If I was going to fill in the blanks for the hardware you have right now, I'd say it makes sense for there to be two 7970s. If this was intended to be a gaming rig at all, you done goofed, son. A 7870 is going to be out of place in this rig. The power supply is going to be much less efficient than it would be with higher-end hardware as you're putting a comparatively tiny load on it. Way out of its sweet spot.

r00t wrote If I was going to fill in the blanks for the hardware you have right now, I'd say it makes sense for there to be two 7970s. If this was intended to be a gaming rig at all, you done goofed, son. A 7870 is going to be out of place in this rig. The power supply is going to be much less efficient than it would be with higher-end hardware as you're putting a comparatively tiny load on it. Way out of its sweet spot.

to tell you the truth, its really not meant to be a hardcore gaming pc, more of graphic design video editing type of thing, however I'm sure there will be a time when I'm gonna get into pc gaming for whatever reason, so two 7970s still?

also I really dont have enough money to be putting two 7970s on here, what would your reccomendation be for a graphics computer in the $200 range.

i have 2 gtx 550 ti's that costed me jus over 200$ runnning in sli and i can run bf3 maxxed out at 40-50 fps but again i agree with root as he is like the computer genuis

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r00t wrote If I was going to fill in the blanks for the hardware you have right now, I'd say it makes sense for there to be two 7970s. If this was intended to be a gaming rig at all, you done goofed, son. A 7870 is going to be out of place in this rig. The power supply is going to be much less efficient than it would be with higher-end hardware as you're putting a comparatively tiny load on it. Way out of its sweet spot.

to tell you the truth, its really not meant to be a hardcore gaming pc, more of graphic design video editing type of thing, however I'm sure there will be a time when I'm gonna get into pc gaming for whatever reason, so two 7970s still?

Those only make sense if you're playing at a very high resolution like 2560 x 1440 or over three 1080p panels in Eyefinity. For 1080p, one 7970 is more than enough. I'm not saying the 7970s are what you should get, but they're what would be appropriate for this rig if it were to be balanced and focused on gaming. The 7870 will do everything you need it to at 1080p. It's just an awkward setup, that's all.

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r00t wrote If I was going to fill in the blanks for the hardware you have right now, I'd say it makes sense for there to be two 7970s. If this was intended to be a gaming rig at all, you done goofed, son. A 7870 is going to be out of place in this rig. The power supply is going to be much less efficient than it would be with higher-end hardware as you're putting a comparatively tiny load on it. Way out of its sweet spot.

to tell you the truth, its really not meant to be a hardcore gaming pc, more of graphic design video editing type of thing, however I'm sure there will be a time when I'm gonna get into pc gaming for whatever reason, so two 7970s still?

Those only make sense if you're playing at a very high resolution like 2560 x 1440 or over three 1080p panels in Eyefinity. For 1080p, one 7970 is more than enough. I'm not saying the 7970s are what you should get, but they're what would be appropriate for this rig if it were to be balanced and focused on gaming. The 7870 will do everything you need it to at 1080p. It's just an awkward setup, that's all.

Ok thanks for the input, I GREATLY appreciate all the help, my last question, could you link me to the best price for it?

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r00t wrote If I was going to fill in the blanks for the hardware you have right now, I'd say it makes sense for there to be two 7970s. If this was intended to be a gaming rig at all, you done goofed, son. A 7870 is going to be out of place in this rig. The power supply is going to be much less efficient than it would be with higher-end hardware as you're putting a comparatively tiny load on it. Way out of its sweet spot.

to tell you the truth, its really not meant to be a hardcore gaming pc, more of graphic design video editing type of thing, however I'm sure there will be a time when I'm gonna get into pc gaming for whatever reason, so two 7970s still?

Those only make sense if you're playing at a very high resolution like 2560 x 1440 or over three 1080p panels in Eyefinity. For 1080p, one 7970 is more than enough. I'm not saying the 7970s are what you should get, but they're what would be appropriate for this rig if it were to be balanced and focused on gaming. The 7870 will do everything you need it to at 1080p. It's just an awkward setup, that's all.

Ok thanks for the input, I GREATLY appreciate all the help, my last question, could you link me to the best price for it?

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Great price, great cooler, and a great game for free. So much greatness.

DySu wrote Ok so I got my first couple of parts for my new pc, but I need an opinion on what else I need. I know I need a graphics card and memory (ram), but I'm knew to custom pc's and need to know if the parts I want are even compatible.
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MSI Z77 M Power Motherboard / Z77 Chipset / 4 x DDR3 up to 32GB / 2 x SATA III Ports / 4 x SATA III Ports

Intel Core i7 3770K Processor / 3.5GHz Frequency / Quad-Core / 8MB Cache
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-850TX 850W

Switch 810 case

128gb SSD (to run program files)

2tb Harddrive

And a dvd burner

Compadable? (or other thoughts)

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G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C9S-8GXM (4 of these, I'll be running 32gb)

GIGABYTE GV-R787OC-2GD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

also when u buy ur case make sure its an ATX and that your mother board is an ATX aswell or they are not compatible or you might get lucky and the mother board fits into the case

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DySu wrote Ok so I got my first couple of parts for my new pc, but I need an opinion on what else I need. I know I need a graphics card and memory (ram), but I'm knew to custom pc's and need to know if the parts I want are even compatible.
Parts I have

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MSI Z77 M Power Motherboard / Z77 Chipset / 4 x DDR3 up to 32GB / 2 x SATA III Ports / 4 x SATA III Ports

Intel Core i7 3770K Processor / 3.5GHz Frequency / Quad-Core / 8MB Cache
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-850TX 850W

Switch 810 case

128gb SSD (to run program files)

2tb Harddrive

And a dvd burner

Compadable? (or other thoughts)

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G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C9S-8GXM (4 of these, I'll be running 32gb)

GIGABYTE GV-R787OC-2GD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

also when u buy ur case make sure its an ATX and that your mother board is an ATX aswell or they are not compatible or you might get lucky and the mother board fits into the case

yeah they're compatible, haha. @root really appreciate the help, planning on buying the card right now, just trying to figure out what memory to get so I can buy them together., haha if you want to point me in the write direction for 32gb of ram that would also be great, haha if not, dont worry about it, greatly appreciate all your help anyway.