Ricdeau

Well I guess we got your answer on that topic. On a side note with your current monitor a single 4890 would be all you need for the most part. At that resolution the 4890 would chew pretty much anything up and spit out the seeds.

NoGuru

You could start with one card installed and the sound card installed and then move the video card to the next slot then you will know if there is clearance.

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kinubic

Thank u! really helpfull +rep~!

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Ricdeau

Any standard single slot PCI card will fit in the PCI slot inbetween the PCI-E 2.0 slots it will just basically be sitting right near the top cards fan and very little clearance on the PCB on the bottom card. As long as there's no funky odd shaped heatsink it fits but it's tight. I'd definitely recommend a side intake fan for a setup like that.

Wrenchrider

What??!!
Your room or wherever it is your pc is must get hot or uncomfortably warm
2 4850s = 220w at max (if at all it you ever max them both with that 22")
A Q6600 @3.2ghz ≈ 155w
Total may be like 355w at peak power consumption which is close to 550w

Doesnt your power supply whirr loudly?
With that cofig I think I would get myself atleast a 32" screen to use the 4850s well enough and sth like 700w psu considering HDDs and pci cards or other powered hardware.

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I take e-check and PP though!


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Fletcher Carnaby

And I live on top of a 100+ year old building... but my place is pretty large, has a high ceiling and lots of windows. The ambient temp up here is usually about 70 F.

You are right, I certainly am pushing my psu pretty hard. I figured I'd have to buy an new one after I went xfire, but to my surprise I haven't had a single issue. Benchmarking has gone fine for all areas of my rig. Right now I'm folding (100% load) on both cards and both gpus are in the low 50's, the CPU is at 40 C under 60% load. I'll take that.

I do, however, realize that just because my psu is doing OK now doesn't mean it can keep it up. As the entire system ages, resistance increases and power requirements go up, right? A nice new Corsair HX 620 (or similar) is in my rigs future. Bigger monitor, too.

@shredzy: Sorry, no photo yet. Looong day. I'll get it together this week.

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BradleyW

I have noticed people are using TRUE coolers with this board. I just purchased one and i want to get the UD3R version of this board. Will the true fit? The two boards are the same exept crossfire/sli support.

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Jason_B

True fits perfectly fine.

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D-an-W

I second that, just installed one last night!