Just offering a friendly heads-up about NewEgg. They've screwed over HardOCP by reducing the commission from their links by 66% on Black Friday without informing the site owner that they were going to do so. Their reasoning? They didn't want return buyers. They wanted new customers. They also have h...

What is the most effective way to silence a GTX690 or a pair of them? Is water cooling the only way to bring noise levels down on the big boys? If so, about what level of noise could you expect from the system under a full Furmark load?

Check out that PSU. Its only 50 bucks after MIR. (that is a STEAL) I swear by corsair as a psu maker, and this will be more than enough power output for your system. Dont be sucked into buying a 700+W psu. You will never need that much power. Dont believe me? pick up a "kill-a-watt" and see for you...

-Must be fully modular - Not just partially. Why fully modular? You'll use a lot of cables with your config so modularity is somehow useless. Unfortunately I have no idea how much power those card we'll need so for now I have no idea what PSU you need. In what resolution do you play? 1920x1200, 16x...

Rig Specs: Lian Li PC-7B 2x ATi 5870 (Or whatever high-end nextgen cards) i7 920 @ 4Ghz-ish 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 OCZ Vertex X58 Mobo w/ ICH10R BluRay drive I'm trying to keep it relatively quiet, and cool. I know the video cards are going to be noisy as heck, but I want/need the power. Recommendations t...