£2000 (ish) To go on a new rig :).

[Havana_UK]

Dual graphics cards are not a complete waste of money when you want to run ~1600 x 1200 with AA & AF on - it's the only solution to get solid frame rates.

Hav

 

[Paul11]

dual graphics are not cost effective considering what you pay versus the extra performance that they give. (could be considered a waste of money)

personally, i wouldnt bother unless your running a 24" monitor or bigger.

 

[Naffa]

ok ok ok.. dual cards would be useful if you are planning on running oblivion at 1600x1200 (maybe a little lower) and above with lots of eye candy and if your getting a beasty monitor and can afford dual cards then why not? when you come to sell though it wont be the most cost effective sale but it will serve you well untill you do. you could even wait for quad sli and physX and make the ultimate rig.

with regards to vapochill, im no expert but im pretty sure "phase" is the best cooling available today and have seen an [email protected] under it. if you want to get a cool looking pc then im pretty sure vapochill would be good for you but if you had your heart set on your lian li then you could go for that and get some water cooling..

vapochill for the win

 

[Mr Mister]

id play through my beige CRT if i had to to own that rig shallow i know but how kool would i be.

EDIT: how many times have i used "" in this thread? just goes to show.. £2000 + Spec me up =

opteron 170 + vapochill = coldbug = no boot/cr4p clocks =

Plus that vapochill is the worst looking thing i have ever seen. If you want a real vapochill go for a vapochill ls with a lian li pc60.

If you want vapochill go for this...

REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST REMOVE
WC-033-VP Vapochill Light Speed Cooling Unit Black (Socket 478/754/939) (04-L-1012) (WC-033-VP)
£474.20 £474.20
CP-127-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA4400CDBOX) (CP-127-AM)
£279.95 £279.95
HD-069-WD Western Digital Raptor 150GB WD1500ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-069-WD)
£168.95 £168.95
CA-045-LL Lian-Li PC-61 Black Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-045-LL)
£66.95 £66.95
MB-018-DF DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-DR EXPERT (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-018-DF)
£124.95 £124.95
CD-030-NE NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE)
£24.95 £24.95
MY-057-OC OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC3200 Dual Channel Platinum Series EL-DDR CAS2 (OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K) (MY-057-OC)
£139.95 £139.95
GX-073-XF XFX GeForce 7900 GTX Extreme Edition 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PVT71F-YDER) (GX-073-XF)
£369.95 £369.95
CA-002-SS Seasonic S12 600W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-002-SS)
£87.95 £87.95
Subtotal £1,737.80
VAT £304.12
Total £2,041.92

+ a monitor.