I removed the network card , it made no difference to performance.
I am considering swapping the Radeon 6800 for an Asus ATI HD 7750, as the 6800 is giving faulty hardware warnings. Will the 7750 cover the next PCIe1 slot or will it remain free?
Aurora R3, Intel i7 cpu 3.4ghz, 16gb Ram 1666mhz, Dell U2412 24" monitor