Graphics Card Help

[GafferGames]

Now, I normally have no issue with these things, but with this, while I think there should be no issue, I just want to get outside opinions.
I am planning on getting a 4Gb GTX 680 as I can now afford to, but I just have a couple of questions.
1) Will I also need to upgrade my power supply as I want to keep my old card?
2) Will I be able to keep my old card, I'm pretty sure I can, as I have no plans of connecting them in SLI.
3) Will my motherboard have enough PCI-e slots?

My current system is...
Intel Core i5 Quad-Core Processor 3.4GHz O/C to 4.6GHz
Asus P8Z77-v Motherboard
16Gb Kingston 1333MHz RAM
2 x 2Tb Seagate HDD
2Gb GTX 650 Ti GPU
Creat1ve Audigy Soundblaster
650W Corsair PSU
H100i Water Cooling

Help would be great, as I want to order the card today!

 

[Crypt]

650 watts should be enough for a GTX 680 with your build
Of course?
If you're only using one card then why are you worried about not enough PCI-e slots?

 

[GafferGames]

650 watts should be enough for a GTX 680 with your build
Of course?
If you're only using one card then why are you worried about not enough PCI-e slots?

I'm not, I said I was planning on keeping my old GTX 650 Ti, not get rid of it, and also because whenever I try to custom build with similar specs to check, it says that there's no room for my sound card with the GPU's.

 

[Crypt]

I'm not, I said I was planning on keeping my old GTX 650 Ti, not get rid of it, and also because whenever I try to custom build with similar specs to check, it says that there's no room for my sound card with the GPU's.

But you can only use one of those GPUs at a time. And by no room do you mean not enough power or expansion slots? I just used the extreme PSU calculator with your build (including 680) and the recommended wattage was 500

 

[GafferGames]

But you can only use one of those GPUs at a time. And by no room do you mean not enough power? I just used the extreme PSU calculator with your build (including 680) and the recommended wattage was 500

I have a second monitor, I just don't have the proper means I'd like to use it yet.
No by no room I mean, it said there wouldn't be enough PCI-e slots, I don't know if its maybe because the card takes up 2 slots, but I think there should be enough, I was just wanting to double check.

 

[Ukraine Arsenal]

I have a second monitor, I just don't have the proper means I'd like to use it yet.
No by no room I mean, it said there wouldn't be enough PCI-e slots, I don't know if its maybe because the card takes up 2 slots, but I think there should be enough, I was just wanting to double check.

Power wise you are fine, but im not sure you are doing the set up correctly, A) you shouldn't have two different cards running on the same processor they will compete for resources, B) if in fact you run the two cards then there is a chance that both of them will block 2 of your free slots(hence the name Dual Slot Cards), C) is the only reason for you keeping the 650 TI the second monitor? Because if it is you must not be aware of the fact that the 680 can run up to 4 monitors, 3 in surround setting, and 1 accessory display

 

[Crypt]

I have a second monitor, I just don't have the proper means I'd like to use it yet.
No by no room I mean, it said there wouldn't be enough PCI-e slots, I don't know if its maybe because the card takes up 2 slots, but I think there should be enough, I was just wanting to double check.

I'm kinda confused :S
But you can only use one GPU in any rig unless they are SLI/XFIRED
Oh. So you mean expansion slots. There's no such card that uses 2 pci-e slots.. So you mean expansion slots in the case. Just have a look and see how many there is

 

[Ukraine Arsenal]

I'm kinda confused :S
But you can only use one GPU in any rig unless the are SLI/XFIRED
Oh. So you mean expansion slots. There's no such card that uses 2 pci-e slots.. So you mean expansion slots in the case. Just have a look and see how many there is

Not exactly, if you have two different cards then what happends is that the two cards work like two independent cards, problem with this is that the CPU processing gets divided among them, usually this set up is used for Server design not desktop. As for your second point the cards dont plug into 2 slots but when you plug a Dual Slot Card into the Slot it will cover a Second slot due to its size making slot 2 unusable

 

[Crypt]

Not exactly, if you have two different cards then what happends is that the two cards work like two independent cards, problem with this is that the CPU processing gets divided among them, usually this set up is used for Server design not desktop. As for your second point the cards dont plug into 2 slots but when you plug a Dual Slot Card into the Slot it will cover a Second slot due to its size making slot 2 unusable

Oh. I see

And as for the dual PCI-e mobo, there is usually a normal PCI slot between the PCI-e slots so that both are usable with dual slot cards

 

[Ukraine Arsenal]

Oh. I see

And as for the dual PCI-e mobo, there is usually a normal PCI slot between the PCI-e slots so that both are usable with dual slot cards

Yes that would be correct, the slot that is covered is usually normal PCI slot, his original question pertained to his sound card which uses either PCI-E X1, or the regular slot depending on the sound card, so for his purpose the slot he needs potentially could be blocked by the cards depending on how they are placed