Just a suggestion, I did read OP, I formerly ran CF 6970's and my first driver install was corrupted, and i cleaned it out with driver sweeper and re installed and they ran fine.
Wrong, I have seen it many many times online, usually has to do with user error when installing or driver issues. First thing you try is uninstall,driver sweeper in safe mode, then re install latest drivers.
Only cure is an air conditioner, getting better coolers for your 580's is going to add even more heat to your room, the better your pc's coolers are, the hotter your room gets.
8 is more then enough, I run 12GB, and have never seen it over 6GB usage once ever. As for BF3 load times, SSD makes the difference, has nothing to do with RAM amounts/speeds.
Put a couple good 120mm's on the side panel, also mount one at the end of your cards, you have to force air into that few mm gap, or it is a lost cause(I used to run SLI 460's before adding 3 120mm's top card was over 90C gaming, after fans stayed below 65C.
Good god man, I started itching about 3 seconds into the first vid, but the second, with 2500 bugs flying around, I think I need a shower to wash the filth of watching the videos away.
Looks are, well feminine to say it nicely, cost is 3X anyone else, heat issues, get viruses (come on apple is impenetrable!) resale value is comical, I could go on for a long long time.
It has been dead to me for 3 years or so now, kept crashing on me one day so it got tossed for chrome, now I have used SRWare Iron for almost 2 years and have never once had any problem.
BF3 without question, at least DNF was playable to me, didn't have to download this and that from origin, see I was the kid that, if he got demanded to do something it was just never going to happen, guess some things will never change.
Good fans? do you want more performance, or quieter operation then the stock fans? The fans that come with the cooler are plenty good enough and move quite a bit of air, now if noise isn't a problem grab some delta 3300RPM. If you want close to the same performance with less noise, then grab a...
Someone is out of the loop, many coolers beat the true 120/140, phanteks ph-tc14pe just beats out the thermalright silver arrow, and silver arrow just beats the noctua nh-d14.
Doesn't exist sadly, either you crank up the stock coolers, or pay a ton or after market air coolers that dump all the heat into your case, or go water but that is a real PITA. My friend bought a bunch of WC crap and made me install it, now it is cut down to a 360 rad and CPU,and stock radeon...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835999037
had this cooler on a C2D for years, still going in my aunt's PC on a 2.2 duel oc'ed o 3.2. Fan is still going, but if it fails you can swap it with a regular 120mm.
Same price, but a little quieter and way better cooling
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185166
Also this PSU is much much better, and is fanless until 20% load, then fan turns on but is near silent (slow san ace)...
I went from CF 5870 to CF 460 and honestly at 1080P I prefer the 460's , way less heat and noise and can max any game (of course not metro 2033,crysis)I payed $200 for two lightly used 460's.