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Dadi_oh · 06-24-09

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Originally Posted by c00lkatz

Definitely a good solution, but it's not going to cost him $80 since he'd have to buy the rest of the loop. And it would be kind of silly just to watercool one card and leave the other two on air, so that's $80 x 3 plus rad, pump, fans, tubing, etc.

No I wasn't ignoring the other stuff to setup a loop. My comment on cost was related to an earlier post where he stated...

ahhh, dang it! =[ And water cooling blocks for the card are $100-130 each. =[

I was just letting him know there were cheaper WC options than what he quoted.

DNytAftr · 06-25-09

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Originally Posted by c00lkatz

Definitely a good solution, but it's not going to cost him $80 since he'd have to buy the rest of the loop. And it would be kind of silly just to watercool one card and leave the other two on air, so that's $80 x 3 plus rad, pump, fans, tubing, etc.

Honestly, I don't think it'd be worth the added cost for Tri-SLI. SLI GTX260's are plenty. He'd probably see more gains from overclocking that CPU some more (or get a Q9550) than he would from adding another GTX260.

Out of curiosity though, what's keeping you from running them in Tri-SLI? If you don't have any other add-in cards, they should all fit on that 790i. Unless the bottom card overlaps the bottom of the board and you have a small case or something, and if that's the case, you should get a better case anyway, as those GTX260's in Tri-SLI would need some GOOD airflow.

Ah, im running a wireless card (cant do wired at my appartment =\ ), and soon a raid card, I was going to upgrade to a bored with 4pci-e. but i know its really stupid cause i can get a usb wireless card but id rather spend $150 on something then $50 for a usb dongle or well money on watercooling then getting a usb dongle.. usb really bugs me for some reason >.<

but ya, decided to wait on tri-sli and keep the card on storage until i get a new motherboard (extended with 7pcie) or watercooling

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Originally Posted by Dadi_oh

No I wasn't ignoring the other stuff to setup a loop. My comment on cost was related to an earlier post where he stated...

ahhh, dang it! =[ And water cooling blocks for the card are $100-130 each. =[

I was just letting him know there were cheaper WC options than what he quoted.

Hah, thanks! for the help tho! =]

c00lkatz · 06-25-09

In all honesty, that 2.58GHz Q6600 would bottleneck Tri-SLI GTX260's anyway. Definitely put the money to better use elsewhere in your rig.

DNytAftr · 06-25-09

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Originally Posted by c00lkatz

In all honesty, that 2.58GHz Q6600 would bottleneck Tri-SLI GTX260's anyway. Definitely put the money to better use elsewhere in your rig.

=] i think im going to get a e8400 on monday, and im putting together a simple rig for my freind :P

but yaa i heard before that the q6600 is holding me back alot >_>

MijnWraak · 06-25-09

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Originally Posted by DNytAftr

=] i think im going to get a e8400 on monday, and im putting together a simple rig for my freind :P

but yaa i heard before that the q6600 is holding me back alot >_>

Get a q9550 instead. e8400 won't be much of an upgrade. But maybe I'm wrong of course

DNytAftr · 06-25-09

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Originally Posted by MijnWraak

Get a q9550 instead. e8400 won't be much of an upgrade. But maybe I'm wrong of course

=[ ahhh i wanted to get a sub $200 cpu. =\ and save some money to get an i7 later this year .. >< or could i build an i7 with $400?

c00lkatz · 06-25-09

Unless you need the quad, you'll be fine with the dual.

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