sli , duel cards , cooling and mounting

[mis4matt]

hey me again new question i have been doing alot of work and i have been getting rdy to make a new build for gamming i just have a few questions left

how does sli and duel graphic cards work and how do you mount them.

what kinda cooling should i get and how do i mount it

and how do i overclock videocards and cpus

thanks for the help

oh also i do understand how each card works half the load

[doubledragon5]

First off what is your over all budget for this machine. Two are you going intel or amd. Third have you read any of the stickys here on the forum which may answere most of your questions..

[Cricket]

Originally Posted by doubledragon5 Third have you read any of the stickys here on the forum which may answere most of your questions..

Using Google for your questions also works great.

Cricket

[mis4matt]

i have no budget, i want to go intel and i have tried to look for some on the site but could not find any that well ui am over seas and have a real low bandwidth it takes 4 minutes to load up the forum alone. if you could link me a few it would be great and save me lots of anguish

as for the google comment ...what do you mean?

thanks

[Alaron]

I'll give you some quick answers.

You setup SLI or Crossfire with two cards and the correct motherboard. The board must have two PCI-Express slots and support SLI or Crossfire. When you buy such as motherboard, it will come with a little bridge to connect the two cards. Setup is fairly simple.

That all being said, we generally discourage dual video cards because the benefit is not worth the cost. You won't see any difference unless you are gaming on gigantic displays with high resolution. It is much more economical to get one powerful card, such as the Geforce 8800 series and use it. It will still be plenty of power.

If you are buying a CPU, make sure to buy one Retail. That means it comes with a heatsink and fan to cool it. That's all you need, as well as a case fan or two. Heatsinks snap down onto the motherboard. We have a guide on how to do that with Intel chips here: http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=176924

Here is a link to our Overclocking threads: http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=114889

Hope that helps.