Thanks guys

Fortunately, it's getting better and better as I learn how to tune this thing.. owe grats to Punx223 who gave me the fix on the power imbalance

Added 2 raptors to the 12v rail of PSU2 and 2 fans to the 5v rail.. seems to have done the trick.
Coolest thing is, I don't think I've maxed out the proc yet

Last runs were at 5.5gigs without a hickup. And that's WITH HT on
Weather is too damn mild in Chicago, had the window open and didn't even have to change out of my jammies

: Think I'll setup my wet ice chiller tomorrow and run the coolant thru 50ft of copper tubing surrounded by 50lbs of wet ice .. should help
Here's the latest
and yep, she'd kick my ass if she came home and saw this room the way it looks now

don't even want to think about it
unfortunately, the only other cards I have around the house are a couple of 5870s and two 560T1s... no older ones... oh well