect.
Ram is pretty good.
Mobo and cpu are perfect.
 
700W is quite a lot too... The corsair has a lot of 12V power available and unless you are looking at getting a second card the 6970 will not use near that.

That said, you can never have too much power available... but you can easily get too little.
 
DarthSWNT said:
700W is quite a lot too... The corsair has a lot of 12V power available and unless you are looking at getting a second card the 6970 will not use near that.

That said, you can never have too much power available... but you can easily get too little.
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I may very well want to put in a 2nd 6970 at a later stage.
 
Grimspoon said:
I may very well want to put in a 2nd 6970 at a later stage.
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If you do intend to do that mate. Maybe look at getting a Aerocool 1000W Psu, they just over R1100 at E as far as I know and yes I know a 1000W is a bit overkill but its a lot of psu for very little cash, compared to any of the others available.
 
The Joker said:
If you do intend to do that mate. Maybe look at getting a Aerocool 1000W Psu, they just over R1100 at E as far as I know and yes I know a 1000W is a bit overkill but its a lot of psu for very little cash, compared to any of the others available.
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AnandTech said:
AeroCool has one of the worst regulations out of all the high-end PSUs we've tested. The DC-to-DC VRMs are very weak, so the voltage has huge drops on +3.3V and +5V. Even +12V (V4/V5/V6) could be more stable. Most PSUs with DC-to-DC have no problems with ATX conformable loads on +12V, but the voltage drops on this particular PSU make the overall quality suspect at best.
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anand said:
Did we accuse OCZ of having high ripple on +12V? Okay, AeroCool is definetly worse! All the rails have ripple and noise problems; at full load, every rail is out of specification, and it only gets worse at overload. 72 mV on +3,3V is certainly "impressive"...impressively bad. It's probably for the best that this unit isn't for sale in the US, because we definitely wouldn't recommend it.
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They don't seem to like the aerocool very much.

source

You should look for something with 800W or more though Grimspoon, if you want to be safe and have 2 GPUs
 
The Joker said:
If you do intend to do that mate. Maybe look at getting a Aerocool 1000W Psu, they just over R1100 at E as far as I know and yes I know a 1000W is a bit overkill but its a lot of psu for very little cash, compared to any of the others available.
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Yeah that might just be a better bet.

I have emailed the guy at E, he ignores me. Trying to get a price list out of them is impossible.
 
Once you have the CUD bug, it doesn't go away.. Ask me.. I know

If you want to game, just buy a console. Otherwise CUD will be a black hole for your wallet.
 
Grimspoon said:
Thanks Darth!
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No probs.

The 700W corsairs are very good though in terms of 12V Amperage. So you could get away with it. Because the main thing you are really looking for is good amperage on the 12V rail(s)... In fact it will probably be better than some so-called "800W" ones.
 
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