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Thanks for the replies, gives me a few leads, and i'm less concerned about weight now, and here is what I got back from MSI, it's hard for me to believe that some of the 925gram (Thermalright IFX14) and 120 Extreme don't cause any issues with the MB being vertical and the heatsink being...

Seeking some input for a Tower Case Build for an MSI P7N Diamond Motherboard with a Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4ghz processor. I would go with one of the Thermalright 120 Ultra/Extreme or IFX14, or even a Rosewill cooler, however they are all 500+ grams and I have read a few things about...

Perhaps I can clarify my question some - Is Pcie SLI viable at this point at 16x +16x? The only MB I see with the nVidia 780 SLI Chipset that hosts "dual 16x operation" is the MSI P7N Diamond (edited:changed Platinum to Diamond)sg. NVIDIA® nForce 780i SLI Chipset • Supports FSB...

Building a new PC mostly for Gaming, quad core 2.4ghz, 4gb ram. Looking at 8800GT Cards (SLI) (Two) and MB. The piece I am stuck on - is it worth the price difference to upgrade to a MB that has two, or more Pcie slots that are 16x to run two 8800 GT Cards in SLI formation at 16x + 16x over...