I have not done that yet. I'll try that now.
Edit: Up to date with the latest firmware already.
Hmm, not really sure, then. Might have just been a hiccup. You could try resetting your router settings, but unless you keep getting disconnected, I wouldn't worry too much about it.
Yeah, that seems to be the one. What power supply would you recommend for both these cards?
Depends on how much you want to spend. The cheapest PSU I can recommend for either is the
EVGA 600B ($35 after $10 rebate), as 600 watts will be enough for either graphics card. If you spend more, you can get a higher quality model with higher wattage or modular cabling.
So I have a question, is having 2 monitors hooked up to my computer like, super CPU intensive or GPU intensive?
If you're playing games that run on both monitors, then it can get GPU intensive. If you're not playing games on both monitors or only use one monitor for games, then it doesn't matter, just about any desktop PC can handle dual monitors easily.
There's an entire subreddit for it, but I'm still slightly apprehensive.
Oh, I'm not really a reddit user, so I'm not sure either about it. Unless they're willing to accept Paypal payment after shipping info was confirmed or something.
Hey man, sorry for not writing back the last few days - super busy with school life. Going with that EVGA card would still be within budget so that's not a problem, but I'm curious why you'd go with that over the MSI. I've never owned either brands so I'm just curious to hear your take on them both. I've done a horrendous amount of research on both but I'm still really lost on which one I should go for. I'm probably not gonna go crazy with overclocking, but I will when some games need it.
Thanks so much again for all your help by the way. You've literally built this thing with me & I really appreciate it. Looking to order parts tomorrow!
I used to recommend the MSI Gaming 4G a lot because it was a pretty balanced card, it had a good factory overclock, a silent fan mode, and a compact twin fan cooler (compared to long triple fan coolers) that was still pretty effective. The newer EVGA SSC which is sold at the same price as the MSI model is pretty much superior when it comes to that, though. It has a slightly higher clock speed (1.19GHz vs 1.14GHz), also comes with a silent fan mode, and an improved cooler (improved from the older ACX 2.0 cooler) that appears to be better than the MSI Twin Frozr cooler design.
Compare the cooler designs here:
MSI Twin Frozr V and
EVGA SSC ACX 2.0+
You can see that the MSI model has a partial memory cooling plate while the EVGA model has a larger plate that more or less covers the entire circuit board.
Now, in real life use, you probably wouldn't notice the differences too much, to be honest. Framerate differences between the two aren't that great, they're probably within ~5% of each other. However, both are retailing for the same cost ($340 according to PCPartPicker) so why not get the slightly better card if both cost the same?
That build has jumped in price by about $40 overall, though. When are you planning to buy and build the PC? A day or so before you buy, we could go over the parts again to see if we can reduce the cost again or find alternative parts.