8800 ultra leviathan

[korbin44]

The Striker Extreme and DFI 680i boards have at least 3 pci-e slots for graphics gards. I don't think the room is the problem, just trying to mount both cards in there.

 

[korbin44]

According to Leadtek's website, the Leviathans are capable of SLI. The tricky part is getting them both to fit. That can be done. But, I personally would set up my own tec water cooling setup with regular 8800 Ultra cards.

 

[cristip60]

That's not the point, because in just 3 months a new generetion of cpu's and gpu's will come out. And believe me high end gpu's and cpu's don't come out every couple of months.

 

[ailgatrat]

With a $10k budget, why not contact one of the boutique pc builders (ie. Alienware, Voodoo, Falcon NW, etc.), tell them what you want the pc for and let them build you your dream pc? I'd rather build my own, but hey, with that kind of budget, even I would rather let a pro put one together for me.

 

[Falken699]

I think you are missing a Logitech G9, there, cheapskate

 

[ironfin]

heres my input since i do have a leviathan...
unless you have a MASSIVE i mean MASSIVE case your not gonna fit it in. let alone 2. you'll need a case with two 120mm rear fan ports, and theres not many case out there if any at all that has that. and the case would be like too tall.
Unless you have water cooling you won't fit a large cpu cooler on it like a thermalright 120.
i water cool my q6600 and clock it to qx6850 specs. yes i know i can go higher, but i don't want to ok
runs @3ghz at 30degrees room temp at 25 <-- these are temps i like.

when i was building it i have to take the damn thing out like 5 times to route cables around it cause theres so little room to work with. and i have a thermaltake kandalf LCS and thats a huge case... weights around 40kg all up with everything inside too lol (so no good to hall around to LANs)
also i believe you can sli the cards... just that theres no case to fit the two radiators is all.
else why the heck is there a sli bridge on the card? unless they cbf to remove it. (actually theres 2 sli bridges. one is for something in the future nvidia might be doing something else with that, not sure)
when i read the tomshardware review i though there would be like no sli bridge etc too.
anyway, i don't have the money for 2 so i don't know if sli works for these cards and i don't know why you need 2. one is FAST enough.

ohhh if you live in melbourne and gonna get the leviathan... cheapest i got quoted was $1,195 at centrecom
i got alittle ripped off on mine 🙁 got it for $1,275 at scorptech


also if you get a q6600 get one that uses the new G0 stepping... much cooler!
and you can pick one up for about $335 in melbounre
mate actually uses staticice to find the prices lol... http://www.staticice.com.au/

ohhh and if you have a little money left over get the WD raptor hard drive/s 😉
i love my... looks nice when you see the hard drive spin and stuff inside.

if you have anymore questions about the leviathan, ask, i might be able to answer them for you.

 

[emp]

if he has that much money, why can't he afford a saw? so long as it would be possible in theory to fit 2 leviathans on one mobo, then the case shouldn't figure into the equation

I love this guy... thinks just like me most of the time.

 

[ironfin]

it might be that the leviathans are so monstrous, that the pci e slots are too close together for them

nah the leviathan is actually shorter in height than the reference 8800 ultras
the water cool heat sink is pretty slim. the plastic air cooling casing for the reference 8800 ultras designs is actually higher or fatter. so you should be able to sli them without a problem.

i have one on a P5K Premium and i know you can put two easy. but it does take out a couple of your sata ports... so badly designed where they put the SATA ports on that mobo.

 

[spuddyt]

I love this guy... thinks just like me most of the time.

thnx!