Seeking Input on New 5-Boxing Build

[bradleyb]

Ill post here once I've had a chance to play with the card a bit. My main concern is just how big the damn thing is, and whether or not I'll be able to SLI two of them together at a later date while also still having room for my Razer card... Lots of configuration options here though, so no real concerns there. The card looks wicked sweet though... The only other card I saw that even came close was the MSI GTX 580 Lightning Extreme, but I couldn't find any for sale anywhere...

[bradleyb]

Here's the current build I'm putting together now... Everything should be here within the next day or two.

Case
Cooler Master HAF 922

PSU
Cooler Master SilentPro Gold 1000W

Motherboard
ASUS P8Z68-V Deluxe

CPU
Intel Core i7 2600K @ 4.5GHz

Memory
G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB DDR3-1866

Graphics Cards
Zotac GTX 580 AMP2 3GB (Standalone for now)
Galaxy GTX 460 Razer 1GB (Standalone)

Drives
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB (Boot)
OCZ Vertex 3 220GB (Games)
OCZ Vertex 2 60GB x 4 (Alts)
WD Caviar Black 1.5TB (Storage)
Lite-On 12x Blu-Ray Burner (Optical)

Cooling
Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler
Kingston HyperX RAM Cooler
Cooler Master 200mm Blue LED x3
Cooler Master 140mm Blue LED x1
Cooler Master 120mm Blue LED x1

Accessories
Logitech G19 Gaming Keyboard
Logitech G9x Gaming Mouse
Logitech G35 Surround Sound Headset

Monitors
Dell UltraSharp U3011 30" LCD (2560x1600)
Dell UltraSharp U2211H 21.5” LCD (Portrait, Left)
Dell UltraSharp U2211H 21.5” LCD (Portrait, Right)
Dell IN1920 18.5” HD Monitor (Landscape, Top)

Although I think I may switch out the the HP monitors instead... Their 30inch looks like it may be a better match to my goals.

[Obsidian7]

when it all done can you post pics that is going to be a real nice setup
I just wish I could put together a setup that can run LOTRO on 6 instances on one machine

[daanji]

Ya I have 2 of the Zotec 460 2G cards (I have to buy 6 of everything so I can't afford first line stuffs) coming they were $160 each after discount at tigerdirect. I wish I could afford 6 of the 3G 580's lol ....

Never bought Zotec before though hope they are ok. Been using Gigabyte for video cards.

Daanji how are your SSD drives after a few weeks, I had one and it just didn't do much after a few weeks cause I didnt trim or anything. I moved to velociraptors which on paper are a lot worse then the SSD's but cost effective enough I guess.

I"ve been using them for about 6 months and have not noticed any slow down at all. I do regular performance tests and it is still 450 MB reads / writes.

I don't store a lot of data on the drives though