Need Help P5WD2

[ngak]

Question: I"m wondering if i could put 2 (ASUS EN6600GT/TD/128 Geforce 6600GT 128MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card) on this system?(ASUS P5WD2 Premium with wifi-tv edition) I have all the components except for the VGA. I'm a bit worry about the CPU temp. though. Do you think this is a problem with this kind of specs?

Need advice on OS to use. XP Home or Pro?

OS 32 bit or 64 bit?

Need help and guide if i install 2 VGA.

Specs:

Asus Vento 3600 case

P4 660 Prescott 800 MHz (lga 775)

Vaporchill Micro (ultra low noise) CPU cooling

P5wd2 Premium with wifi-tv edition

Crucial Ballistix 1 gb (2x512mb) DDR2 800 (PC6400)

Thermaltake Power Station 520 w

Seagate SATA 160 gb

Vantec Vortex Hard Drive Cooling System

Plextor PX-716SA 16X Int Dual Layer Sata Drive

HP IDE DVD burner DVD740 vi

[Thai3g_Eclipse]

The Asus P5WD2 will support 2x Nividia cards for SLI. I believe it has the Intel 955x Chipset that will need to have its BIOS re-flashed and using the latest driver from Intel to enable SLI however, so don't expect it to work right away until you get your updates (If I'm not mistaken, the 955x chipset even supports ATI's crossfire setup).

For your concern of temperature, your main worries would be the CPU, as the Prescott is commonly known to run up to 80C at full load with a normal heatsink. Upgrade the heatsink to a Thermalright XP-90 or XP-120 and a decent 80/120mm fan with a decent CFM displacement and it should stay under 60C with a good thermal compound such as Artic Silver 5. I've never heard of the Vaporchill cooling solution, so that's a toss-up if you think that works.

Operating System: Windows XP Pro 32 bit. The 64 bit jump is not worth it right now, as the performance difference isn't nominal as most companies still code with 32 bit. You will also have problems attaining certain drivers, as I have found out the hard way. Professional also has better memory and multi-CPU core management, so I would stay with it until Vista comes out.

Your system looks good otherwise, but I would recommend a more reliable power supply, as the Thermaltake ones aren't usually the best for a system with heavy power load. I would look at the OCZ Powerstream 520W or Antec TruPowerII 550W as an effective solution. Intel CPUs consumes moderately high power, and so will the Nvidia SLI setup, and you don't want the lack of power to hold back the system.

[ngak]

thanks alot.