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    Card to upgrade to from 6850 for 1920x1080

    Hi all. I built a new rig last October and used my video card from my older rig (6850). My current specs are as follows: Carbide 400r case 2500k @ 4.4ghz w/ 212+ AsRock z68 gen3 rev3 8gb ddr3 Antec NEO eco 620W As mentioned in the title I will be playing at 1920x1080, mostly BF3...
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    building a new gaming rig (possibly CF) to go around my 6850

    Sorry I forgot to edit the original post and add in the 212+ heatsink. Would that RAM and mobo combo have any compatibility issues with that heatsink? I've heard some people say that certain RAM may not fit with the 212+ on certain mobos, so just checking.
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    building a new gaming rig (possibly CF) to go around my 6850

    Bump for build check.
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    building a new gaming rig (possibly CF) to go around my 6850

    Yeah the PSU was my main concern as well. Bought it when it was on sale for newegg's "shellshocker" since it was $35 AR figured I might as well grab it while I could. I posted about this in the power supplies forum and got some responses, everyone said it should be enough, but some that said...
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    building a new gaming rig (possibly CF) to go around my 6850

    EDIT: Have the parts picked out, just looking for a final check before I buy to make sure I didn't make any mistakes. 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming (mainly BF3, Skyrim, etc.) 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? ~700 but...
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    Antec NEO ECO 620C 620W sufficient for 6850CF?

    Maybe a bit of a dumb question, but I was wondering if the Antec 620W listed in the title would be sufficient to run something like: i5 2500K 6850CF 1HDD Other usual things (MB, DVDRW, value RAM, etc.) After doing some googling I got mixed results as to how people felt about this...
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