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Radeon HD 4890 Vapor-X 2048MB

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i'm not made of money ;)
Nah, i know that the 5850 will only be £20 more, but the heatsink/fan on the Vapour-x is perfect for my setup.
As it was originally an XPS 420 (BTX) the CPU heatsink gets quite close to the PCIe slot.
Therefore, if a card that takes up an extra space due to the size of the cards heatsink/fan is installed, it might be a tight squeeze.

Whereas the Vapour-x heatsink stops a bit before the end of the card.

Edit: Got a problem with overclocking the CPU. It was originally a Dell, hence the BIOS is locked :(
 
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That's OK for me as my PCIe slot is the 2nd from the top, and the top slot is a spare PCI that is unused .
:D

And, i can't OC my CPU as my BIOS is locked (Dell) otherwise i wouldn't need asking ;)
 
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