[4D(Fordy(Ford) Ollie]

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[Soverntear]

good psu calculators there.

speaking of temps, (yesa the cards have fans) whats considered too high for a video card?

[Razer]

Well the 4870's are known to get pretty toasty but if it's 3 figures then you have an issue.. I think the ATi 4870's hit 85 degrees under load so any higher than that and I'd be a bit pre cautious.

EDIT: I know you're not getting a 4870, used it because I know it's a hot card

[Soverntear]

wow 85 degres, guess i shouldnt be worrying about cooling lol. also considering im not OCing the gpu it should be stablish from factory(and if not evga has amazing customer support)

[Razer]

From the factory there's no worries. You wont overheat.

EVGA will test the cards thoroughly enough to make sure your card doesn't overheat.

[cheesepuff]

yeah. as far as that card goes, u aint go nothin to worry about with overheating. heck, my laptop gpu hits 100 degrees C and its turns off, (normal under load is 85 or so) but what im saying is that cards when under extreme heat normally shut of the pc before serious damage is done right? well, my lappy does anyway....

[Carbon]

At no point did anyone say "SLI sucks", nor "you can't put SLI on a P45", nor asking what res the OP is at. PSU calculators are useless as well. These are infinitely more important.

What you want here is a X3 720, 790X board, 520HX, 4890, some RAM and a better case, as well as a Xigmatek S1283. Scrap the water cooling: air cooling is fine. Not your fault though, I need to do a new thread, one up there is outdated.

[Soverntear]

alright ill price that out. thanks carbon. why the single 4890 vs the sli'd 260's?


also any suggestion on case? before you say p182 is there anything similar with a bit more hjow shall i say flash to it?

one last thing 790x or 790xt?

[Carbon]

Because SLI sucks. It's poorly supported in most games, it scales poorly, and you'd have to spend another $100 on a 780i motherboard that has data corruption issues and a very hot northbridge. The 4890 offers the best single-GPU performance without hitting diminishing returns.

How about the Cosmos 1000? It has a lot of neat features.

790XT's only difference is that it takes DDR3. Also the 790X has the combo deal so you get it for like $80. Definitely the 790X.

[Soverntear]

790x it is. but im going local pickup so no combo deal. cant wait to start building. im buying the parts int he next 2 months.

p182 vs the cosmos id say the p182 is the better case hands down. guess ill go classy over flashy... damn you carbon for knowing your stuff :P