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EVGA eForce 790i Ultra
Posted 02/13/2009 at 10:18:30pm
i built a new pc based on this review. following are my specs:
EVGA nForce 790i SLI FTW Motherboard - NVIDIA nForce 790i SLI, Socket 775, ATX, Audio, PCI Express 2.0, Dual Gigabit LAN, S/PDIF, USB 2.0, Firewire, Serial ATA, RAID, eSATA
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 Processor BX80580Q9300 - 2.50GHz, 6MB Cache, 1333MHz FSB, Yorkfield, Quad Core, Retail, Socket 775, Processor with Fan
Ultra X3 ULT40064 1000-Watt Power Supply - ATX, SATA-Ready, PCI-E Ready, Energy Efficient, Modular
Corsair Dual Channel 4096MB PC12800 DDR3 1600MHz Memory (2 x 2048MB)
WD VelociRaptor 300GB Hard Drive WD3000HLFS - 10K RPM, 16MB Cache, SATA 300MB/s
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1TB Hard Drive - 7200RPM, 32MB, SATA-300, OEM
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1TB Hard Drive - 7200RPM, 32MB, SATA-300, OEM
EVGA GeForce GTX 280 Video Card - 1GB GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0, FREE Special Edition EVGA Precision Overclocking Utility, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV, Dual VGA Support
LG GBW-H20L Super Multi Blue BLU-Ray Disc Rewriter OEM - 6x BD-R, 2X BD-RE, 16X DVD+R, 8X DVD+RW, 16X DVD-R, 6x DVD-RW, 16X DVD-ROM, SATA
hermaltake VG4000SWA Xaser VI ATX Full-Tower Case - Clear Side, Aluminum, Silver
so what is the BIG PROBLEM, i can not use 99% of the air cooled cpu coolers that are on the market due to the heat sink around the cpu specifically heat sink around north bridge and the passive heatsink for volatage regulators which happens TO BE locate around the cpu so there is NO ROOOM FOR any socket 775 air cooled cpu cooler that would remotely fit in that space excepct for the stock intel cpu coooler. WTF do maximum pc testers actually look at the board before they give a kickass rating??? has anyone else run into this problem??? i have contacted EVGA and their answer IS they can not recommend any air cpu cooler due to conflict of interst with specific vendors??? their recommendation was to get on the EVGA FORUM and guess what everyone has SAME PROBLEM as ME!!!! maxiume pc needs get their head out of their ass and really test the product before they put a " KICKASS" rating on a product. i mean this is supposed be a mobo that i am able to OC but w/o a GOOD cpu cooler i am SOL!!. EVGA is no help in this matter, think about it this is the company that used make referernce board not for consumer use. I can not wait untill my subscription to maximum pc is over waste of my money and time. can someone suggest a cpu cooler that is not liquid cooled that can be put into this mobo? thanks for your help and no thanks to maximum pc or EVGA.
VERY PS CUSTOMER!!!
Core i7 Dissected and Benchmarked! Does Intel’s Next-Generation Chip Live Up to the Hype? Hell Yeah!
Posted 12/09/2008 at 01:18:52am
Can someone give me the definitive answer on what would be the best setup for gaming:
Crossfire or SLi
what would be the optimal setup: 2 GPUs or 3 GPUs with i7 with MB that supports both crossfire and SLI?
seems like we have lots of experts on this thread so any help would be appreciated. I am planning to build my first PC from all the parts I will be purchasing from online stores such as Newegg,Tigerdirect, Microcenter etc, Is there a forum for someone like me who is new to this?
My budget is $2500. I saw Maxpc had build it guide for $2500 power gamer pc but I want to use the i7 and the x58 chipset with dual or tri GPUs,
Can someone give an optimal parts for the NEW $2500 pc with parts suggestion,
Thanks very much for your help!
Alienware Probes The Mainstream With $1049 Gaming PC
Posted 11/17/2008 at 10:56:27am