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Flashing a 6950 to a 6970 can save some money, but you lose your warranty and you can't be sure that the card can handle the higher clock rates. E.g. one of my flashed 6950s won't run 100% stabil, because of the memory clock rate so I have to underclock it a little bit.

Yeah, I figured so. That's the reason why I didn't return it to the store, I really don't want any more unstable components in my computer.

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cpu: Intel Core i7 950 @ 4.35 ghz 1.3v vcore

mobo: evga 1371-E767

ram: G-skill 6gb 1600mhz 9-9-9-24

gpu: x2 Evga gtx460 850/1750/2000 1.087v

cooler: Corsair H50 (water)

psu: Kingwin Lazer 1000w

hdd: x3 Seagate 500gb 7200rpm in raid 0

optical: LG Blue Ray/DVD burner/player

display: Samsung 23.5" LED 1920x1080 full HD monitor

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cpu: Intel Core i7 950 @ 4.35 ghz 1.3v vcore

mobo: evga 1371-E767

ram: G-skill 6gb 1600mhz 9-9-9-24

gpu: x2 Evga gtx460 850/1750/2000 1.087v

cooler: Corsair H50 (water)

psu: Kingwin Lazer 1000w

hdd: x3 Seagate 500gb 7200rpm in raid 0

optical: LG Blue Ray/DVD burner/player

display: Samsung 23.5" LED 1920x1080 full HD monitor

That sounds like a china bomb for under 100€ for me. Also 1KW for 2x GTX460? I thought the wattage from a GTX460 is pretty low.

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The wattage for the 460 may be low, but the 950 at my clock spead is a beast. Overclock the i7 and it starts to get wattage hungry. Takes lots of juice. And I figured when I put this thing together I wanted upgradability and with that PSU I dont have to get a different one if I want beefier video cards someday.

I had a 750w in it and it didnt cut it so why not overkill? Moar fun that way!

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Updated my PC a little bit since last time.

CPU: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770 @ 3.2 GHz (for stability testing, usually overclocked to 3.8 GHz)

GPU: XFX AMD HD6970

PPU: NVIDIA 8800GTX (hacked driver for AMD + PhysX support)

Mobo: Asus Striker II Extreme

RAM: 4x 1GB OCZ SLi-Ready Memory @ 1800 MHz

PSU: CoolerMaster Silent Pro 700W

Case: CoolerMaster HAF 922

SSD: Intel Postville X25M 80GB SSD

HDD: 2x Samsung 1TB

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium x64

Screen: 2x Samsung 23" @ 1920x1080

Mouse: Logitech G5

Keyboard: Logitech G19

New shit is underlined.

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Nice rig Mayco. I'll get a SSD soon too, I think. Current HDD is slow as fuck.

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.6 (sometimes @ 3.8 ghz)

CPU Cooler: Scythe Mugen 2

GPU: XFX AMD HD6950 @ HD6970 (BIOS Mod: http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/159)

RAM: G.Skill 4GB DDR2-1066

Mobo: Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3

HDD: Samsung SpinPoint F1 640GB + External Western Digital 1TB

PSU: Enermax Pro82+ 625Watt

Chase: Cooler Master CM II 960 Advanced Window Kit Edition

Mouse: Microsoft Sidewinder X3

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit

Monitor: Samsung SynchMaster P2450 24"

I'll stick to this config, when I'll get some new shit.

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Old Build

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 @ 3GHZ

GPU: 8800GTS 640MB

Mobo: EVGA 780i FTW

RAM: OCZ 4GB 1066

PSU: 700W

Case: Antec 900

HDD: WD 1TB, WD 500GB, WD 320GB

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Screen: Acer 22" 1680x1050

Headset: Fata1ity

Mouse: Logitech G5

Keyboard: Dell

New Build

CPU: Intel i7 960 3.2GHZ @ 4.2GHZ

COOLER Corsair Hydro Series H70

GPU: EVGA GTX 580 Stock OC'd to 845 1690 2045

Mobo: EVGA X58 FTW3

RAM: 12GB GSKILL Ripjaws 1600mhz DDR3 @ 1610mhz

PSU: 1000W Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold

Case: Cooler Master HAF 932

HDD: WD Caviar Black 1TB 64mb Cache, WD Caviar Black 1TB 32mb Cache, WD Caviar Black 500GB 32mb Cache

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Screen: Samsung SyncMaster P2770 27"

Headset: TekNmotion Pulsewave

Mouse: Logitech G5

Keyboard: Logitech K120

Click here to see new build.

I gave my old build to my boys. They are currently in the process of filling it with every game they can. :D

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Old Build

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 @ 3GHZ

GPU: 8800GTS 640MB

Mobo: EVGA 780i FTW

RAM: OCZ 4GB 1066

PSU: 700W

Case: Antec 900

HDD: WD 1TB, WD 500GB, WD 320GB

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Screen: Acer 22" 1680x1050

Headset: Fata1ity

Mouse: Logitech G5

Keyboard: Dell

New Build

CPU: Intel i7 960 3.2GHZ @ 4GHZ

GPU: EVGA GTX 580

Mobo: EVGA X58 FTW3

RAM: 12GB GSKILL Ripjaws 1600mhz DDR3

PSU: 1000W Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold

Case: Cooler Master HAF 932

HDD: WD Caviar Black 1TB 64mb Cache, WD Caviar Black 1TB 32mb Cache, WD Caviar Black 500GB 32mb Cache

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Screen: Samsung SyncMaster P2770 27"

Headset: TekNmotion Pulsewave

Mouse: Logitech G5

Keyboard: Dell

I gave my old build to my boys. They are currently in the process of filling it with every game they can. :D

Why no Sandybridge? :yeah:

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Why no Sandybridge? :yeah:

I thought this question might come up. I wanted Sandybridge, in fact I was set on getting it. Then they pulled it. So I went with what I got. If I had waited, my wife or myself probably would have talked me out of a new build altogether and purchased something else. I do plan on upgrading to a i7 980x or 990x in the future and another 580 so I think I'm good to go regardless.

Sandybridge is definitely good though and if someone out there is planning on building a new system with Intel I highly recommend it.

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And also, why 1000 Watt PSU?

Future proofing for the second GTX 580 I guess?

Also from what I read, higher Watt PSUs are usually more efficient than lower rated PSUs. So a 1000 Watt PSU pulls a little less power than a 600 Watt PSU if your system requires 550 Watt to run, for example.

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And also, why 1000 Watt PSU?

Future proofing for the second GTX 580 I guess?

Also from what I read, higher Watt PSUs are usually more efficient than lower rated PSUs. So a 1000 Watt PSU pulls a little less power than a 600 Watt PSU if your system requires 550 Watt to run, for example.

Sense of a 2nd GTX580 ?

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