Well, i just decided to build a PC, than to buy a card so the Video Card Shopping thread can be closed. Here is what i am choosing to buy: Motherboard: http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_780i_sli.html CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115034 Memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231145 Power Supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171022 Sound Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829156005 HD x2: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136012 Video Card x2: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143093 Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146029 Burner: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827248011 Cooling:This is the only part i cant decide. Please feel free to suggest and Cooling i should get, or any changes in what i have.Ohh Price is not important
I can see that... lol Anyways, since you want 2x 8800GTXs in there, the motherboard you want wont work with it since it has a x38 northbridge, which isn't compatible with SLi, only Crossfire. The best mobo out there (in my opinion), is the ASUS Striker Extreme, since that supports SLi, and is pretty reliable as well. Also, nVidia's new 9 series are due to be out in February, so if you can wait until then, that would be the better option. In addition, the new 780i motherboards are coming out soon as well, AND the new Intel Quad Cores are due to be out in January.
i see, well i was thinking the striker first but yeah, i didnt see the northbridge.OPPSS. I updated the MOBO.
CPU: good RAM: good PSU: Stupid. You will never need anywhere near 1KW, and with a coolermaster unit I highly doubt it'll be able to produce anywhere near 1KW anyway. Get a Corsair HX 620W. Sound card: I don't know much about high end sound cards. However, what I do know is that they are pointless for gaming. A £20 PCI sound card like an Audigy SE will work just as well for any gamer. You only need top end cards like this for things like music production. Hard drives: Very fast, but not that reliable. That's worth considering. Video cards: Ludicrously over the top, but if you have the money, sure, why not? Case: Excellent Optical drive: I'm not sure, I've never used Philips drives before. Coolng: Thermalright Ultra 120 for the CPU, Scythe S-Flex for the fans.
Sound Card, yeah i can go with a Cheap one. HD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148262 PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139002 Sound: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829271001 I think i wanna go with Water Cooling, but cant decide which one!!!
Think carefully about water cooling, it's not as simple as slapping on a heatsink. For it to actually be beneficial over good air cooling, it needs to be thought out well, and done using high quality parts. You shouldn't think "which one", you should think "how". Water cooling kits are usually awful, and in many cases air cooling works out better, simply because the WC kits do such a poor job of cooling the components (some can't even cool Quad core CPUs adequately to stop them overheating, and that's before you overclock!) Component choices are much better, although I usually recommend Creative sound cards as they come with much better software than other manufacturers. Oh and by the way, if you put a space either side of the URLs you put in your post, you'll make them hyperlinks, so people don't have to copy and paste them into the address bar!
