the guy is pretty annoying but at least he isn't plastering threads in spiderman pictures anymore. the shitlord button is nifty sounding :o

a decent 500-600w psu shouldn't cost you that much and it allows for future upgrades. What are your system specs right now? (list everything if possible :c)

yes it should be compatible with your mobo, the 8350 is am3+ socket like your board. Make sure your PSU has sufficient wattage to handle the cpu and gpu upgrades.

IIRC the bulldozer cpus have poor single thread performance. I would definitely upgrade.

I avoided both the issues i mentioned by getting a 670 and just oc'ed it 8)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127685

bsc, call your octohomies to back you up!

I would say at stock speeds the 660ti and the 7950 are comparable in performance. From reading other forums, the 7950 does seem to overclock better than the 660ti.

The 7xxx series also has a problem with frame latency which AFAIK, is still being fixed.
Dont quote me on the last part, it might already be fixed :c
http://techreport.com/news/24136/driver-software-to-be-tweaked-to-reduce-radeon-frame-latencies-in-series-of-updates

The 660ti's 192bit memory bus is pretty limiting and not very future-proof. Might be a minor issue with next gen engines coming out soon. Just something to keep in mind.

Kepler refresh coming soon-ish? Not really sure when its actually happening but it was scheduled for march so you might want to wait a bit.

I'm so sorry

They'll just activate their trap card, DDoS Power Activate! :|
great read as always conductor.

you left out the 600w psu for the same price :c

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: ASRock Z75 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($65.79 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial M4 64GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($72.51 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card ($184.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($57.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Full (64-bit) ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $856.22
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-19 20:56 EDT-0400)

cheaper ssd with 4gb more space
same price PSU with 100 more watts (newegg only)
slightly more expensive case w/ better airflow

I took out the i7 because IMO the i5 won't have issues streaming anyways. If you're adamant about it you can always add it back for the same total price as before. (you could always spend the 150$ saved on a better GPU)

I would also dish out a bit more for a samsung SSD, not as good as the intel ones but better than pretty much every other brand.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147133
price went down but its sold out :\ too bad.

I'm nitpicking here but if I were you I would get a decent set of 1600mhz memory and overclock it myself. Doesn't really matter much :c

Thats pretty hot, try repasting?

I'm not sure what the tjmax is for sandy bridge but it looks like your temps are really close to it if everything was under 100% load.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW2D_Votd2Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlFiyihgMG8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlFiyihgMG8

HIS FACE. WHY?

just saw the other thread, MY BAD. Spat out my banana watching this.

I have a 3570k. Lets not turn this into a i5 vs i7 thread.

3570k or 3770k. Like many others mentioned, performance gain from Haswell is minimal. You would also need a new mobo for Haswell's LGA 1150 anyways and I just don't see the extra 200$+ justifying the minimal performance gain. (Unless you don't have a LGA1155 mobo right now.)