BFG 8800 GTX...OC or OC2?

[lt_wentoncha]

Hi all,

Ok, gonna take the plunge. Right now I have three monitors, 1x 24" and 2x 21". For the 24", I plan to use a BFG card to drive it (a cheapo PCI card to drive the other two). Basic setup is gaming on the 24", webrowsing on one 21", and TV on the other.

I can't decide...BFGR88768GTXOCE or the OC2 version...which offers the best bang for the buck? It seems to me the OC2 has a minor overclock, but it seems to be atleast $50 more expensive.

For the lesser cards, anyone have a recommendation? PCI is fine (though I'm sorta sweating my setup and IRQ conflicts. I already plan TV Tuner, X-FI sound card, maybe wireless NIC, and PCI vid card). Any bottlenecks or performance hits I should worry about?

Alas, I digress. Main question is which flavor of BFG OC.

Specs (proposed)
1x 850W GameXstream PSU
1x Q6600
1x IP35 Pro
~2x SATA DVDRWs (don't know yet)
3x HDDs (a 150GB raptor and 2 1TB Hitachis)
1x BFG 8800 GTX (haven't decided which OC flavor)
1x X-FI Xtreme Gamer
1x TV Tuner (haven't picked one yet)
2 GB Buffalo Firestix Kit (PC6400)

Power is a concern...don't know if I need to scale back. I'm probably not going to overclock...

TYIA all