In an effort to prepare for BF3 carnage, and to take advantage of Adobe Mercury Playback Engine, I have ordered a GTX 460 1GB to replace my HD 3870 512MB. Within an hour I realized my Thermaltake 430W we're all familiar with won't have enough juice to set the pixels loose. Now that I've blown my wad on a GPU I'm trying to stay on the reasonable end of the price spectrum. However, and this may be a determining factor if you're taken the time to read this far - I tend to expect my components to last years and possibly multiple builds so I want something that can handle an i7 setup in the future. I'm hoping you all can help.
The system as it stands
Gigabyte EP45-UD3R
Core 2 Quad Q9300 @ 2.5
Thermaltake W0070RUC TR2 430W PSU (2x12V, 14A+15A)
Radeon HD 3870 512MB
8GB G.SKILL
2 x WD Black SATA
DVDRW
2 x 80mm case fans
2 x HDD coolers
Thermaltake Big Typhoon HSF
thanks
The system as it stands
Gigabyte EP45-UD3R
Core 2 Quad Q9300 @ 2.5
Thermaltake W0070RUC TR2 430W PSU (2x12V, 14A+15A)
Radeon HD 3870 512MB
8GB G.SKILL
2 x WD Black SATA
DVDRW
2 x 80mm case fans
2 x HDD coolers
Thermaltake Big Typhoon HSF
thanks