Save up for the GTX 970 the performance and VRAM will be worth it.
Also 600 more than enough for the 970 and a i7, a lot more. Most single card setups don't use more than 450 watts.
The Corsair 200r/300r are good cheap options for cases. The Phanteks Enthoo Pro, the Corsair Air 540, and the Corsair 750D are what I've seen get recommended a lot these days.
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Just go for the beast of a card that is the GTX 970, a lot of people are saying it's the best bang for the buck. The 980 isn't to much of an upgrade to warrent an extra $250.
That power supply is fine, mot people these days overestimate how much power a gpu can draw. You could almost run two of that, without over clocking of course.
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While the 970 is a nice upgrade from the 760 (which is a good card already), the 980 is NOT worth the extra money over the 970.
970 vs 980
(EDIT: mistake in the following paragraph, 2x970 NOT recommended for your PSU)
Should you need more performance, you could pick another 970 in a year, when it will cost a bit less.
Your motherboard has a secondary PCI-E 4x slot. A 16x/4x SLI would have less performance than a 8x/8x setup, but it would still be way better than a 980.
Coming to PSU and case. The GTX970 has a lowish TDP (125W, vs your current 760's 170W!), which means that your PSU is perfectly capable of feeding it. It's also of a good quality, not even consumption spikes would bother it.
In fact a 600W gold certified PSU can handle a GTX970 SLI setup as well. (<- same mistake again: do NOT SLI 2x970 on your PSU)
Low TDP also means low heat generated. Unless you really want a new case, you won't need it: if it handles the 760, the 970 will stay cooler.
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Not enough for SLI, because the PSU doesn't have enough amps on the +12V rail. The beQuiet PSUs I found only had about 42A on the +12V rail. Wattage doesn't mean that much on PSUs.
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Assuming it's a Straight Power 10, we are talking 76A combined on the 12V rails.
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That's not how it works. You don't just sum them.
For that PSU the page says the max combined power for 12V is 576W. W = V A -> A = W / V, so 576W / 12V = 48A. If it had 76A then the wattage would be 76A 12V = 912W, which is way too high.
For the one you linked below it's 540W / 12V = 45A.
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You're correct, we've found my mistake.
On the side I've also found that the correct TDP for a GTX970 is 145W.
For OP: scratch the part on SLI. I still stand behind the rest: picking 970 over 980 and that your PSU and case will handle a single 970 without a problem.
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Your PSU is good enough, don't waste anymore money.
Graphics card wise? Avoid EVGA their maxwell cards aren't that great compared to what others currently offer. If you want a normal sized graphics card MSI is the best one to get followed by the Asus model.
Also I've always used MSI graphics cards and I never had a problem.
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Sorry i'm hijacking the post, but i just have a simple question and i don't think its worth another post
How are Amd GPU-s made by xfx? I'm looking at this and this is it worth it, or should i get a Sapphire or maybe Gigabyte card for ~50$ more?
Any opinion on the manufacturer would be nice since i saw one guy buy those for a benchmark comparison video so i hoped they aren't bad
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According to this review, you get about 2 fps more in games with the XFX's version of the card, but it also gets a bit hotter than the other cards in the review.
The first card you linked is a regular 270 while the latter is 270X. The review is about 270X.
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I think XFX's specialty is their lifetime warranty I'm not sure if they till have that policy tho
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It doesn't actually seem to be the case now. The store i'm buying it from suspiciously has nothing in warranty field and the website says limited 2 years warranty (as opposed to 3 years that everyone else gives) but to only US and Canada customers and the warranty seems to be available only for the 4000, 5000, 6000 and 7000 series and some GeForce cards.
Quite honestly if it has no warranty once so ever i'm not gonna buy it, thanks for pointing the warranty out thats something else to look at it seems
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In my personal opinion try the R9 270X 4 GB by Asus. http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-r9270xdc2t4gd5 It is 175 at microcenter (after rebate). It has 4gb of VRAM and has a clock speed of 1.12 Ghz which is amazing for the price.
EDIT: They do not have the price for Microcenter on there. Here it is: http://www.microcenter.com/product/437007/Radeon_R9_270X_Overclocked_4GB_GDDR5_Direct-CU_II_TOP_Edition_PCIe_Video_Card
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Thats neat, but i'm pretty sure nobody delivers to my country so i'm stuck with in store purchases. That 4GB Asus model is good, but its much more expensive in the store i'm buying this from so i can buy R9 280 cheaper, and since i'm only using one monitor I'd probably benefit more from higher clock and memory interface than higher memory
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Important addendum. From my exchange with Desidiosus 2 things came out:
1) a stable SLI with 2x970 is not possible with your PSU.
2) A single card will indeed be handled with no problems, but you'll have to follow one small detail. Despite the low TDP of 145W, the GTX970 requires 24A (for consumption spikes). Your PSU has either 20A or 18A for each 12v rail, so when you connect the 2x6pin connectors, you'll have to make sure they come from 2 different rails.
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