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The good news is that you do have PCI Express expansion slots:

Expansion Slot(s) 1.0 (total) / 1.0 (free) x Processor - DIMM 240-pin,
1.0 (total) / 0.0 (free) x PCI Express x1,
1.0 (total) / 1.0 (free) x Memory,
4.0 PCI Express x16



But the bad news is that you only have a 220Watt power supply:

Power
Device Type Power supply .
Power Provided 220.0 Watt


So if you decide to upgrade with a new graphics card you most likely will need a power supply upgrade as well.

My advise is to save your money torwards a new gaming machine instead of dumping more money into this one. Sell this one to your little brother, your mom, or your friend at work. Then go for a machine that will let you play other high end games. Eventually you will want to play something else other than WOT.]]> no_email@example.com (TasteDaKnife) http://www.knifeon.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=2074#2074 http://www.knifeon.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=2073#2073 no_email@example.com (Lupey) http://www.knifeon.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=2073#2073 http://www.knifeon.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=2069#2069 no_email@example.com (iraklinar) http://www.knifeon.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=2069#2069 http://www.knifeon.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=2063#2063 no_email@example.com (Lupey) http://www.knifeon.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=2063#2063 http://www.knifeon.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=2062#2062 ]]> no_email@example.com (iraklinar) http://www.knifeon.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=2062#2062 http://www.knifeon.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=2061#2061 ]]> no_email@example.com (iraklinar) http://www.knifeon.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=2061#2061 http://www.knifeon.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=2055#2055 ]]> no_email@example.com (iraklinar) http://www.knifeon.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=2055#2055 http://www.knifeon.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=2052#2052

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Just hope no-one pinched a loaf and flushes while your computer is on...


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The Z79 supports the new Ivy Bridge CPU 6 core processors. 6 cores! Very cool. But do you really want to spend $600+ for a 6 core CPU? Are there any applications or games that will use 6 cores? I doubt it. Might be too early to invest in 6 core cpu's...


The X79 supports quad channel memory compared to only dual channel memory with the Z77. This means that the X79 supports a Max of 64 GB of ram vs Z77 Max of 32GB ram. So you have to ask yourself, how much memory do you really need today? For a gaming machine do you really need more than 32Gb? No... Will 32Gb be enough for a few years? I hope so.


Next difference is PCI pipelines. X79 has 40 PCI pipelines vs the Z77 16 PCI pipelines. What does that mean? Well how many video cards are you going to run? The Z77 chipset supports sli at 8x -8x vs the X79 at 16x -16x. The new top of the line video cards out will work just fine with 8x 8x pci-e 3.0

LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFMzRZqFh-w

LINK:http://www.anandtech.com/show/5458/t...cking-and-msaa

QUOTE:Ultimately what is clear is that 8GB/sec of bandwidth, either in the form of PCIe 2 x16 or PCIe 3 x8, will be necessary to completely feed the 7970. 16GB/sec (PCIe 3 x16) appears to be overkill for a single card at this time, and 4GB/sec or 2GB/sec will bottleneck the 7970 depending on the game. The good news is that even at 2GB/sec the bottlenecking is rather limited, and based on our selection of benchmarks it looks like a handful of games will be bottlenecked. Still, there’s a good argument here that 7970CF owners are going to want a PCIe 3 system to avoid bottlenecking their cards – in fact this may be the greatest benefit of PCIe 3 right now, as it should provide enough bandwidth to make an x8/x8 configuration every bit as fast as an x16/x16 configuration, allowing for maximum GPU performance with Intel’s mainstream CPUs.

Take a look at the new Sniper gaming board from Gigabyte:
http://youtu.be/twI4wcOKOZw

So bottom line I think I'm trying to convince myself to go with the cheaper Z77 chipset with a 2700 OC vs the X79 with 3930 6 core OC machine. Or maybe the best idea is to wait for Haswell due around Q2 2013...


Haswell is set for release March-June 2013


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