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[chaksq]

This is greatness! The floating SSDs are great.

[985323]

Ive been following this from the start over on bt but its great to see you over here.
Love the fittings!

Will

[Xion X2]

nice rads! personally i prefer hwlabs but thoose are also nice
bitspower always equals win

Thanks. The MCR220s are very low profile and will allow me to install both inside the case. And yeah, the BP fittings are beautiful if I may say so. I wanted to get the "Shining Silver" because of their reflective qualities.

What kind of camera are you using to take those incredible pics?

Thanks, Loki! I'm using a Nikon D40 w/ 35mm 1.8 Nikkor lens.

This is greatness! The floating SSDs are great.

Thanks, chaksq! The SSDs are one of my favorite ideas thus far. I think that effect could turn out really well.

Ive been following this from the start over on bt but its great to see you over here.
Love the fittings!

Will

Thanks, Will! I appreciate the warm welcome.

Sorry for the lack of updates as of late. Some things I am waiting on, and some work I cannot do in my current residence (practically anything to do with fabrication since I live in a small apartment building.) I plan on making some progress over the weekend as I'll have a workshop available to me.

Thanks to everyone for all the kind words of support--means a lot.

[Xion X2]

HD5870 #1 of 2 showed up today.

They showed up in stock on newegg for about half an hour, and I decided to go ahead and pull the trigger on one while my 275s are on auction. The only ones they had in stock were the PowerColor variety. It comes with a two year manufacturer warranty, which is more than enough. I'll never keep the card for that long.

Came with a free copy of DIRT 2!

I can't wait to play this on my Eyefinity setup.

Let's take a look at the fastest single GPU out on the market...

I really like the new design that ATI went with this round. It was time for them to ditch the old school look of the exposed PCB in favor of full length cooler.

Now.. time to stretch her legs with a few games tonight before I head back to my dad's tomorrow to do more work on that Zero-G chamber...

[jdbnsn]

You're going to love that video card, I'm running the same thing and it's a beast!

[Xion X2]

A quick update, guys. I may be announcing another BIG sponsor for this project very soon.

[Airbozo]

You're going to love that video card, I'm running the same thing and it's a beast!

So, I want to know where to find one of those 5870's. Everyone seems to be out of stock. I found ONE at Fry's and that was for a customer's build. Now I am trying to find a 5890 for myself and no-one seems to have one. Not our distribution channel not New egg.

BTW I am loving this build!

[Trace]

You'll be wanting the 5970 not the 5890 as there is no such thing AFAIK

[Airbozo]

You'll be wanting the 5970 not the 5890 as there is no such thing AFAIK

Woops, mistype, you are correct!

The 5970 it is!

[jdbnsn]

As for 5800 ATI cards availability, you basically have to get lucky or sit on Newegg and refresh all day. I stopped in once or twice a day for about a weeks and a half and just luckily landed when a few were in stock. But as soon as I finished my order they were gone again.