Massive CPU Upgrade

**HeavyG** · 12-25-12, 07:39 AM

Okay, so it appears that you should be fine with a single GTX 690 for most games. I think there may be some more demanding titles where a single screen will have to suffice.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 Review - Dual GK104 Kepler Greatness | 3D Vision and 3D Vision Surround Testing

You may still get better results from the additional frame buffer of the 4 GB GTX 680 cards in SLI, my experience with the GTX 680 is that they are kind of a noisy card when compared to the GTX 690. The 690 is quiet, and stays pretty cool in the process. Even when I overclock it and run the fan at 100%, it is probably half as loud as a single GTX 680.

I think the 690 along with the 3770K would be a pretty good combination. Wait for the next big platform release from Intel and upgrade the entire CPU/Motherboard platform.

**DJ Ms. White** · 12-25-12, 08:08 AM

I'm streaming fine at the settings you want with a 2600k (at 4.5GHz) with a 690.

**RhysJD3** · 12-25-12, 09:14 AM

OK, I think I'm misunderstanding when you guys say streaming. I was thinking of rendering your video and sending it as live feed or capturing but what do you guys mean by streaming?

Do you just mean streaming video from netflix?

**DJ Ms. White** · 12-25-12, 09:46 AM

Streaming to twitch

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**Imisnew2** · 12-25-12, 12:27 PM

Thanks for all the input! I've been wearing away at the details trying to decide what I want to do. It's looking like 2x GTX 680 + 3770K for the near future. However, I have a 750W PSU...

Final Question:
Do I need a bigger PSU? Everything I've found seems to suggest 550W for a single GTX 680 with an additional 195W for extra 680s. Does that initial 550W cover everything else, i.e. CPU, memory, drives...?

I was using this for reference:
http://www.geforce.com/Active/en_US/en_US/pdf/PSU.pdf

**Imisnew2** · 12-25-12, 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by HeavyG

My experience with the GTX 680 is that they are kind of a noisy card when compared to the GTX 690. The 690 is quiet, and stays pretty cool in the process. Even when I overclock it and run the fan at 100%, it is probably half as loud as a single GTX 680.

It's ok. I live next to a train station (about 150ft from the platform). I don't think sound will be an issue.

**iLLusioN** · 12-25-12, 01:26 PM

You can use this power calc to be sure...it will give you the minimum stats..add about 25% to whatever number you get from there. Newegg also has a power calc...I did a little guessing but you should be fine with 750w.

**Imisnew2** · 12-25-12, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by iLLusioN

You can use this power calc to be sure...it will give you the minimum stats..add about 25% to whatever number you get from there. Newegg also has a power calc...I did a little guessing but you should be fine with 750w.

Thanks Illusion, I looked at the Newegg power calc and it says I need 763W... which would be riding the edge of whether I should get a PSU or not. I guess the next logical step would be to ask what everyone thinks about PSUs? I have no clue what I'm looking at other than Voltage, Amperage, and Watts. Even then, all I know is I need X units to satisfy Y components.

**Kanati** · 12-25-12, 02:47 PM

My view on PSU's... is overdo it as much as you are comfortable spending. You can never have too much buffer room in case you want to upgrade later. But that's just me.