7.5/10 (My opinion)

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The rating is all down to what you want to do with the computer anyhow as each persons prospective and intended usage is different :-)

As for 2 Graphics Cards, you can attach them to both PCIE Slots yes, if there the same cards with bridging ability then you can bridge them to make them SLI, if not they run as 2 separate cards.

Depending on your operating system, in windows you can use differnt makes of Graphics card and it can run both. If using linux however it gets very unhappy about running 2 graphics drivers at the same time if they are from differnt venders.

pianowizz1984 wrote 7.5/10 (My opinion)

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The rating is all down to what you want to do with the computer anyhow as each persons prospective and intended usage is different :-)

As for 2 Graphics Cards, you can attach them to both PCIE Slots yes, if there the same cards with bridging ability then you can bridge them to make them SLI, if not they run as 2 separate cards.

Depending on your operating system, in windows you can use differnt makes of Graphics card and it can run both. If using linux however it gets very unhappy about running 2 graphics drivers at the same time if they are from differnt venders.

Thanks for the reply, it'll be running windows 7 64bit and will be used as a gaming PC as well as video editing.

Niceee if you can actually get that to work 8.5/10 ;)

I'd say ditch the 520 if you plan on gaming. VRAM does not determine the performance of the card. It only helps at ultra-high resolutions like triple (or more) monitor setups or monitors with resolutions above 1920 x 1200. You just got fooled by the frame buffer, that's all.

What is your budget?

Also show your full list of parts since I worry about people buying PSUs that are prone to explosion. I'd also get a Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition. Cheap and overclockable.

Yeah.. not that impressive. What about your motherboard? That will determine the stability of the pc, and the PSU? what you getting? 8GB 1333Mhz ram?... get 4GB/6GB DDR3 1666MHz+. You wont need that much. For the graphics card, get a 6950, or GTX 570. Anything lower wont run much at High. I would say get the 6950 over the 570.

Motherboard wise, get the new Gigabyte 990fxa UD3/UD5/UD7. Whichever you can afford. They support the new upcoming 8 core cpus. That motherboard is future proof should you want to upgrade your processor in the future.

Ditch the blu-ray drive and go with a half descent video card..like a 6870. I would try upgrading to at least an AM3+ motherboard with an AMD-955 with a Hyper 212. 520's won't run anything.

iiRISH_LUcK_7Vg wrote Yeah.. not that impressive. What about your motherboard? That will determine the stability of the pc, and the PSU? what you getting? 8GB 1333Mhz ram?... get 4GB/6GB DDR3 1666MHz+. You wont need that much. For the graphics card, get a 6950, or GTX 570. Anything lower wont run much at High. I would say get the 6950 over the 570.

Motherboard wise, get the new Gigabyte 990fxa UD3/UD5/UD7. Whichever you can afford. They support the new upcoming 8 core cpus. That motherboard is future proof should you want to upgrade your processor in the future.

I'd get the 570 instead of the 6950 right now since EVGA has them so cheap. I'm putting two of them in an upcoming build unless I decide to switch to AMD to mine for Bitcoins.

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You don't need a fancy motherboard. If it has enough I/O options, PCIE/PCI slots, and looks for you, get it. Expensive motherboards are only necessary when heavy overclocking is involved.