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OutcastSpartan7 · 16 Sep 2015 at 09:05

Right now I have an Antec 300 case, an i5 3570K, msi z77-g43, 16GB of RAM, 2 x Club3D 6950 (although only one is installed due to my power supply) the whole thing is only about 3 years old.

I'm restoring my computer soon as it has a couple bugs that can't be fixed, but I also need to add more storage to the system so I might as well do both at once, I was wanting to get a bigger case to add more room for the future.

What do you guys think?

Also I'd kind of like my computer to use less power, but it's for gaming... Power and performance don't usually go hand in hand... :confused:

BuToNz · 16 Sep 2015 at 10:42

Budget?

SSD/Better single GPU seem like the obvious things to look at.

deano-5 · 16 Sep 2015 at 17:06

whats wrong with the power supply?

5960xNvidiaGamer · 16 Sep 2015 at 17:10

What Wattage is the power supply? 650 would be plenty.

OutcastSpartan7 · 16 Sep 2015 at 17:11

deano-5 said:
whats wrong with the power supply?

Technically nothing, but it doesn't have the connections to connect the second GPU.

But really I'd want a GPU that is actually better, but still keeping lower power consumption.

Maybe I'll just focus on my storage requirements, they are more necessary, my MoBo only has 2 SATA III, so I'll have to utilise them for the fast main drives and put slower drives on the 4x Sata II.

5960xNvidiaGamer · 16 Sep 2015 at 17:12

You have a PSU that can only run 1 card.... are you sure? what PSU is it?

vantastic · 16 Sep 2015 at 17:12

BuToNz said:
Budget?

SSD/Better single GPU seem like the obvious things to look at.

+1 Defo need an SSD. Need more info dude.

OutcastSpartan7 · 16 Sep 2015 at 20:22

5960xNvidiaGamer said:
You have a PSU that can only run 1 card.... are you sure? what PSU is it?

Yes, I'm very sure, the PSU only had 2 x (6 or 8 pin connectors) and each GPU needed both.

vantastic said:
+1 Defo need an SSD. Need more info dude.

Yeah, so what do I need in an SSD? I've never owned one, it only needs space on it for the OS right? Plug that into the SATA III along with another high speed Hard Drive, then everything else can go on the SATA II in storage right?

deano-5 · 16 Sep 2015 at 20:31

Superflower power supplies are good

dreamcat4 · 16 Sep 2015 at 22:02

OutcastSpartan7 said:
But really I'd want a GPU that is actually better, but still keeping lower power consumption.

If that's the case then clearly you want to wait at least 6 more months until 16nm GPUs are commercially available. There's nothing in the shops yet < 28nm. And there's not really much more solid things to say about the matter until then / near to launch time.