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For storage I have decided to pick up a 1TB Spinpoint F3 and then later upgrade to a SSD for OS, games and apps when able to.

I have actually done a little more reading about the CPU coolers and have seem to found a winner. Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus Direct Touch 4 Heatpipe Heatsink AM2 AM3 LGA1366 LGA775 LGA1156 120MM http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=41337 Frostytech ranked it 5th overall and at $30 with...

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Waiting on press releases from AMD and Nvidia for DX11 cards. Following I will buy a current day GPU and later participate in either BFG's or eVGA's step-up program to move to the next generation. BUDGET RANGE: $1800 CAD SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT...

My question lies with the forthcoming DirectX 11 GPUs. In a single card solution, will they be limited by the x8 PCIe bus of the P55s? (Maybe I am not understanding this correctly, can the P55 allow for 16x PCIe for a single card by adding the two together?)

The only question that remains for me is how things will turn once the DirectX 11 cards are announced. Then, I can see x8 PCIe2.0 links hurting the P55 chipset and the X58 showing its true potential. This will definitely affect SLI/Crossfire setups but I am not sure how it will affect single...