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Do you HAVE to get a laptop?

Mow wrote:Dude , you got hardrives in there ?

Oh noeeeezzzz I forget yup 2x seagate 250GB 32MB cache drives

terminator2 wrote: Good spec system, im going to be building something very similar to yours, but im just waiting for the ATi 4870X2 and see whats it price performance ratio, then i will decide.

Yeah, same here!

If xfire 4870x2's don't yield amazing gains, then I can still go xfire 4870

Ordered it, hopefully getting the components on friday

Still Q9300, cosmos s case, and pretty much the same setup.

Wanted Xfire 4870's, but I'll wait for the x2's

Thanks everyone, gotta say the service I got from Andy from landmark was fantastico!

Think I'll wait for the 48xx range to expand before I go xfire :wink: Changed my mind WRT the case, getting a cosmos s case instead :D http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1481/1/sapphire_radeon_hd_4870_in_crossfire Review of xfire 4870's, for the price, not such a huge gain compared to the xfire 4850's

I meant properly as in vertical mount, here's an awesome review thread

http://www.clunk.org.uk/forums/reviews/ ... eview.html

I really can't see that board having an issue with the Thermalright cooler. In fact, if I am correct in my assumption about a typo, it seems that Anandtech used an Ultra 120 in their review of this board. If you don't want Thermalright, however, your next best bet ... locally ... is probably the Za...

Mkay, I'm a total noob here :oops: So hey everyone. Haven't had a decent PC in years, so not sure if this stuff is recommended or not but anyvay..... This is it: Q9300 cpu OCZ reaper hpc 2x2gb DDR2 1066 DFI LT X48T2R mobo HIS ATI 4870 512Mb (will go crossfire as soon as prices drop) Antec 1200 case ...