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02-28-2011, 04:14 PM #26the sauce boss
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I bought a Cooler Master HAF 932 for that build. My new build is going in a Corsair Obsidian 800D case. My other case is an Antec 1200. They're all great cases, and all full towers. The Obsidian is probably my favorite...
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02-28-2011, 05:21 PM #27Web Hosting Master
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02-28-2011, 05:48 PM #28Into the night
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Make sure you don't skimp on PSUs!!!!! get Antec or a higher end brand. Do not get any cheap PSUs. Antec is good for cases as well. Lian Li are good cases as well.
As a rule of thumb I get more then the power I really need in a PSU for upgrades. I normally use 350-450 out of the 660 watts my PSU will draw. Having extra is essential.██ Something awesome
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02-28-2011, 06:05 PM #29
I bought a motherboard with 3 PCIexpress slots and put 3 dual head cards to get 6 monitors. Now I can Play Starcraft, EVE and WOW at the same time... Oh, and get work done too, of course.
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02-28-2011, 06:15 PM #30the sauce boss
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02-28-2011, 06:26 PM #31Into the night
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wow how do you have the attention span for that Aaron?!
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02-28-2011, 09:55 PM #33the sauce boss
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I couldn't help myself, I just picked up two HD 6950's. I'm unlocking them to full 6970's right now, and putting them in crossfire. I can't wait to benchmark these!
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03-01-2011, 12:36 AM #34the sauce boss
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Wow, so these things unlocked perfectly to full HD 6970's. I overclocked them to 915Mhz and 1400Mhz shader. They run at almost half the temperature as my gtx 570's and they use way less power. They also perform amazingly well. i'm pretty impressed. Now all I need is 12 displays to take full advantage!
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03-01-2011, 11:09 AM #36the sauce boss
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I picked them up from Fry's. Right now they will match any online store's "shipped" price, so I got them at newegg's price of about $290. There was another guy at the store who was picking them up too, and he was doing the same thing lol. I ended up talking to him for a few minutes and he made some suggestions on which brand to get.
I ended up with the Diamond Radeon HD 6950 2GB model. It has to be the 2GB model, and it has to be a reference design otherwise it won't unlock.
All you do to unlock them is download a bios flashing tool, reset the bios switch on the card to the "1" position, and flash it with a 6970 bios. The 6950 2GB is literally the same card inside, it just has the chip limited down via bios. It unlocked perfectly to full 6970 specs, and I benchmarked it. Everything was good so I did the other one and then put them in crossfire. The performance is crazy.
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03-01-2011, 11:20 AM #38the sauce boss
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If you follow the article's instructions it is super easy. The card has a bios switch so in case you mess it up you just switch it back to the second bios position, or hit the reset switch on the card.
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03-01-2011, 11:29 AM #40the sauce boss
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03-04-2011, 05:39 AM #43Junior Guru
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I actually went down a what some would called wierd route.. I now run, instead of 3 monitors just one 42" monitor! Some say its overkill, I say its amazing!
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03-04-2011, 04:29 PM #44Web Hosting Master
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haha, I think i'd prefer two monitors to 1 42"... sounds awesome though.
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