I am wondering what the best route would be on building a decent gaming PC. I am a computer guy and know how to assemble it, but with the increase in technology lately, I am sort of worried if I should go the SLI route, what the benefits of that would be vs. getting just one very good graphics card, and what type of power requirements I can expect the gaming PC to take. Right now my current system is a mid-tower PC, with a Phenom x3 processor, 4GB of RAM, 400W power supply, and a Geforce GT240 graphics card. I am currently running "Dragon Age" "The Witcher" "Final Fantasy 14" and "Oblivion" at pretty high settings. FF14 takes up the most graphics power, but I can still run that at standard/high settings without problems. Though I know with the new Skyrim game coming out, and the new Dragon Age, and whatever lies beyond I will need something that will have more power. I am planning the current configuration for my new system: Asus M4n75TD SLI Motherboard (nForce 750A) 8GB of RAM (can support 16GB in the future) Pehnom II X4 Black Edition 3.2Ghz (Can support X6 in the future) Windows 7 64-Bit 600W Power Supply Seagate 1TB hard drive Graphics - Undecided With the idea of current and future gaming in mind, Should I invest in one very good graphics card, two very good graphics cards (which will mean more power and more heat), or two very decent yet not as good as one good graphics card (overall more than one good graphics card, less heat and power used.) I also don't want to spend too much on a graphics card, either $300 for one good one or $150 each on two to SLI. Could anyone explain to me what exactly you would suggest and why? I don't care about every single little pixel in the game being it's best ever or I'm going to cry, but I would at least like the games to look good and run very smoothly as they were intended. Thanks.
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