New Gaming Rig

[Anzekay]

Gotcha. It's probably more powerful. The two 560TIs end up being $50 cheaper or so than the one 7970. That's that much more heat, though, and this being my first build, I want to go a little easy on the heat my comp generates.



Meh. Nothing really atm. The plan is, have a desktop as a gaming rig (gaming only, just gaming, gaming gaming gaming), and a laptop for other purposes (coding, internet surfing, etc etc). I do plan to get a nominal data drive, though. Probably just 500GB.



How do you mean? I have the tentative brands for all the components in the first post

I'd have to check out the case, but if you set up the vents correctly heat should be minimal, even more so if you have your case placed in a good position. Speaking of cases, make sure the one you get has cable management. This is an absolute must.

And yeah, sorry, I see now you had Asus listed for the mobo, I must have just looked at the GPU which you don't have one chosen for. I'd go with Asus for that too; I find it best to stick with the same brand for mobo+GPU.

Also, if you want to get some other opinions of folks who really know this stuff, this thread on the PA forums had a ton of info:

http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussio...-is-out/p1

There's also a link to a blog at the top of the first post that has a huge amount of well detailed info, as well.