I actually sold my Corsair 750TX for a Coolermaster 700M SilentPro...now that seems like backwards thinking but the Coolermaster was quiter and it was a modular powersupply which is a big deal to me because I like the inside of my case to be neat and have unobstructed airflow and I fiddle with cables all the time.
My Coolermaster 700W was actually only $89 while you are paying $88 for your 600W but mine was on sale at the time.
I would actually consider buying an EVGA GTX 460 for that system. If you play a lot of games, when prices come down in the future, you could throw in another 460 and have a very powerful gaming system in SLI as well as support for multiple monitors and 3D surround.
That said, that 5770 will do multiple monitors on it's own and you could do the same thing by Crossfiring another 5770 to get near 5870 performance levels. The 460 seems like a better deal to me though in terms of value and future expandibility, especially since you've chosen a ridiculous motherboard that supports both Crossfire X and Tri-SLI!
-edit I just read your first post where you said CIV was your only gaming requirement. If that is the case, I would buy a much cheaper (but still Gigabyte or maybe ASUS motherboard). For someone who only wants to play CIV, there is no need for a motherboard that supports 3-4 videocards!
Last edited by Hack&Lube; 07-19-2010 at 11:20 PM.
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