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I currently have the following pc CPU AMD Athlon2 X2 250 3.0Ghz @ 3.25Ghz Motherboard ASUS M5A99X Evo (AMD 990FX) RAM 12Gb DDR3-1333 (2 x 2Gb Corsair ValueSelect + 2x4Gb Kingston Valueram) GFX GTX460 SLI @810/1620/3600 -Zotac nVidia GTX460 2gb -MSI nVidia GTX460 Cylcone 1Gb OC GFX Cooling Deepcool ...

Okay, got my 930 up to 4.2 GHz! It's running at 1.35 volts, also had to up my PLL, IOH and ICH volts slightly to get it stable, but it seems to be running fine now. Today is a slightly warm and humid day, so load under Prime95 is up to 81 - 83, but normally it's between 77 and 79, which I think is ...

GTX580 would be overkill for an i5 rig but that won't stop me recommending it

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I reckon the quad sli (4 cards) will depend on the motherboard but I don't see why it couldn't be done. Only problem not so many boards out there that would support something like that. One I know of is the Asus P6T7 WS SuperComputer LGA1366 http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1366/P6T7_WS...

Why aren't u going for an Ivy Bridge rig? Well, tbh this dream rig of mine was suppose to a reality soon but depending on the progress of and the time frame of the Ivy Bridge and Sandy Bridge-E I might hold out a bit. But a dream rig will only stay a dream rig if no action is taken so I don't inten...

But you have quite a rig in mind, and I assume you're going to benchmark it? Hence the 2 MARS gpus? Hell yea. I will definately bench it :) Just hoping to get the MARS II cards as they will be on limited supply. They are simply sick. Even one would be ok but why bother with only one when building a...

Spoke to my suppliers today and HDD stock doesn't seem to be too big of an issue (at the moment). What IS bit of an issue is the SATA3G drives fading out (in some sense being discontinued) and the SATA6G becoming the standard. Unfortunately the 6G is still on the expensive side for someone looking t...

Hi Raikan007, Depending on your budget you might want to hold back a bit on the CPU. The 2700K is available very soon. Also, according to my suppliers the LGA2011 socket should be available next month or early Jan. It will most probably be replacing the LGA1366 at the high end market. RAM: If you ar...

Currently Intel have a few Celeron G series also in the Sandy Bridge range if you looking for "budget". They are round the R400 mark. Also, according to my suppliers the Intel LGA2011 socket should be available round about next month or early January. That would change alot of things again...

@Slimshaedy Apologies first of all if my post seemed like advertising. I honestly did not intend for that. I simply wanted to share my dream rig but didn't want to spam the thread with all the tech details, thus linking it to my site. Regarding the watercooling. It was an option. I considered at one...

Hi all, First time here so I thought I'd post my future rig here as well. Unfortunately no pics yet but will post them as soon as the build gets on the way. Hopefully soon :) System: CPU = i7-2600K - overclocked CPU cooler = Thermalright Silver Arrow Motherboard = Asus Maximus IV Extreme (P67-B3) LG...