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Help with Upgrades (GPU and Cooling)

The V8 is blah. I have one I'll send you if you really want one. I'd suggest a Corsair Hydro like the H60 or H70, and then get a GTX 560, with plans to pick up a second one down the road (or hell, if you want my V8, you can buy two 560s).
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reply to Jobbie
My suggestion:

ATI 6970 with non-reference cooling so it is quiet ($320) - »www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···14102957

Cooler Master Hyper 212+ (Best budget air cooler on the market. You can get the $75+ solutions, but you may only drop 1-2C and the 212 is quiet as well) ($21) - »www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-Hyp···02G1YPH0

I think these two are the best bang for the buck and leaves you $150 for a nice Crucial M4 64GB or 128GB SSD Boot/Game drive. Personally, an SSD is going to make the biggest speed upgrade you've ever seen. People think SSD owners are exaggerating when saying that but I'll put it this way, I'll never have a build/laptop without an SSD again. It is THAT noticeable.

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reply to Gordo74
Thanks Gordo the 212 looks pretty nice and cheap looking into it.

reply to Jobbie
Yeah, or you could get the EVGA 560ti WIN which is two 560s on one card.

The V8 is a great cooler, I ended up getting a Prolimatech Megahalems which was the "best of the best" of the air coolers (the V8 can only mount one fan), and then I ditched that for the Corsair H100. The Megahalems is only about 5C cooler than the V8, and the H100 is probably only 10C cooler than the V8.

reply to Jobbie
The real question is what is your current cpu cooler for you to hit 4.1 at what temps?

Evga overclock or superclock... forgot the name of the cpu cooler that is my vote. I just like how it looks hehe (and it is said to perform good)

Gpu's I like nvidia (used amd got pissed) so I would say 2 560 tis should be sweet... depending on how long you plan to keep those cards I would look into a 2 gig version.

I currently use this, since 2007(8):

»www.thermaltakeusa.com/Product.a···&ID=1548

The fan is showing its age and its a pain to change and the AMD bracket is crap so i need a new one, since i am moving everything to the new HAF.

Temps are:
30C Idle and around 65-68 on Prime Blend mode just with multiplier change.
Still tweaking the volts though i think i got lucky with a good OC CPU.

Planning to keep the card(s) for at least 2-3 years for me to get the new gen cards.
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reply to Gordo74

Alright got the cooler ordered. Stil looking for 4890 upgrade.

Thanks for all the suggestions i went with:

Cooler Master Hyper 212+

and

ASUS ENGTX570 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

For $310 after rebate which is pretty good.

»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···14121432
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If the Hyper 212+ doesn't cut it let me know if you want the V8, you just gotta cover shipping (my wife is prompting me to get rid of some of the computer parts I have lying around the house).
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Sure thing, i will put everything together this weekend.

reply to Jobbie
I just put my amd 8 core with the 212 and o/c it to 4500 with that. Running video encoding it never goes over about 105f.

My old x4 amd with stock cooler would push 140+.

And you never really think how big that cooler is till you get it in your hands.

This is so true, doing the whole transfer this weekend just waiting the graphics card to cross the border and i am set.
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