I'm not the 1st guy to think of this of course, User JackOfAll(trades?) has several with either 3 or 4 GTX295 cards. As to money I can afford to buy all the parts, But not all at once.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=234602

He's got some clean looking machines there. Not a stray wire hanging anywhere.. Mine looks like a rats nest at the moment with 3 GPU's and 9 fans, plus a fan controller. Water cooling would clean most of that up though.

That's how I built mine. Spread it out over several months. In fact, it's still not completely done, I had to make serious compromises to get it running. Mainly on the GPU's. Planned on 3 GTX295's, could only do one GTX285 and two GTS250's.

Soon I'll have a 2nd GTX295, I could buy a 3rd, But I was convinced to get the Cars A/C done instead and I think the New Cat would like being transported home in comfort. Now what do I do with 3 other XP x64 OS CD's complete with Keys?

Of course I'd have to find them first most likely.

Yeah, the A/C is certainly more important than a new card. Especially in your area.

I personally would sell the OP CD's. If you don't need em, why not make some money on em..

Soon I'll have a 2nd GTX295, I could buy a 3rd, But I was convinced to get the Cars A/C done instead and I think the New Cat would like being transported home in comfort. Now what do I do with 3 other XP x64 OS CD's complete with Keys?

Of course I'd have to find them first most likely.

Yeah, the A/C is certainly more important than a new card. Especially in your area.

I personally would sell the OP CD's. If you don't need em, why not make some money on em..

How? FleaBay last I looked, doesn't allow It I think, They do take downs, regardless If their phony or legit. So since I traded one already(I used to have 4 extra instead of 3), Maybe the opportunity would arise again, maybe.

I didn't know that about ebay.. Gave up selling there years ago when they raised fee's so high I could barely make a profit. That and getting ripped-off by people.

You could always start a thread here (Ask to have it made sticky) to sell and or exchange parts and software.

Edit: You would have to put a paragraph or two in the first post so Berkeley couldn't be held responsible for any problems with sales or trades.

I just decided to scale back My next PC build to use what I already have as a base, As 5 GTX295 cards can run just as well in two cases as in One case, Why am I doing this? Cost, I've decided to just abandon any effort to get the EVGA Classified 200 or the Asus P7P55 WS SC motherboard, As I just don't think I can do It, Water cooling what I have and building It will have to be good enough. So the Asus P7P55D Pro that I have is It...

That's a shame. We do what we have to do these days. Times are hard.

Same reason I've put off upgrading my PC. No money, no can do.

I just decided to scale back My next PC build to use what I already have as a base, As 5 GTX295 cards can run just as well in two cases as in One case, Why am I doing this? Cost, I've decided to just abandon any effort to get the EVGA Classified 200 or the Asus P7P55 WS SC motherboard, As I just don't think I can do It, Water cooling what I have and building It will have to be good enough. So the Asus P7P55D Pro that I have is It...

That's a shame. We do what we have to do these days. Times are hard.

Same reason I've put off upgrading my PC. No money, no can do.

I just had to buy a new vehicle, and I had to reduce my credit card payments, and cut out the movie channels on TV to do it. I too am now on a bare bones budget. I'm glad that Piggy is already built and running. The only remaining cost is electricity.

Steve

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I just had to buy a new vehicle, and I had to reduce my credit card payments, and cut out the movie channels on TV to do it. I too am now on a bare bones budget. I'm glad that Piggy is already built and running. The only remaining cost is electricity.

Steve

I had a new vehicle once in 1987..lol Decided after that it was better to buy a vehicle with a few years on it while there still in good shape and a lot less expensive.

My oldest sister on the other hand buys a new car practically every year. She can afford it and all repairs are paid for under warranties. Most dealers will even tune them up and change oil for free the first couple of years. Good deal if you can afford it and if you can't do repairs on your own.

I just decided to scale back My next PC build to use what I already have as a base, As 5 GTX295 cards can run just as well in two cases as in One case, Why am I doing this? Cost, I've decided to just abandon any effort to get the EVGA Classified 200 or the Asus P7P55 WS SC motherboard, As I just don't think I can do It, Water cooling what I have and building It will have to be good enough. So the Asus P7P55D Pro that I have is It...

That's a shame. We do what we have to do these days. Times are hard.

Same reason I've put off upgrading my PC. No money, no can do.

I just had to buy a new vehicle, and I had to reduce my credit card payments, and cut out the movie channels on TV to do it. I too am now on a bare bones budget. I'm glad that Piggy is already built and running. The only remaining cost is electricity.

Steve

Yeah well that's one thing I can't do(get a newer used car and I'd love to, fact there's one that Carmax has that I like[see pictured link below), But who will finance someone with only $845 a month of income? Nobody.), As to TV I get Mine for Free now as I cut out satellite TV, As I'm now getting TV OTA with a Digital TV antenna which picks up analog TV signals too, Now here's some irony for You, the analog signals I receive from the TV Translator? Their from Dish Network and I used to pay $5.99 a month just for the local channels, So I'm saving just over $50 a month now.

$845 a month? My God, I couldn't survive on that especially the way my son eats. That's what scares me about retirement or going on disability, I would have to go and live with someone in my family (If they would let me).

My rent is almost that much a month.

I just decided to scale back My next PC build to use what I already have as a base, As 5 GTX295 cards can run just as well in two cases as in One case, Why am I doing this? Cost, I've decided to just abandon any effort to get the EVGA Classified 200 or the Asus P7P55 WS SC motherboard, As I just don't think I can do It, Water cooling what I have and building It will have to be good enough. So the Asus P7P55D Pro that I have is It...

That's a shame. We do what we have to do these days. Times are hard.

Same reason I've put off upgrading my PC. No money, no can do.

I just had to buy a new vehicle, and I had to reduce my credit card payments, and cut out the movie channels on TV to do it. I too am now on a bare bones budget. I'm glad that Piggy is already built and running. The only remaining cost is electricity.

Steve

Yeah well that's one thing I can't do(get a newer used car and I'd love to, fact there's one that Carmax has that I like[see pictured link below), But who will finance someone with only $845 a month of income? Nobody.), As to TV I get Mine for Free now as I cut out satellite TV, As I'm now getting TV OTA with a Digital TV antenna which picks up analog TV signals too, Now here's some irony for You, the analog signals I receive from the TV Translator? Their from Dish Network and I used to pay $5.99 a month just for the local channels, So I'm saving just over $50 a month now.

$845 a month? My God, I couldn't survive on that especially the way my son eats. That's what scares me about retirement or going on disability, I would have to go and live with someone in my family (If they would let me).

My rent is almost that much a month.

$215 a month for Rent here, But I own the Mobilehome, So I'm just paying for the space and free trash pickup too.

328.11 Rent(215), Water Pumping Charge(10), Utils(Elec $93.01; Gas $10.10)
 13.66 Verizon[Local-Phone]
 13.54 PowerNetGobal Communications[Long Distance]
 17.83 DSL Extreme ISP
 15.50 Gas 5.00 gallons @ $2.999 a gallon
172.97 Food
 18.16 GMAC Car Insurance
 88.19 Save (100[property taxes/paid] Dec10th2009 & Apr10th2010)
  0.00 Extra(25.97=[Hemp(11.49)+Metal(14.48) Basket Coffee Filter/Oct?/am])
279.65 spend(194.62 maximum/usually)
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947.61(minimum is $830.00 in August 2010?, normally $845.00 a month)

I'm closing My BofA account in August and I'm opening up a Chase account as they made Me an offer of $100 recently in the mail(still haven't acted on It yet) If I moved My account to them(after 10 business days I get the $100 with a minimum $100 deposit, but the catch is I have to keep the account open for at least 6 months or they take back the $100).

At least your good at budgeting, I guess you would have to be.

I really suck at budgets, always have something odd come up to throw it off kilter.

I just had to buy a new vehicle, and I had to reduce my credit card payments, and cut out the movie channels on TV to do it. I too am now on a bare bones budget. I'm glad that Piggy is already built and running. The only remaining cost is electricity.

Steve

I had a new vehicle once in 1987..lol Decided after that it was better to buy a vehicle with a few years on it while there still in good shape and a lot less expensive.

My oldest sister on the other hand buys a new car practically every year. She can afford it and all repairs are paid for under warranties. Most dealers will even tune them up and change oil for free the first couple of years. Good deal if you can afford it and if you can't do repairs on your own.

I have gone the last 7 or 8 years without a car payment. I was driving a 1996 Jeep Cherokee Sport with 250,000 miles on it. There were hu=ge holes in it, and it was more like a Flintstone car. The salesman told we spend over $18,000 in repairs, so there was no choice. We ended up with a 2008 Jeep Liberty with 18,000 miles on it. It's actually very nice, and we got it at 5.6% for 6 years, 3 months. The payment is $384 a month, but I'm going to try to swing $400. I had to lower my credit card payments, and cut...cut...cut in order to do it. I work 36 miles away, so I had to have a reliable vehicle with 4 wheele drive because the winters can get quite harsh in New Hampshire.

Steve

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option 4... that way you can stay on top, grrrr.

don't get the TX, it is less efficient; get the HX. TX is fine for the casual user/gamer who only has their pc on for a few or more hours a day. you will be running it at near capacity. don't know about your other pick. the SR-2 can do 4-way sli, as well as the x-58 classified 4 way. do you plan on using pci-e extender cables to run five gtx-295 cards? ok, i see the single pcb version on water.

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