Planning to get new computer

[Andre]

The recommended psu for 770 (by nvidia) is 600w i would keep that in mind .
And if you are not rendering 16gb ram is overkill .

luckly doesn't mean much since my 760 it says it requires a 500w psu, but in the end max it uses its 170w, for the 770 its around 190w, a bit more if you make torture test over it, and you aren't makeing them

plus consider that the psu he has in the rig, can be overpower to 600w.

only reason to consider a bigger psu, is the case in the future he wanna make a sli ( double nvidia graphic card), otherway it isn't needed at all.



Skip this part if you are not planning of using a double graphic card config ( even in the future).

Spoiler

About the sli, i have to point out that the motherboard you have in the rig DOESN'T support sli ( double nvidia graphic cards), so i would change it with another one. even tho basically all motherboards with h87 chipset support a second gpu, but with a very lower speed (basically even if you have a second gpu, you kill it with your motherboard) . only the Z chipset help with that.

keeping that in mind, i would drop the cooler ( stock cooler is pretty good, especially if you won't overclock) , and get a different mobo and a psu with a higher wattage , but yeah that just my opinion.

and yeah blade is right, 16 gb ram are way a overkill.


still i would wait a month or so.. the upcoming gtx 970 seems like a cool monster with a kind of low price, interesting.