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[DawnOfDoom]

that 520 will be plenty. and i'd stay away from the zalman, but the TT120 is good or the TRUE. but thats only if your gonna OC otherwise the stock intel cooler is not too bad.

Hey Third can you link me to this TRUE thing i havent seen it.

 

[ThirdLeft152]

well this was it.

Newegg.com - Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme CPU Heatsink - Retail

 

[DawnOfDoom]

OH DURRR. lol i see it now
Thermal
Right
Ultra-120
Extreme

Gawd i feel like an idiot.

 

[Luke]

nice build, its similar to the one im gona be building. the 2 8800gt's in sli is the main difference.

 

[DawnOfDoom]

SLI with the 8800 GT's arent worth it yet, ATI's HD3870 x2's in crossfire do better.

 

[veg1992]

SLI with the 8800 GT's arent worth it yet, ATI's HD3870 x2's in crossfire do better.

agreed Crossfire FTW, but there are games that SLI 8800gt's do better in, but 2 hd3870's are cheaper than 2 8800gt's, and the overall FPS doesn't matter as long as its playable (to me anyways)

 

[DawnOfDoom]

haha yea rockon single GPU owners.

 

[maroon1]

2 hd3870's are cheaper than 2 8800gt's, and the overall FPS doesn't matter as long as its playable (to me anyways)

8800GT are selling at very cheap price these days

You can get it for $229 from newegg, $219 from Micro center and $188 after MIR from ncixus

http://www.ncixus.com/products/27328/88YFF6HUFEXX/Galaxy Technology/
Micro Center Online - the center of .computer shopping
Newegg.com - ZOTAC ZT-88TES3P-FSP GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Newegg.com - XFX PVT88PYHF4 GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

So, HD3870 is not always cheaper.

 

[Invisible]

plus an advantage to crossfire is x38 is better than 680i in most situations, feature/quality wise

 

[DawnOfDoom]

the 680i had alot of bugs and holes, and IMO the 790i isnt any better.