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phillrulz
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Hey guys i want to know what to upgrade next, i was thinking either SLI 780ti or a bigger SSD? obviously the SLI being the most expensive as id need a new PSU, MOBO and GPU. I game on 5760x1080 mainly.

 

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CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  4-4.6ghz
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler + 2X Noctua NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM 120mm  Fan
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Superclocked ACX Video Card 
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At that resolution I'd probably go for another 780 Ti. That's quite an expensive upgrade though.

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At that resolution I'd probably go for another 780 Ti. That's quite an expensive upgrade though.

yea it is unfortuantly

 

Bigger SSD unless you really, really, really want to SLI.

Yea what sort of size? i would love to have a 1tb

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At that resolution I'd probably go for another 780 Ti. That's quite an expensive upgrade though.

 

I agree with this!

 

Although bigger SSD is always good

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Well that's a large resolution so the SLI would help greatly.

 

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yea it is unfortuantly

 

Yea what sort of size? i would love to have a 1tb

 

A 1TB SSD is a waste of money, IMO. It's nearly 500 dollars. That's basically a new PSU, mobo and some of a 780 Ti.

[CPU] Intel i5 4690k @ stock w/ Corsair H100i [Motherboard] Asus Z97-AR [RAM] 16GB Corsair Vengeance [GPU] Asus Strix GTX 970 OC 4GB [Case] Corsair Obsidian Series 750D [Storage] 120GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD, 3TB Seagate Barracuda HDD, 1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD, 1TB Western Digital Cavier Green HDD [PSU] Corsair CX Series 750M [Display] Dell U2412M [Keyboard] Corsair Vengeance K70 (Cherry MX Red) [Mouse] Zowie FK1 w/ Corsair MM600 Mouse Mat [Sound] Asus Xonar Essence STX, Klipsch ProMedia 2.1, Sennheiser HD558 w/ ModMic [OS] Windows 8.1 64-bit

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A GTX 780 Ti is over $500 lol.

 

That's why I said some of. A new PSU for SLI will be like $100, a new mobo $200. That's $200 left over to put towards the 780 Ti.

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You can get a 240/256 GB drive pretty cheap, a 480/512 GB if you want the space.

id love to put all my games on an SSD i have around 400 GB of games obviously only a few graphic intensive would benefit from it except the fast load times.

 

EDIT ~510gb of games

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id love to put all my games on an SSD i have around 400 GB of games obviously only a few graphic intensive would benefit from it except the fast load times.

 

EDIT ~510gb of games

 

Gaming on a SSD is great for games like BF4 where faster loading will give you an advantage at the start of a match. You basically have your choice of vehicles. Most multiplayer games will make you wait until everyone is connected/loaded before the match starts though. If the majority of your games are single player, then I don't think minus 10-20 secs on a load time is worth the upgrade.

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Gaming on a SSD is great for games like BF4 where faster loading will give you an advantage at the start of a match. You basically have your choice of vehicles. Most multiplayer games will make you wait until everyone is connected/loaded before the match starts though. If the majority of your games are single player, then I don't think minus 10-20 secs on a load time is worth the upgrade.

Yea i have BF4 on my ssd atm but games like titanfall piss me off, they limit people with SSDs to people running flipping IDE HDDs with like 10MB/S speeds, ive spent alot on my computer why should i wait for people who spent little to catch up with me.

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Yea i have BF4 on my ssd atm but games like titanfall piss me off, they limit people with SSDs to people running flipping IDE HDDs with like 10MB/S speeds, ive spent alot on my computer why should i wait for people who spent little to catch up with me.

 

Ugh... because it allows for a somewhat even playing field?

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Ugh... because it allows for a somewhat even playing field?

 

Id rather start faster, i dont care if someone had SSDs in raid or used a ram disc to beat me.

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