Need Advice on upgrading my desktop

Nguyen Ken

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Apr 20, 2014
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Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: Within 1-2months

Budget Range: $1000

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Programing, Video Editing

Are you buying a monitor: No


Parts to Upgrade: Processor, Graphic Card, Mother Board, Power Supply (currently got 750w, need upgrade if I need stronger one for new Graphic Card),

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Amazon, Newegg

Location: City, State/Region, Country - Ohio, Blue Ash

Parts Preferences: by brand or type: AMD prefer, whatever GPU brand will be fine as long as it's strong :x, prefer reliable brand for Mother board

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: Yes if budget allow
 
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3uWA4
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3uWA4/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3uWA4/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4771 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($299.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus H87-PLUS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($105.24 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card ($473.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $879.22

Your PSU is enough for a 780 SLI. If you aren't OCin, then you need intel as stock for stock AMD doesn't compete, will it doesn't compete in general, but it's worse at stock.