You should have gotten a ATI though.
You have a quad crossfire motherboard plus a Corsair 700W. Gives more breathing room if you want to upgrade the graphics power.
I'd suggest though, that you get a better cooling solution for the processor, in case you want to overclock it. Stock CPU cooler from AMD is adequate when running at specification speed but a bit wanting when overclocking, even though your cabinet has sufficient headroom and airflow to let the two cabinet fans dissipate ambient heat from inside the cabinet. SB/NB fans might also be needed if you decide to overclock, even though Asus's passive cooling solutions are topnotch.
My boss suggested Asus board, I just tried to make the decision of getting a board that won't go obsolete completely in a year. I was actually thinking of the cooling issue just now actually. I'm definitely going to replace the stock fans, especially since they aren't connected to the MB but rather to a 3 level switch, that's some PJ ****. What specific qualities should I look for in a 120mm fan, and are there any you suggest at the moment?
Quote:Also make sure that the bigass GPU cooling doesn't create hotspots on the motherboard level due to airflow disturbance.
You mean the graphics card right? yeah I was reviewing the design of most cards that that have a fan facing downward. that mixed with a case that has a near isolated chamber for the PSU and secondary drive bays could result in the exhaust blowing on the nearest parts of the MB.
Quote:And as you found out, switch to a 64 bit Windows OS, if you want to take advantage of the full 6 GB. 32 Bit Windows can only utilize an address space of 4 GB, and that will be further reduced based on memory on the Graphics card, motherboard memory ressources mapped into the address space, etc, etc.
I knew this from long time ago, my boss gave me I copy *cough* of win 7 last year, it was the only thing I had to put on this thing
Quote:If you are a student, you might want to look into Microsofts DreamSpark program ( http://www.dreamspark.com ), where you among other stuff can get Windows Server 2008 R2 for free. It makes one heck of a workstation OS. Just follow the recommendations on sites such as http://www.win2008r2workstation.com . Remember though, that R2 is based on the same kernel codebase as Seven, while non R2 is based on the same kernel codebase as Vista.
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I need to seriously take my ass back to school this job is so stagnant in nearly all ways. If I'm not careful I get hooked on petty cash and won't be able to manage focusing on academics.