That's fine guys. It is each and every one for there own. I would like to make a couple of points though.
Firstly, a high end MOBO like the Maximus has absolutely no gain in terms of FPS or anything to do with gaming over 99% of most mid range motherboards and I bought the Sabertooth because they are known for the strength and longevity.
Secondly, the i7 has no real benefit for gaming but then again the i5 does not have any more benefit for gaming than the i7 so for the extra little buck and for just having a bit of peace of mind the i7 is a no brainer really.
Thirdly regarding the GPU. Now every single forum I have been in and Mr Linus himself generally ALL state that a single GPU is much better to run games than any sli set up as long as you can afford a high end card. The memory you get with sli set up systems halves anyways and most won't put out much more than 2, 3 max of DDR5 memory (or equivalent). This card is about 10% worse off in performance terms than the GTX Titan which we all know is the best card on the planet right now and when this is overclocked like mine is you actually get more FPS in a lot of games than a Titan for £300 or $500 cheaper! A couple of my mates have issues running games in SLI with multi monitor setups and I don't want any issues with any games at all. In my opinion 1 card but a powerful one is much better than sli set ups.
As for watercooling, that is just for aesthetics unless you are massively overclocking your system which I have not done here and in a mid tower case, especially the Zalman Z11, there just simply isn't the room for it. Maybe in my next build when I use a cosmos 2
As for all the bling chaps, I am not plain, nor minimalistic but quite the opposite so the flash suits me fine ha. I hope you liked the build anyways
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