Help me finish my $1500 dollar build!

GPU'S: 2 x MSI 6950 Twin Frozr III in crossfire and unlocked to 6970

MSI Twin Frozr III - $240 x 2 = $480

MOBO: ASROCK Z68 Extreme 4 $185

PSU: Silverstone 850W Strider Gold - Fully Modular - $170

HDD: I can't even recommend one right now as the prices are so RIDICULOUS. If I were you I'd pick up an SSD if you can get by w/o much storage needs until these HDD prices drop. My 1TB WD Black that I bought 3 years ago for $80 is on Newegg right now for $230.

SSD: OCZ Agility 3 60GB - $90


Total Final price: $1492 plus a storage drive when they come down

Corsair 750AX Professional Series 750W 80 PLUS Gold Modular
2x Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2GB Toxic, with Unlocking switch – $289.99
Mobo same as above

mobo, gigabyte P67A-UD4. ($170)

psu, pick anything modular and reputable. personally, i'm a fan of kingwin's lazer series. you could get their lower-end 1000 watt psu for $150 or a higher efficiency 850 watt model for $190.

graphics, gtx 570 ($340). you can always add a second one later. as for getting 6950's and unlocking them...its becoming harder and harder to find cards that can be unlocked. as far as i knew, the twin frozr III's have been since changed so they can't be unlocked. plus, unlocking them is (a) risky and (b) risky. sometimes, the cards don't unlock successfully. if you got two, they would both have to unlock fully to crossfire them. while its fun to do, and performance boosts are always cool, i NEVER advocate oc'ing, bios flashing, or other tweaking/modding as a method of getting a "better" product for cheaper. OC'ing is not a way to save money; it is a fun hobby. if you want 6970 performance, the best thing to do is get a 6970 (or a gtx 570, which actually outperforms the 6970 a little bit).

the biggest thing i came to contribute was hdd info: don't buy one right now. they are crazy expensive due to major flooding in thailand where most of them are made.

i would get an ssd, and get an hdd to compliment it in a few months when prices drop back to normal. more specifically, a 128GB crucial m4. ($210)

whatever direction you go, though, do not get an ocz ssd. there have been nothing but problems with them. you might be lucky and get a good one....but the m4 series is faster AND more reliable, and only a small bit more expensive.

total cost: $1517

I second that comment above on the HDD issue, go for SSD, forget ocz, complete crap and go for a reliable brand, such as crucial.

M4/intel/corsair are all good ssd

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