as much as i like the portability for this system,if you want something portable as a gaming rig use a laptop..
don't get me wrong micro atx's have their place in the world, personally i would gone with a single vid card, there is no point sticking 2 vid cards in a confined space like that... not enough air in there as it is..
here's what i'd do, go 360gb raptor for OS and a 2nd 1tb hard drive for gaming..
personally i prefer full towers with enough space to propagate a min of 2 hard drives..
while this is a nice pc for gaming I give a max of 12month's or less before you start replacing parts because of lack of cooling..
to be honest if I was offered a chance of a free pc I would jump at the chance, though being in Australia it's pretty slim pickings me winning any of the pc's anyway, freight would be a bitch, not to mention the psu having to support 240v mains power system..
looking at the top cpu's in I7 i couldn't justify the cost in building a system on the I7 platform anyway, I'd go with highest phenom II cpu since it's $800 cheaper the the i7..
I don't overclock my systems as I like to get atleast 2-3 years out of my cpu before it fries...
this article seems to be nothing but a show boat, to see how many vid cards you casn fit in a mini/midi atx style case without a safety concern for the user..
looking at the high temps we see.. in the results, in this situation i think 2 vid cards are nothing but overkill
don't get me wrong micro atx's have their place in the world, personally i would gone with a single vid card, there is no point sticking 2 vid cards in a confined space like that... not enough air in there as it is..
here's what i'd do, go 360gb raptor for OS and a 2nd 1tb hard drive for gaming..
personally i prefer full towers with enough space to propagate a min of 2 hard drives..
while this is a nice pc for gaming I give a max of 12month's or less before you start replacing parts because of lack of cooling..
to be honest if I was offered a chance of a free pc I would jump at the chance, though being in Australia it's pretty slim pickings me winning any of the pc's anyway, freight would be a bitch, not to mention the psu having to support 240v mains power system..
looking at the top cpu's in I7 i couldn't justify the cost in building a system on the I7 platform anyway, I'd go with highest phenom II cpu since it's $800 cheaper the the i7..
I don't overclock my systems as I like to get atleast 2-3 years out of my cpu before it fries...
this article seems to be nothing but a show boat, to see how many vid cards you casn fit in a mini/midi atx style case without a safety concern for the user..
looking at the high temps we see.. in the results, in this situation i think 2 vid cards are nothing but overkill