caps on the motherboard all blew... and it's over 5 years old, so I'm gonna just say fuck it.
put this together.
HIS H797F3G2M Radeon HD 7970 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
20" CoolerMaster HAF 912 Tower Case with 600Watt Power Supply
24x Super Multi DVD/CD
8GB=2X4GB DDR3 1333MHz Kit X2
Quad Core i7 3770 64BIT Socket 1155
1TB 7200RPM
120GIG SSD
ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard