my bit of advise.... single rail.... go single rail at all costs.

John.... got new mobo... and prepping.  will be a day or 2.  maybe if I am so inclined I will take some pics

with what your running now.. that 1k will do you fine...now if you we're running dual gtx295's and an i7...that 1k will not be enough, but you can add another power supply or a vga power supply addon.


nate:
you see he has a budget going on...lol...single rail is like the most expensive one...isn't it?

oh yeah, im waiting to see the end results..

side note:
just got my 5970 ordered at microcenter. should be here saturday.

and to the rest of the public..NO! THEY DONT HAVE ANY MORE AND THEY AREN'T GETTING ANY MORE EITHER...more like next year, from what the word seems to be...although, they may get like 1 or 2...lol

hell, i dont even know if mine will be there. they said it's on the truck.

look around and see if you can find the PC power and cooling 910w silencer for a decent price.. i snagged mine from the xoxide close out sale for $150.

@johnksss
congrats on finding a 5970, the rarest card since the 295 release

oh and if you would be so kind as to sell me that 295 I promise to liven up this thread ;)

it's actually been sold, but waiting on the payment.. he bought it with the water block attached. guess he is just going to throw it in his system and start benching...lol...

Well actually i have a separate benching rig. You are probably looking at my main rig though. But i will probably try out my main rig's cpu and gpu's in the benching rig eventually.

My cheap a$$ benching rig currently:

DFI UT P35 T2R - i plan to get alot of use out of this mobo. When i get some better chips, i plan on shooting for 600+ fsb.
2x1gb 1066 Dominators
Pentium D 915 and P4 660 - i have yet to try the 660. I am currently working on maxing the 915. I have hit 4.6ghz fairly stable on air right now with the 915.
ATI x600xt
Antec 550w psu

The x600xt, 550w psu, and p4 660 came from an old rig. The PD 915 i had laying around. The mobo i bought here, and the ram is from my main rig, which i replaced with 2x2gb 1066 Doms. (I had 4x1gb Doms originally)

I know this will never come near 750w. But if i use my main rig's cpu and gpu's i definitely will need more power than 550w. I also plan on picking up some more chips for benching (e5200, e7400, e3200). Another reason i want a new psu for my benching rig is that the current one is 4-5 years old now. I honestly don't know how much longer it will last.
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I actually have thought up a little plan, since i don't have the $ for a quality 1000w psu. What i am figuring is that i get a 750 or 850w psu now (probably the 750tx or 850tx.) Then, when i have the $ for really powerful hardware later, i could purchase a 1000w psu or something similar. So smaller now, and bigger later. Does this seem like a reasonable plan?

yes. it's pretty much how we all started out...sounds good to me...now get that psu and get ta benchin'!

Halo_003

Q56 what was your core voltage for 760 core? I haven't gone above 756 yet. 741 is stable with low temps  though.

You mean voltage tuner?  The highest it would go without the mod...1188. 

nateman_doo

Q56_Monster
Where is old man winter?  Been a balmy fall here in the east.  I promise I'm going to get sub-zero, au natural, with my 295's soon!

WHAT?! i was freezin my A$$ off today!

LOL, yea we do need coats now!  But I mean real cold...below freezing, preferably 20's.

someone has maaaiiiillll.   I am out for the evening.  night all. 

later nate.