A Couple of Questions

IF you are not going to oc the factory cooler is fine.

for 1900 x 1200 you want the 5870.

yes you need thermal paste

700w will cover one gpu if you looking to expand in the future then go with a 850w or 1000w.

oh I thought this was for gaming, ok then let me explain, at 1900 x 1200 to play games at highest settings with aa and af you would need 2 gpus, for example 2 x 275, with the new line of cards coming out, the new cards are almost twice as powerful as the current cards, nvidia is not out with their yet, their's should be here dec - jan, ati however has their's out, the 5870 can give you close to the same performance as 2 x 275, so if you are at 1900 x 1200 for gaming you want 2 x 275 or 1 x 5870.

now you say you are not a big gamer, so if you don't need to play at highest settings and aa and af then a 5850 will be ok for you.

if you are not going to oc then speed of 2.66GHz is pretty slow, and you getting a chip that can easily oc to 3.3GHz and that is concidered a very low oc for what this chip can do and it the same speed as the 975 which like $900 more expensive.

I really don't understand why you can just get this:

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Edited by DST4ME - 31 Oct 2009 at 3:49pm