If you get a revision A1 board, you won't have to do anything to your heatsink, all the capacitors that were getting in the way have been moved in the A1 revision boards. But if you do get an AR board, you only need to make two small cuts to the backplate and it fits fine, at least thats how it...
I would not get the AR version of the eVGA 680i motherboard because recently they found that they all had problems with overclocking the Intel Quad Core processors, so if you think you might upgrade to a quad core someday, you should go for the A1 version, the newest, updated version of the...
Recommendations:
1. I would get an Intel Core 2 Duo, as they currently have the best performance.
2. For SLi'ed 8800 GTX's I would get at least a 750W power supply.
3. You don't really need RAM that fast, go with some DDR2-800 with Micron chips.
4. If you go Intel, you need a new motherboard.
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Which model heatsink by Zalman are you getting? Because from my experience, Zalman's heatsinks already come with a mirror-like finish, so lapping won't do much for the heatsink, although lapping the processor will reduce temps.
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Well wouldn't it be like having TiVo and fast forwarding through commercials? Sure, all the people who worked to create the advertisement intended you to see the commercial that the company paid to show, but if you think you won't like the commercials, why couldn't you just fast forward...