Project haf

[ScottALot]

Just realized the 470 is the same price as the 5870... since I'll be watercooling, heat shouldn't be an issue with the Fermi, right? (So now it's between 470 and 5870.)

Some of these are a bit shaky... I need something to balance my camera on!

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[bomberboysk]

Well, for pretty much all areas but tessellation the 5870 is a faster card than the GTX 470:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-470-480-review/16

Not to mention the 5870 can already be had for less than retail used. If you want to say something about folding--soon the points will be equalized as opencl will be used on the GPU3 client(for both ati AND nvidia).

 

[ScottALot]

5870 it is... again! I was hoping for 5870 because the 470 blocks are pretty ugly.

 

[ScottALot]

I sware to God, they're F#@ing with me.

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[xxartanisxx]

Nice if it costs the same as the regular one ill have to get it. The new HAF X looks nice too same thing as that but with a 200 mm fan in bottom left corner.

 

[ScottALot]

Nice if it costs the same as the regular one ill have to get it. The new HAF X looks nice too same thing as that but with a 200 mm fan in bottom left corner.

The HAF X is just a HAF with 200mm fans instead of 230mm fans... it's like a mix between the 922 and 932, so they should call it the HAF 927.

 

[bomberboysk]

The HAF X is just a HAF with 200mm fans instead of 230mm fans... it's like a mix between the 922 and 932, so they should call it the HAF 927.

Extra expansion slots as well.

 

[ScottALot]

At the loss of the extra PSU slot I think.

 

[ScottALot]

UPDATE: Got the right radiator, and got 4 CM R4s for the mesh window.

 

[bomberboysk]

GTX 460 1GB's in SLI are a great combo at the moment. Can't beat the pricing either.

 

[ScottALot]

Would two of them beat one 5870 or at least a 5850?

 

[mrjack]

Two GTX 460 1GB cards are often even better than a single GTX 480. Here's a good review.

 

[bomberboysk]

Would two of them beat one 5870 or at least a 5850?

Quite easily. Unless you want to go with the 470, either way i'd go nVidia if you plan on going multi gpu, sli on the 4xx cards scales better than the 5xxx cards.

Two GTX 460 1GB cards are often even better than a single GTX 480. Here's a good review.

What he said^

 

[ScottALot]

I read most of the review and I think I'm sold! They seem like some great all-around cards... don't know why they made the 465s so icky.

 

[mrjack]

GTX 465/470/480 use the older Fermi chip (GF100) while the GTX 460 uses the newer Fermi chip (GF104). The GTX 460 not only runs cooler and drains less power but apparently it also overclocks well. I expect that nVidia will phase out the GTX 465 in light of how good the GTX 460 is. The only use the GTX 465 can be of is to sell GF100 cards that aren't up to GTX 470/480 specs.

 

[ScottALot]

Okay, I'm getting ready to order the rest of the watercooling parts and accessories... here's what I have:

There are two UKs because I already have one.

 

[ScottALot]

bump

 

[ScottALot]

bump

 

[ScottALot]

Hello?

Is that good? I had to zoom out a bit to see everything. It's cheaper than buying from PPCs and FrozenCPU at the same time or just Frozen.

 

[linkin]

Looks good

And good move on the 460's, I love mine to bits, and it comes clocked at 800/1000/1600, going core/memory/shaders