I'm building a new rig and have some questions especially concerning the graphics card. It's my first 100% build, I know a bit but I'm not THAT technical. I give you the speqs of the system I want (some parts I already have because I got a deal on them, they are marked with *, other items are still open for discussion if you see problems arrising).
My biggest struggle to choose is the graphics card. I will use my pc for video editing (probably with pinnacle studio), to burn and play blu-ray on my full-hd television which is also connected to my pc and I will also use it for gaming and I want to be able to play games (like Crysis 2, Black Ops 2 and Diablo 3) at the highest settings (meaning highest resolution and all options 'on'). For the graphics card aswell as for my whole system I'm aiming for performance and stability and future proof (4 years having no problem running everything). But I don't want to waste money either, so I want to pick a graphics card wisely, so I'm not going for a gtx 690.
Some more facts I can give: I stick with one monitor setup, I'm not that interested in SLI either, I might overclock my cpu and gpu but not extremely because I don't want to invest in custom water cooling. And I want a graphics card with NVIDIA chip from either ASUS or EVGA.
So here comes my most important questions as these have serious price differences for me:
1) going for ASUS or EVGA?
2) is it worth going for 4GB or will 2GB do the job?
3) 670 or 680?
4) I still have my old graphics card ASUS GT 7950 gt (512MB), do I put it in my system for physx or is it ready for the waste bin?
5) Any other advise/problems/comments in this system?
Speqs
Cooler Master HAF X (probably with upgrade of an extra top fan)
*Corsair Gold AX850 Pro (hope this is sufficient?)
ASUS Sabertooth X79
*Intel i7-3930k (c2) (possible I will overclock, but not extremely, 4.0-4.2, if achievable with given speqs)
Corsair H100i
*Corsair Vengeance Quad Channel Memory DDR3 16gb (4x4) 1866 C9 (9-10-9-27)
Samsung 840 Pro 128gb SSD (if sufficient for system and applicatons, otherwise 256 model?)
Crucial M4 512gb SSD (for 'My documents')
LG BH10LS38 blu-ray burner
* DELL UltraSharp U2711b (= 27" WQHD 2560x1600)
* Windows 7 Ultimate and Office 2010 Home and Student
My biggest struggle to choose is the graphics card. I will use my pc for video editing (probably with pinnacle studio), to burn and play blu-ray on my full-hd television which is also connected to my pc and I will also use it for gaming and I want to be able to play games (like Crysis 2, Black Ops 2 and Diablo 3) at the highest settings (meaning highest resolution and all options 'on'). For the graphics card aswell as for my whole system I'm aiming for performance and stability and future proof (4 years having no problem running everything). But I don't want to waste money either, so I want to pick a graphics card wisely, so I'm not going for a gtx 690.
Some more facts I can give: I stick with one monitor setup, I'm not that interested in SLI either, I might overclock my cpu and gpu but not extremely because I don't want to invest in custom water cooling. And I want a graphics card with NVIDIA chip from either ASUS or EVGA.
So here comes my most important questions as these have serious price differences for me:
1) going for ASUS or EVGA?
2) is it worth going for 4GB or will 2GB do the job?
3) 670 or 680?
4) I still have my old graphics card ASUS GT 7950 gt (512MB), do I put it in my system for physx or is it ready for the waste bin?
5) Any other advise/problems/comments in this system?
Speqs
Cooler Master HAF X (probably with upgrade of an extra top fan)
*Corsair Gold AX850 Pro (hope this is sufficient?)
ASUS Sabertooth X79
*Intel i7-3930k (c2) (possible I will overclock, but not extremely, 4.0-4.2, if achievable with given speqs)
Corsair H100i
*Corsair Vengeance Quad Channel Memory DDR3 16gb (4x4) 1866 C9 (9-10-9-27)
Samsung 840 Pro 128gb SSD (if sufficient for system and applicatons, otherwise 256 model?)
Crucial M4 512gb SSD (for 'My documents')
LG BH10LS38 blu-ray burner
* DELL UltraSharp U2711b (= 27" WQHD 2560x1600)
* Windows 7 Ultimate and Office 2010 Home and Student