advice on the best specs to build a new gameing computer?

[kpac]

And i'm not convinced running 4 cards is worth the cabbage spent vs. the performance increase so stop suggesting it....

Then get one 4 GB card....
The ASUS MARS is just the card...Dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 GPU, 4 GB DDR3 Memory. Only 1000 being made though.
See more: http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-203-AS
This is a stupidly powerful card, apparently 1000 watts in recommended to run it.

[604action]

Nice bonus dude ha

[Quantos]

Then get one 4 GB card....
The ASUS MARS is just the card...Dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 GPU, 4 GB DDR3 Memory. Only 1000 being made though.
See more: http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-203-AS
This is a stupidly powerful card, apparently 1000 watts in recommended to run it.

I would make sure that you go 'whole hog' on the cooling then.  There's nothing like encasing the computer in cooling fans.

[patio]

These are silly recommendations for a new build no matter how you look at it...

[computeruler]

Of course, if you did want 2 cards you can get single slot coolers or waer cooling or  something then you can fit 4