Hey,
So after a year of waiting for the GTX 570s to come down in price to a reasonable price I have took the plunge!
I'm aware of the power that I will be presented with much more power, but I only use one monitor a 120hz BenQ XL2410T for gaming, second monitor is for facebook, messaging and such.
What do you guys think SLI GTX 570 or a new 670 'if' you're already bought a 570? surely it's cheaper and faster but I hear people just 'going to buy the newest latest and greatest, do people really do that a lot?
Are enthusiasts really that bothered about the power consumption differences between SLI and the newer generation cards, or is it just an excuse to buy the newer card?
It just seems more piggybank friendly from my own perspective, even if it draws that bit of extra power.
The model is Palit GTX 570, it's been very reliable and trustworthy, but has dropped £100 since I bought it off scan, and then bought my second one off scan too! good ol scan
My system just to gloat, as you do
Done a few case mods too; a grommet mod,
Braided and heat shrinked all my fan cables
Sharpie coloured in the power connectors for the case and heatshrinked them blue.
Specifications
Intel i7 2600k CPU
Asus P8P67 PRO Motherboard
4x2 GB of G.Skill Ripjaws X 2133MHz CL9 Timings Memory.
PALIT NVIDIA GTX 570 1280MB Graphics card
Corsair H50 Hydrocooling
Accompanied by two Scythe Gentle Typhoons 1850RPM with braiding mod attached to the radiator
2X Scythe Gentle Typhoons 1850RPM ( braided) blowing out air from the top of the case.
(total of 4 braided Scythe Gentle Typhoons)
140mm Coolmaster intake fan ( also braided)
120mm Corsair intake fan (also braided)
Scythe Kaze Q-12 Channel Fan controller controlling 6 fans.
Coolmaster 690 II Advanced Nvidia Edition
ASUS XONAR D2X PCI-E soundcard
Corsair AX850W Fully Modular PSU
Crucial C300 64GB SSD ( for operating system Windows 8)
2x 750GB Western Digital HDDs. ( One green, one black)
Random 160GB Seagate
Samsung DVD Drive ( cost a fiver off ebay )
all blue sata 3 cables by gigabyte