GSC123

Thanks for the reply, I actually have seen that post before. From what I can tell, once that guy threw in some noctua side panel fans and added some sort of non conductive "ghetto spacer" to let the top card breath, he was no longer was having any serious heat issues. I'm fairly new to pc building but from what I have read over at overclock.net, people have had trouble trying to fit in water cooling along with two video cards in this case and most have seemed to stick with air cooling. If I do attempt to stay with air cooling, do you have any recommendations besides the nh-d14 for this build? Thanks again for the help.

I know bf4 runs at 900p native (720p Xbox 1), but I'm pretty sure cod, kill zone, and ac4 run at a native 1080p? Oh snap, that is WITH optimization? I didn't know that.... The only thing I've heard is xbox one is ~7850 and the ps4 is ~7870.... I guess I have been misinformed though SIDE NOTE: Anybody that hasn't checked out a 1080p gameplay video of Killzone: Shadow Fall should watch one, it really it pretty impressive... at least it was for me, but I might just be easily impressed

For the standard multi-console releases (bf4, cod, ac, etc.) I would totally agree, but I have come across people saying stuff like "only rivaled by crysis 3 on ultra settings at 1080p" when talking specifically about the new kill zone for the ps4. I will say that I have yet to personally play either game so I feel my opinion shouldn't hold much weight. I also haven't looked to much into cloud gaming, which seems like something I might want to start reading up on haha.

Maybe I'm wrong but as of right now aren't the consoles (specifically the ps4) a pretty good bang for your buck? For example, I've actually read some articles where people have compared the graphics of the new killzone to crysis 3. For those two games to even be put in the same ballpark should raise some eyebrows, because the ps4 costs $399 whereas the cost of a pc to run crysis 3 at 60 fps on 1080p with ultra settings... well... I think it would cost a decent amount more than $399. I do believe pc is superior to the consoles because of its ability to be freely customized with newer and better hardware that is always just over the horizon.... where as for consoles, what you bought is what you will continue to use for many years later. The only thing improving is the ability of the developers to optimize their games for the consoles. In summary, I think it would be hard to impress a friend with a $500 pc if you were to compare it to the new consoles today. I think where a $500 pc would shine would be 5 years down the road when people are still buying the same console and paying around $300 to $400 for what would be considered by then to be ancient hardware.

Hi guy, I'm trying to build a small/portable gaming powerhouse. Here is my build so far: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/GSC123/saved/37RZ The two things I'm pretty set on are the SG10 and two 780-TIs. My guess is that high temperatures are going to be my main concern. If cost really isn't an issue, do you guys have any other recommendations in order for me to keep temps down? Can SLI even be done in a small form factor/Matx build with good temperature control? I would also be interested to hear about anyone who has successfully completed a build similar to this. Thanks for any help you fellas are able to provide!