Time For A New Rig

**DancingCorpse** · 03-15-12, 11:44 AM

Originally Posted by Nuckle

What about spending another $100 for dual 570's vs. the 560ti's?

Quite honestly, nvidia is overdue for a new card line, I would look into if they are going to release new cards soon at all and buy accordingly (slightly better cards for a while, slightly less for soon).

That's assuming you stick with nvidia, AMD cards right now are a generation ahead, and a single high end AMD card has nearly the same number of stream processors as two of those 560 cards at less price.

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**Nuckle** · 03-15-12, 02:19 PM

Was able to bundle some things up and upgrade to the GTX570's for a little less total plus $65 in rebates.

About to pull the trigger on this.

Any final thoughts?

**wagass** · 03-15-12, 02:22 PM

waste in my mind to get dual nvidia 500 series at this time. I would either get a single 7970 or wait a month or so i think for new nvidia cards. Could always just buy a 7970 now and then down the road buy another one.

**DJ Ms. White** · 03-15-12, 02:24 PM

Not sure, but does the Haf X have room for a 120mm x 240mm radiator that is actually slightly bigger (the reason I can't have a 3rd fan on top of my case). Oh, and you will definitely want your wife on hand to help put on the back plate...it's a bitch to do with just 2 hands.

Looks very sexy.

**DJ Ms. White** · 03-15-12, 02:26 PM

Originally Posted by wagass

waste in my mind to get dual nvidia 500 series at this time. I would either get a single 7970 or wait a month or so i think for new nvidia cards. Could always just buy a 7970 now and then down the road buy another one.

From what I've heard, the low end cards will be released first with the high ends that will beat out a 570 coming closer to the end of summer.

**Nuckle** · 03-15-12, 02:48 PM

Hmmmmm

Not a fan of AMD, Radeon or whatever you want to call it.

So the real question is should I get 2 GTX560Ti's, 2 GTX 570's or 1 GTX580 and then buy a second GTX580 when the price drops?

Not going to wait on pulling the trigger, I have done that in the past and it is a never ending story.

**Nuckle** · 03-15-12, 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by DJ Mr. White

Not sure, but does the Haf X have room for a 120mm x 240mm radiator that is actually slightly bigger (the reason I can't have a 3rd fan on top of my case).

Yes
Watched some installation videos on utube by individuals as well as Corsair.

**wagass** · 03-15-12, 02:57 PM

When i was building my computer about 2 months ago, i was dead set on the H100. Until... i discovered XS-PC Rasa RX240 and RX360 kits. I went with real water cooling and couldn't be happier.

XSPC Rasa 750 RX240 Universal CPU Water Cooling Kit at SVC.com
XSPC Rasa 750 RX360 Universal CPU Water Cooling Kit at SVC.com

over at overclock.net they have a thread dedicated to these kits, talks all about them as well.

**Nuckle** · 03-15-12, 03:24 PM

Pretty cool site:

AnandTech - Bench - GPU11

According to it dual 570's smoke a single 580 and dual 580's are barely faster than dual 570's.

So it's dual 570's for now, can always swap both out 18 months down the road if needed.

Going to stick with the H100 as it seems to have way more installation instructions. Just about to finalize this order.