can any 1 improve on this build?

Ginger-Menace · 16 Nov 2010 at 21:16

edited my second spec, also what are these i7's like to clock? i have only really done a little bit on my current rig but i have no idea really! what speeds could i get at stock volts? will the gfx cards get to hot in sli as the lanes are quite close? every one seems to be avoiding that question lol and would my current corsair tx 750 be enough for this?

RJC · 16 Nov 2010 at 21:18

Depends on how good of a overcloker the cpu is, my 920 is at 4ghz @ 1.29v~ in the BIOS.

Was pretty easy to overclock.

stulid · 16 Nov 2010 at 21:34

Ginger-Menace said:
will the gfx cards get to hot in sli as the lanes are quite close? every one seems to be avoiding that question lol and would my current corsair tx 750 be enough for this?

there is plenty of room between the two slots on that board, and your psu is powerful enough for the job.

RJC · 16 Nov 2010 at 21:37

Your 750w PSU will be fine, your gpu's should be fine, one card will run warmer but hopefully should be fine.

I run 2 5850 (even though they are cooler running ~) the top card was only a few deg warmer.

Ginger-Menace · 16 Nov 2010 at 23:24

Ok ive had another thought. Would the sli 470s be better than a single 580? Works out at roughly the same price

stulid · 16 Nov 2010 at 23:25

Ginger-Menace said:
Ok ive had another thought. Would the sli 470s be better than a single 580? Works out at roughly the same price

yes.

this is what SLI GTX470 is capable of - http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/geforce-gtx470-sli.html

Ginger-Menace · 16 Nov 2010 at 23:29

Ok im sold lol ill post back in a couple of months when i have my goodies thanks all for you help and advice

stulid · 16 Nov 2010 at 23:30

yet more - http://www.anandtech.com/show/3836/msis-geforce-n470gtx-gtx-470-sli/4

Ginger-Menace · 16 Nov 2010 at 23:53

Ok im guna stop posting soon! Cnt sleep. To many questions ngoin on in my head lol will my antec 902 be big enough and able to keep everything cool with the above items aswell as sli

stulid · 16 Nov 2010 at 23:56

Antec 902 is good to go.

Ginger-Menace · 17 Nov 2010 at 15:56

im a bit concerned with the closeness of the pci-e lanes on the sabertooth for sli. looks like there is hardly any space between two cards if installed. can any 1 inform me if this is true and what the space is like between them? also what is the gigabyte ud3/5 like for the old sli? on say the ud5 could i use the pci-e slot 1 and 3 in 16/16? or would it be 16/8?

Ginger-Menace · 17 Nov 2010 at 17:50

or is there any other way to improve the cooling without doing WC?

Ginger-Menace · 17 Nov 2010 at 19:28

anyone there tonite?

RJC · 17 Nov 2010 at 19:36

The gap will be tight and the top card will run warmer, I have used crossfire with older UD5, used 2 x 5850 ATI GPU'S and the top card was only a few deg warmer.

The other boards if I remember correctly would end up limiting to 16x & 8x as the slots share bandwidth with each other.

Liampope · 17 Nov 2010 at 19:41

It's common for SLI cards to be that close. Dont worry.

Ginger-Menace · 17 Nov 2010 at 19:58

just dont want to end up frying the gfx cards lol

Jony27 · 17 Nov 2010 at 20:00

it wont fry the gfx cards and iirc these cards can tolerate core temps up to 100c? someone clarify this, and the antec 902 has decent cooling anyway

Ginger-Menace · 17 Nov 2010 at 20:03

thank u very muchly! im new to this sli malarky trying to find out as much as poss

does every 1 think the sabertooth is my best bet or would i be better with say the ud5?

Jony27 · 17 Nov 2010 at 20:07

stick with it(sabertooth)and save the £££

Ginger-Menace · 17 Nov 2010 at 20:29

you guys are really wanting me to save my money lol