I didn't wade through the pages of posts to see if this had already been posted, so here's my take on the article (short and sweet):
"Does DirectX 10 make a difference? Does it alter the gameplay experience in a consistent and noticeable way?"............"t does, to a degree........The only...
Lets's see.
"430w thermaltake w/ a 8800GTS and many cold cathodes, 2 500gb sata drives, 1 dvd burner, watercooling setup, etc.."
And you say:
"I see in CPU-Z that my core voltage fluctuates from 1.328 to 1.344 when it's set to 1.375 in the bios... and when I go to high voltages.. the system...
Actually if you head over to the EVGA forums, you'll find out that one part of the revision was to move some capacitors around to give more room for after market HSFs.
I'm not certain just how much more room there now is, but I do know there's more. ;)
Most people are either removing the stock cooling, scraping off the factory goop, and replacing with AS5, or completely replacing both the NB & SB with active coolers. ;)
No offense intended...you have a nice mobo, good ram, killer vid card...why would you want to skimp on the PSU?
This is one of the most important components in today's builds that 3 out of 4 people just overlook.
Just my .02 ;)