New Rig Setup

Well we need to know the res you game at so we know what it takes to max it, from that we will know if you need sli or not.

the advantage of sli over single card is that for example there is no single card that will trump sli 570 right now, and if you need more then a single card's perfomrance then you need sli, for example most likely for bf3 and max settings you need sli 570 (depending on your res).

for sli 570 and no ssd you looking at right around your budget, the ssd you can always add later your self, or you can go ssd and add the second 570 later yourself.

let us know your res and if sli is needed how you like to proceed.(aka you go sli now and add ssd later or get ssd now and add second gpu later).

Or you can drop in your 550 in this one now and get new gpus when they come out in april.

if you have a small area and cooling will be an issue, then you said you gonna have temps issues, these systems are no joke and not a dell or hp or those kinds of pcs, these pcs/parts are highend and need good amount of room to breath, you need to place them in a place where there is plenty of room and airflow unless you are looking for headaches.

Edited by DST4ME - 24 Jan 2012 at 1:56pm

But your MV pc does not have the performance of these pcs, is the cpu oced on it? if yes what is the oc speed on it and what is the cpu? is it dual gpu? (todays gpus have more heat).

for 2560 x 1600, you can go forth two ways, you can go dual sli with option of tri sli, or you can just go dual sli no tri sli option.

for dual sli it would be sli 570 2.5GB, and for tri sli its the same you just have the option of adding a third.

tri sli can be done correctly on x79 and not p67, and x79 right off the bat is more expensive and comes with 6 cores, the dual sli goes on p67/z68 and will cost less.

for $3000 we can do dual sli 570 on p67, but to be on x79 and tri sli, budget will need to be much higher.

for dual sli it would be this:

Here you go Ticket# 647721 --- $2,919 (To see this build click here)

Copy of Specifications:
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Cooler Master 942 HAF X
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40GHz (Unlocked CPU for Extreme Overclocking) (Quad Core)
Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 Deluxe (Intel P67 Chipset) (New & Improved B3 Revision Without SATA 3G Issue)
System Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 1050W Corsair Pro Silver 1050HX (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible)
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (120GB Solid State (By: Intel) (Model: 320 Series)
Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Western Digital Caviar (7200 RPM) (64MB Cache) (Model: Black Edition)
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 24x / CD-Writer 48x)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: 2x SLI Dual (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 2.5GB (PhysX) (EVGA 025-P3-1579-BR)
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 2: Corsair A70 Dual 120mm Fans High Performance Cooler
H20 Tube Color:- Not Applicable, I do not have a FrostChill or Sub-Zero LCS Cooling System Selected
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
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Boost Processor: Stage 2: Overclock CPU 4.5GHz to 4.8GHz (Requires Pro or Deluxe Series Motherboard)
Boost Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
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Boost OS: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-Bit Edition)
Recovery Tools: Windows Recovery Toolkit (Bundled with Windows 7 CD)
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Warranty: Life-time Expert Customer Care with 3 Year Limited Warranty

Ask DS specifically for this fan to be added to the top, so you endup with 4 x 200mm fans:

haf 200mm non led fan

Ask for vcore lower then 1.4 for your oc.

gpus are not out so any idea of performance would be pulled out of ones behind, and so will pricing, so I don't want to give you bad info and I have no idea of performance gain or price on them right now, we know the 7970 for ati just came out, its not that much better then current cards but pretty much cost an arm and a leg.

Never mind about the 580, after looking around at some of the other threads, seems like it is the black sheep not talked about amongst the family.  Have a buddy who got one and loves it.