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Surprised that the Antec 1100 does so well. http://www.anandtech.com/show/5730/antec-eleven-hundred-the-p280s-gloves-come-off/6

I think the 760T has served me well for air flow. But if you are set on the smaller ATX case design, check out the Fractal Design Define R4. I have heard really good things about that case. I also like the somewhat plain design. I would also check out the Thermaltake A41.

That could be September or even later. I'd say get a good 970 and OC it or get a 980 and call it a day.

I have been seeing 280(vanilla) and 285's for 180.00usd. If I were to buy a new card for under $200 I would get one of those.

The g1 I have breaks 1500/8000 without any voltage bump. I got it for $539 dollars since frys price matched newegg. I think they pricematched the regular windforce though since they looked the same. In other words the G1 is a friggin beast. I would pay the difference in a heartbeat. I'm not a huge spender either.

This is going to sound crazy, but try installing the 13.12 drivers if you have the time. It was the only stable driver for the 290x i had. That card may have just been a big hot mess though.

That is a very good 290X. I had an ASUS DCII OC model and it was crap. RMA'd 5 times. Could have been coincidence but the ASUS 290X is very bad in my experience. The windforce 290X cards have high praise. Jump on that. Don't even think about the 960!

I had that board with a 6350@4.6ghz. I put a small fan near the VRM's and behind the mobo panel vright behind where the VRM's are. It did help quite a bit. It was more than a year ago so I can't remember the numbers. Just some food for thought.

Core Parking? AMD hotfixes? (not sure if the hot fixes even really apply anymore)