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FWIW - I found this recent writeup on GPU Magazine to be helpful with regards to rendering: https://www.gpumag.com/best-graphics-cards-for-video-editing-rendering/

To add - I just saw news that the RTX 4070 ti with 16 GB VRAM is coming out soon from a couple manufacturers. This brought up a couple more issues. Someone - who I believed would know - made the comment that I probably wouldn't see any benefit from more than 8 GB of VRAM in the kind of work...

Professionally, I've spent a lot of time using CAD since the early 80s and solid modeling since the mid-90s. Personally, I also do a lot of video rendering and hope to move into the Ai enhancement side of programs like DaVinci Resolve. My "daily driver" - for email, office programs, web...

Well, after reading Lucidlogix Virtu MVP in Action, it doesn't seem like going the Virtu route is a benefit worth the hassle. I think I'll just leave it be. Thanks.

I've been using my current PC for about 17 months with the integrated HD3000 GPU of my i5-2500K CPU, but I hadn't been able to get HDMI out from the ASUS P8Z68-V PRO motherboard. I finally broke down and decided for sure to get a discrete video card so I could get HDMI from that. One of the...

Thanks Spaniard. You're right that most people here who build their own rigs are looking at one or more mid-level or better card(s) along with those greater power considerations. I'm glad you pointed that out for him because although I've built many PCs going back to 1984 (the year, not the...

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Spaniard - thanks for helping out here. It depends on what cards he would CrossFire, doesn't it? If he started with a GTX 650 Ti Boost and wanted to add another later on, they only need 1 6-pin connector each and have very good performance/power ratios. The CX600M would be the minimum he'd...

I don't have as much time to help as I'd like but I'll take a shot. First the simple one - the orientation of the PSU fan is dictated by the case. Typically, if the PSU is at the top of a well-designed tower, the fan will be directed toward a vent in the top, while if mounted at the bottom...

500W should be plenty for your present system with a GTX 650 Ti Boost (minimum is 450W), but I'd prefer 600W or more for a custom build and a little headroom. Take a good look at your case and determine if it would accommodate a PSU with the large (120mm to 140mm) bottom fan - because that's...

The long black slot at the bottom of the board in your second-to-last picture is definitely a PCIe x16 slot. PCI slots have the gap bridge (where the blade of the card is split) at the far end of the slot and don't have the latch at the back. That's not a PSU that gives me a whole lot of...

Have you tried booting into safe mode?

See this thread for possible relevance to your question, as the poster had the same motherboard. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/369218-33-help-graphics-card I think you should be fine going with the above suggestions, but you could save a little on the PSU with CORSAIR Builder Series CX500...