Building a new PC in a month. Looking for advice. Buying parts Oct 11th.

[Cerebralbore101]

JEMC said:

Cerebralbore101 said:

I think this will be my final update. Found a decenly priced monitor with Freesync. Changed the 580 t0 4GB VRAM to save a bit of money. Besides 8 GB VRAM is overkill for 1080p. 

How's my current power supply? Is EVGA reliable? Is Gold Standard quality enough? Or should I drop an extra $50 on Titantium/Platinum? 

If I were you, I'd go with the 8GB variant of the 580. Not just because the extra memory (not as overkill as you may think), but also because most 4GB boards have slightly lower clocks for the memory, so you're losing not only capacity, but also performance.

A Gold rated PSU is more than enough. The extra price of higher rated models aren't worth it unless your electricity is very expensive. If you want to spend more money on a PSU, do it by going with a fully modular unit.

Well the 8GB version is now the same price as the 4GB version. So whatever is more cost effective.