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(Apologies for the double post, Piuc2020 posted at the same time as me and I wanted to reply...) Crossfire/SLI sounded like an interesting build choice for a machine, but you're the first person to give me an actual downside to that setup, Piuc2020. Huge power load and heat output... would this...

Thanks for the correction, jkresh. Must have misunderstood marc's post somehow. I'm thinking of building the machine in about two months time, so I'm also looking out for any pieces of tech coming up in the future that I may want. Crossfire with a powerful dual/quad-core machine seems...

Perhaps I was just overestimating the cost of things in this country, but £1500 certainly sounds better, I don't just want to burn money ^^ Well, after doing some reading, I think I'll start with graphics. Marc, you start with the core and say that the board won't work with an SLI/Crossfire...

My last machine blew up about a year back, and managed to survive the end of uni on my laptop. Going into a job, I would like to build one of the best machines that I can. I'm a graduate computing student, so am no stranger to computer components themselves, but I have not kept up with hardware...