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should i get a 780 with 500w psu and a mb that cant do sli, or should i get a more expensive mb that has sli and a 750w psu and get another 770 later?

i have a 24" 1080p monitor but i will get a higher resolution later. i want to play games like bf4 cysis 3 and skyrim (with a lot of graphics mods)

here is my build with the 770 http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3nIs4

thanks for any help

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I'd go 780. It's enough to push games with high quality at 1440p. I'm actually just a tad sorry that I didn't get a 780 myself. If you go 1440p you can turn off some AA due to the larger number of pixels smoothing out the images natively, so you won't need a 780 SLI any time soon.

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I would go for the 2x 770s for 1080p, but if you're going for 3x 1080p or 1440p or whatever then you'll want the extra VRAM of the 780.

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