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Hey guys Just wanted to ask you opinions on this PC I'm building for a friend. It's a little bit similar to mine, with some exceptions thanks for the current price drops and some new stuff on the market. Purpose of gaming at 1920x1080 resolution, just gaming really

It goes like this:

Processor: i5 2500K
Motherboard: Asus P8Z68 V
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz 2x4Gb
Graphic Card: Asus GTX560Ti DirectCu II
SSD: Corsair Force 3 90Gb
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1Tb
PSU: Corsair TX-750W V2
Case: Coolermaster CM-690 II
Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus
DVD Burner: Samsung SH-223L Lightscribe

Solid build?

Some questions...

Is the case and motherboard a good choice to future SLI with another GTX560Ti?
Is the CPU cooler suficient for a modest overclock, say 4.0-4.2Ghz range?
Should I apply some more cooling, like a side panel fan for the GPU at the moment of planing SLI?

Thanks for reading

Jon1984 wrote:

Graphic Card: Asus GTX560Ti DirectCu II

Did you see today's deal on a Radeon HD6950 at Amazon.com?

Jon1984 wrote:

PSU: Corsair TX-750W V2

This PSU is fine for SLI. You could probably get by with a good 650-watt unit for less.

Jon1984 wrote:

Case: Coolermaster CM-690 II

Have you looked at Antec cases? They're generally a bit nicer to work in than the CoolerMaster cases that I've used.

Jon1984 wrote:

DVD Burner: Samsung SH-223L Lightscribe

Did you consider Blu-ray?

Thank you for your feedback JAE

I'm building the PC at a small shop near home, it has good prices, but here in Portugal, Radeons 6950 don't have such a tight price related to the GTX560Ti as in US. I know the AMD card is more powerful, but it's 30-40 Euro more expensive that most Nvidias. Beside that point, I'm building with a GTX560Ti because I own one, and as new generations of cards come, I can use mine or his to SLI one of our machines and have a nice bump in performance, so just one of us has to buy a new card

So I wonder, can I future SLI with a MSI and an Asus GTX560Ti?

(The PSU, maybe the Corsair TX-650 V2 is enough for SLI those?)
Just checked Corsair page, this PSU only as 2 PCI connectors Do you have another suggestion please?

I own the Antec One Hundred case and I'm very pleased with it Do you have any other suggestions?

Bluray isn't necessary really...

Thank you for you time

Allright then, I've ditched the CM-690 for a HAF 912 Plus and sticked with the TX-750 for futureproofing

It's been ordered

Cheers