Hey Guys -
1st post for me, I just ordered this rig:
1 x Processor Intel® Core™ i7 3960X Processor (6x 3.30GHz/15MB L3 Cache)
1 x Processor Cooling Asetek 550LC Liquid CPU Cooling System (Intel) - ARC Dual Silent High Perfornamce Fan Upgrade (Push-Pull Airflow)
1 x Memory 64 GB [8 GB x8] DDR3-1600 Memory Module - Corsair or Major Brand
1 x Video Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 - 3GB - SLI Mode (Dual Cards) <-- replacing this with crossfire 7970
1 x Motherboard ASUS Sabertooth X79 -- 4x SATA 6GB/s, 4x USB 3.0
1 x Power Supply 1350 Watt - Thermaltake Toughpower-1350M - Free Upgrade to 1500 Watt Toughpower-1500M ($40 Savings)
1 x Primary Hard Drive 240 GB Kingston HyperX SSD - Dual 240GB Drives (480GB Capacity) - RAID 0 High Performance
1 x Data Hard Drive 600 GB WD Velociraptor HARD DRIVE -- 32M Cache, 10000 RPM, 6.0Gb/s - Dual 600GB Drives (600GB Capacity) - RAID 1 Data Security
1 x Optical Drive [12X Blu-Ray] Pioneer BLU-RAY Re-Writer, DVD±R/±RW Burner Combo Drive - Black
I currently have 1 HP ZR30w, thinking of getting 2 more ZR30w's - mostly for work (I work out of my apartment) but will game with them as well. Will crossfire 7970's be decent for this setup (I don't need max settings with uber fps)? I'm not a hardcore gamer, just looking to pickup Diablo 3 when it gets released and the specs on it are not very high.
I read the 2nd card can shutdown when not needed, when I am working would 1 card easily handle the 3x ZR30w's, nothing graphics intensive just spreadsheets, emails, and database stuff?
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