Highend Rig, Quad Core, 8GB....

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jarrod10

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Ok this is my first build, this is what i have found so far.

I will Buy Now:
1x EVGA Nforce 780i SLI
1x Intel C2Q Q6600
1x for now but 4x later G.SKILL PC2-6400 1X2GB = $546 with 1 stick

And later:
2x EVGA 8800GT I will be using a older card till i get these.
1x Corsair CMPSU-620HX Modular Overkill? To Wussy?
2x Acer X223WBD

I already have a Cooler Master Centurion 534, HDD, Optical Drive and Vista Ultimate x64. With the Q6600 i wont overclock much only to about 3Ghz. I will probobly also get a WD 320GB Single Platter for the OS but for now ill use my WD 80GB Sata. What should I change? Is the 780i really good?
 
If you need SLI, get the EVGA 750i FTW... but you don't really need SLI. SLI won't work with multiple monitors -- it will disable all of the non-primary monitors while in use -- and you won't see any benefit from SLI at a 1680x1050 resolution. You would be better off using one G92 8800GTS card and a P35 motherboard.

If you plan on overclocking, or you want a quieter, more efficient CPU cooler, choose either the Xigmatek HDT-S1283, the Zerotherm Nirvana, the Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme (with a separate 120mm fan), or the Noctual NH-U12P.

8GB of RAM will be useless for you unless you're heavy into Photoshop or Maya, you do a lot of video or 3D graphics editing, or you plan on running several Virtual Machines at the same time.
 
Frankly if XS hasnt found it.....



http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=150671

There is an SLI hack for getting two GeForce 6-7 series cards working on X38. Don't know about P35.
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I think that is the same thing. P35 Is not so different than X38, so i think that must work....


I was searching hack drivers for my Maximus Formula, but unfortunately i didn't find a hack drivers for 8xxx series.
I got a patch for do SLI in a i975X and X38 motherboard. You only need to instal first the video card (like GF 6 or 7 series), instal the normal driver, and then execute the patch. Shutdown the system, put the other VGA card, start the system and you SLI system will be enable.
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It's nearly imposable. Much of the inter-card communication has been encrypted with the newer 8000 series drivers. most likely to satisfy Vista DRM qualifications. The info that would be transfered between cards is probably deemed to be what the movie studios would call Intellectual Property. Because of stupid vista, they have to keep all that encrypted and thus no one really can tweak them to open them up for other platforms.
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tiraides said:
If you need SLI, get the EVGA 750i FTW... but you don't really need SLI. SLI won't work with multiple monitors -- it will disable all of the non-primary monitors while in use -- and you won't see any benefit from SLI at a 1680x1050 resolution. You would be better off using one G92 8800GTS card and a P35 motherboard.

If you plan on overclocking, or you want a quieter, more efficient CPU cooler, choose either the Xigmatek HDT-S1283, the Zerotherm Nirvana, the Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme (with a separate 120mm fan), or the Noctual NH-U12P.

8GB of RAM will be useless for you unless you're heavy into Photoshop or Maya, you do a lot of video or 3D graphics editing, or you plan on running several Virtual Machines at the same time.
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QFT.

If you need a P35 recommendation, check out the MSI P35 Neo2-FR.
 
like the others have said before, sli won't work with dual moniters, but you can disable sli thru Nvidia control panel when you are not playing a game.

About the moniters you'r gona get, I have the exact model and there is a slight blueish color to the moniter. If you have the money for such an expensive build, i would recommend getting a higher end moniter, maybe a single 24" instead of 2 22"?
 
I was taking 2 him today and he is going with the ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP (^post 5) and going with a EVGA 8800GTS (^post 4) so he wont use sli anymore and he was talking about different moniters.
 
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