Yet another spec check - Cross Fire System

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CP-127-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA4400CDBOX) (CP-127-AM)
£264.95 £264.95
MB-019-DF DFI LanParty UT CFX3200-DR RD580 Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-019-DF)
£139.95 £139.95
MY-094-CS Corsair 2GB DDR XMS4000PT TwinX (2x1GB) CAS3 (MY-094-CS)
£134.95 £134.95
CA-008-HP Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Red UV (CA-008-HP)
£54.95 £54.95
HD-058-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 250GB ST3250824AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-058-SE)
£53.95 £53.95
GX-045-CO ATI Radeon X1900 ***Crossfire Edition*** 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-045-CO)
£259.95 £259.95
GX-046-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT-X 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3055) (GX-046-CO)
£269.95 £269.95
HS-020-ZA Zalman CNPS9500-AT Aero Flower (Socket 775) CPU Cooler (HS-020-ZA)
£25.95 £25.95
SC-032-CL Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS Edition - Retail (SC-032-CL)
£115.95 £115.95
CM-011-GE Akasa AK-178-UV 12" Cold Cathode - Ultra-Violet (CM-011-GE)
£4.95 £9.90
FG-023-AK Akasa AK-182-L2B Ultra Quiet 80mm Fan - 3 pin (FG-023-AK)
£3.95 £11.85
Subtotal £1,342.30
VAT £234.91
Total £1,577.21

EDIT: - Do I have the correct graphics cards there for crossfire? I do need the master card right?

 

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TBH I've read around the forums and some people don't seem too impressed with the DFI for OC'ing (Thats if your doing anything). I'd personally go for the Asus A8R32-MVP

NEW PSU! That one'd be cutting it a bit close with your system (Or not work at all). I've got the FSP 700W Epsilon and tis absolutely wonderful

I'm going for DFI purely because ive always had their boards and everyone I've had has been excellant. Hmmmm, a 700 W PSU... not sure.. what about the 600 W seasonic? I dont want to run up the power bill too much ya see

 

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sounds good, guess I'll just have to go for either the FSP or a Tagan PSU then.Thanks for the replies

 

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I didn't want LED fans cos I want the rig to be ideally as quiet as it can be, which is obvously tough has its a crossfire system

 

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Hope you noted the earlier comment about the Heat Sink & Fan (HSF)?

yes, I saw that thanks Well, I am now considering water cooling, which means I am going to have to do a little more research and spend more money I'm gonna have to wait till I get paid now though

EDIT: - Another thing I am concerned about are my PCI slots being take over by the rathger large x1900 cards. I should obvoisly be able to fit the X-FI card in but next year I want a PhysX card for UT2007. Got a feeling that theres not gonna be space for it s:

 

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worried abouit my case, its an Antec Plusview 1000 SOHO file server case. It is quite spacious inside, but I fear there might not be enough for a full blown water cooling system. I would be going the full nine yards.. CPU, graphics cards and northbridge..

EDIT: - it seems here > http://www.chillblast.com/product.php?productid=17352&cat=0&page=1

that they have manged to do it. The case doesnt look anymoire roomy inside than mine does so I guess I would be alright. They even have an X-FI card in there too.

The next question is watercooling components to go for. If it is going to bring my costs to over £2000, I'm just going to have to leave it and stay with air cooling. I could always replace the stock coolers on the x1900's with on of these things > http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/view.asp?idx=192&code=013

They are quieter but not ideal for overclocking mind... I shouldnt be doing any of that anyway.