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well the toxic is clock at 960 vs the vapor 870.
jab-tech has the megahalems for $60 plus shipping so in the end. a member on here did a comparsion between the two and i think it was 4-5C better.
the hdd arent worth the money in my opinion. getting a performance drive + some 1tb green for backup is better spent money
memory is a bit overkill.
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Black WD are the way to go.
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buy my ram for it. anyways, you can probably forget the upgraded video coolers. the stock coolers are pretty good.

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Okay, thanks guys.

Do I need any additional cooling (NB or chipset) in order to achieve high overclocks?
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Okay, thanks guys.

Do I need any additional cooling (NB or chipset) in order to achieve high overclocks?
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Black WD are the way to go.
That's what I've got on this list, right?

I changed to Toxic 4890s.
Anything else?

Still want more opinions on VGA and CPU cooling, is getting musashis overkill?
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That's what I've got on this list, right?

I changed to Toxic 4890s.
Anything else?

Still want more opinions on VGA and CPU cooling, is getting musashis overkill?
Megahalem is the best air cool on the market ATM.
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How is this a HTPC?
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hahaha. he just needs to add an sound card like a xonar x2
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Bloodrage comes with X-fi sound card, video card has hdmi output...what more do I need? (serious question, not being sarcastic)

EDIT: Ahh, thats why I didn't go with toxic. I need HDMI. Going back to Vapor.
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