When do I need to upgrade my power supply?

[PCNoob23]

I was wondering how much can i upgrade my graphics card before i need to upgrade my power supply? Will i be able to upgrade to a gtx 760, possibly even a gtx 770?
My PC:
CPU: fx-8320
RAM: (2x8gb) CORSAIR Vengeance
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA970A-D3p
PSU: Corsair 600W bronze
Case: DIYPC adventurer
Hard Drive: WD 1TB
Graphics card: Asus GTX 650 ti 1gb

 

[Jake Thorn]

Yes, you can get those cards, though if you want to overclock the 770 you would want more power.

 

[PCNoob23]

thank you sir, what is in your rig?

 

[Jake Thorn]

An MSi 770 Lightning 😉

 

[PCNoob23]

damn son, what are your other specs? Just curious because I build rigs but i have yet to build over $1000 so I haven't had the need to learn.

 

[Jake Thorn]

MSi 770 Lightning
MSi z87-gd65
i5-4670k
Cooler Master HAF XM
Cooler Master 212 EVO
8gb Crucial Ballistix Sport
120gb Samsung 840 EVO
2tb Seagate Barracuda
1000w Raidmax PSU (For future SLI)

 

[PCNoob23]

Will Suck d@ck for pc....just sayin

 

[PCNoob23]

You seem to be pretty knowledgeable, why does Intel make such good CPU's but with such low speeds? How are they able to compete with AMD even though they have much lower clock speeds and less cores?(Speaking by a price standpoint).

 

[Jake Thorn]

Core for core, Intel CPUs are far superior, and since most applications use only one, or a few cores single thread performance is a big deal. They can sustain higher temperatures, complete more work per cycle, while requiring less power, last longer, and can use hyperthreading, TurboBoost, and CPU dynamic core stepping. AMD goes for more cores, for less money, with similar features like piledriver, and Mantle. AMD's CPUs can also use core "sleep" states, but Intel's is superior. Put simply, Intel is quality, AMD is quantity. You generally get close to equal value for processors on the lower end, but high end CPUs are dominated by Intel.

 

[Jake Thorn]

Another note: Speed isn't everything when comparing processors. If one chip does more work per cycle, it doesn't need to do as many as a different core to be equal. Say we have CPU1 and CPU2. CPU1 does 20 actions a cycle, at a 1500 cycle rate. CPU2 does 30 actions at a 1000 cycle rate. Both CPUs do roughly equally as well, but at different speeds.

 

[PCNoob23]

Thanks man you have helped me a lot!

 

[mbreslin1954]

Look up IPC, Instructions per Clock. Intel CPUs execute more instructions per clock, or in other words does more work per clock cycle, which means they don't have to be clocked as fast (and yet they STILL get more work done than AMD CPUs, even while clocked slower). Clock speed really doesn't mean much when comparing CPUs with different architectures, such as Intel and AMD.