You know Radeon HD5970 is actually Dual Downclocked Radeon HD5870 or known as Dual Radeon HD5850 in term of performance?
2x Radeon HD5870 pawns Single Radeon HD5970.
2x Radeon HD5850 equals to a Single Radeon HD5970.

-1 to Radeon HD5970.

illuvier's decision is not bad. But, still can be refined.

This post has been edited by DarkSilver: Mar 10 2010, 11:52 PM

Hell. Don't get 12GB RAM(6x2GB). It's useless for GAMING or NORMAL usages.
Unless you're doing Workstation like Autodesk Maya, 3DsMax, ZBrush and so on.
3x2GB(6GB) RAM is more than enough for Gaming already. Most games are 32bit based, so, they only can take-up maximal of 3GB of RAM and usually less than that.

ThermalRight Venemous-X HSF pawns Low-End Water Cooling System(RM200-400).

It's time for me to build it up.

Core i7 930 2.8Ghz RM 1000
ASUS RAMPAGE II EXTREME RM 1250
CoolerMaster Hyper 212+ RM 100
Tuniq TX-3 Thermal Compound RM 29
3x2GB DDR3-1333 CL9 Transcend RAM RM 477
Radeon HD5850 RM 950
Radeon HD5850 RM 950
Radeon HD5850 RM 950
INTEL X25-M SSD 80GB RM 899
500GB Samsung Spinpoint F3 HDD RM 159
CoolerMaster CM690 II Advance RM 3XX
XIGMATEK NRP-MC751 750Watt Modular PSU RM 479

Total, RM 74XX-RM75XX

Triple Radeon HD5850! OWNING! LOL!

Personally like:

Core i7 930 2.8Ghz RM 1000
ASUS RAMPAGE II EXTREME RM 1250
CoolerMaster Hyper 212+ RM 100
Tuniq TX-3 Thermal Compound RM 29
3x2GB DDR3-1333 CL9 Transcend RAM RM 477
Radeon HD5850 RM 950
Radeon HD5850 RM 950
Radeon HD5850 RM 950
3x1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 RAID RM 780(can be as fast as SSD already and it's 3000GB)
CoolerMaster CM690 II Advance RM 3XX
XIGMATEK NRP-MC851 850Watt Modular PSU RM 589

Total, RM 73XX-74XX

This post has been edited by DarkSilver: Mar 11 2010, 12:37 AM

Yes! 3 GPUs. It's even better than Dual GPU Setup!
LGA1366 ASUS Rampage II Extreme can handle 3 GPUs well. Don't worry.

That's RM 3000-5000. =.=!!

3x1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 HDD RAID(RM 7XX) is very fast. I think it's almost like a SSD already.
So, it's boot-speed and so on should be like a SSD too.

This post has been edited by DarkSilver: Mar 11 2010, 12:19 PM

It's 3x1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 HDD RAID. Not a Single 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 HDD.
The performance of RAIDing 3 of it will create a NEW LIGHT.

He's just jealous? LOL.

For me, a Good PC is needed no matter you're newbie or pro.

I still think my Triple Radeon HD5850 Setup Build should pawn every builds here. LOL.

I do include a very GAY Motherboard for that build too.

Else remove the 3x Radeon HD5850 from my Build, then, add 2x Radeon HD5870.
After that, in the future, add another Radeon HD5870 to make Triple Radeon HD5870!

That's depending on what Resolution/Monitors you're on.
If you're using very big resolution like 2560x1440 or more(Eyefinity, 3 LCDs), then, it's OK to have 3x Radeon HD5870.

So, it's recommended to use FULL SETUP now instead of UPGRADE LATER?

I think TS got bucks for Dual Radeon HD6870 in the future since he got such a huge budget now.

I think Dual Radeon HD5870 or Dual Radeon HD5850 will be enough for TS's Resolution.
I didn't think that TS have just only 1920x1080 Resolution. Sad. If TS has a few LCDs for Eyefinity, no doubt, Triple Radeon HD5850!

You can always OC/Voltage Tweak the GPU with MSI Afterburner. What's the big deal having ASUS Radeon HD5870 VT(expensive =.=)?
Moreover, latest CCC(ATi Driver) had made Dual GPU Setup(Dual Radeon) to use Power Play(save power when idling). So, you won't have any problem(power/heat) with Dual Radeon HD5850 or HD5870.

That won't be much. =.=!!
It's just like 1 or 2 Lights being light-up for 24/7 only. If you can afford Air-Condition for a few hours a days or 24/7(I saw people like that before), what's the big deal having 25W more? It's just too little. If 100-200Watt, I will take consider.

Meh... I smell someone's telling bullshit. Can just be ignored.
Look at the Signature and what he tells and the combination of hardwares. Freaking wrong. If got so much money, where's the SSD?
Sure buy already if he's not telling bullshits, SSD very famous and always recommended to all rich guys. I can't imagine someone buy 3x GTX480 but forget about SSD? Then, 1000Watt PSU for 3x GTX480? ROFL?

ROFL. This is a Hardware that Corsair designed and sell to people. Those who're using it must donate money to Corsair for free daily.
Good for rich mans.

Actually, already enough. By seeing his things, everything is like high-end and top-end. So, basically, we know he's telling some rubbishes/craps or he's really rich(low possible) due to there's a lot of flaws(both he talks and his signature).

My dear Moongrave, SSD is not to store all your movies and videos and music. It's for applications to launch and load faster than ever. LOL.

This post has been edited by DarkSilver: Apr 2 2010, 09:10 PM

There's too many flaws in his speaking/post and his signature actually.
100% confirmed it's fake. How can a fellah using CM V10 on the Core i7 980X OCed. Core i7 980X is damn hot when OCed, sure need WC.

3x of Geforce GTX480 will be an oven. He gonna cook some food for us to see, I think.
1 of it can reach about 100C in Malaysia Area already.
I can't imagine 3 units.

Basically, only EVGA Geforce GTX480 1.5GB GDDR5 FTW version can be bought. Because it's Factory OCed and have EK WaterBlock(noiseless) to cool down it's temperature.
Well, the price is ridicolous too.

Not sure. I also want to know where can buy 3rd Party Cooling Solution for newer GPU like Radeon HD5000-Series and Geforce GT400-Series.
LYP seems don't have though.
Maybe order from neweggs? XD