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| Author: | tkking [ Sun Apr 02, 2006 8:32 pm ] |
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This is what i am currently looking at to buy. I was hoping for someone to let me know if something i have won't work or has been known to have problems. Please help me out guys! ASPIRE ATX288KL-BK/420 Black/Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 350W Power Supply - Retail - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811144115 Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3400832A 400GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive - OEM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822148060 ASUS A8N-E Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131530 Leadtek PX6200 TC-64-H Geforce 6200TC supporting 256MB*(with 64MB onboard) DDR PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814122226 ASUS Silver ATAPI DVD-ROM Drive Model E616AG SV - Retail - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6827135055 Creative Sound Blaster Live! 24bit 70SB041000000 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6829102176 Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-480 BLUE ATX12V 480W Power Supply - Retail - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817103930 OCZ Value Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model OCZ4001024V25DC-K - Retail - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820227039 AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 1GHz HT Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3200BWBOX - Retail - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819103572 HD 3000 - http://www.pchdtv.com/hd_3000.html |
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| Author: | tjc [ Sun Apr 02, 2006 8:57 pm ] |
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If you're going to replace the power supply anyway, why buy a case with one? For about $10-15 more you can get an Antec case with quieter fans, rubber dampers for the HD mountings, and no power supply. Also the SilentPCReview folks and a lot of others really like the Seasonic power supplies for a nice quiet reliable ones at reasonable prices. Another option, buy an Antec case that already has a power supply (I did), It won't be quite a quiet as the Seasonic but it'lll be pretty good. |
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| Author: | tkking [ Sun Apr 02, 2006 9:13 pm ] |
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have any cases in mind? |
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| Author: | syracuse [ Mon Apr 03, 2006 11:09 am ] |
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I have a silenX PSU (with fan), very quiet and built well, but they also have no-fan PSUs. Also coolerguys have alot of stuff to silence a computer, see: www.silenX.com www.coolerguys.com |
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| Author: | tkking [ Mon Apr 03, 2006 1:37 pm ] |
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thankyou. this will be the first pc i am building and i don't know what fans to get or anything can someone help me out with that? |
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| Author: | tjc [ Mon Apr 03, 2006 8:01 pm ] |
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The Antec cases come with pretty decent case fans. They're not the absolute quietest fans you can buy, but they're pretty good and widely available. Ditto their aftermarket fans. For a reasonably priced case without a PS the Antec SLK3000 has had lots of positive reviews. The only problem is that it's not petite and inconspicuous. |
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| Author: | thornsoft [ Mon Apr 03, 2006 10:43 pm ] |
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tjc wrote: The Antec cases come with pretty decent case fans.
I bought an Antec case from CircuitCity to start my build, while I waited for my SilverStone LC10 to arrive. It was SUCH A NICE CASE. The SilverStone looks great in the livingroom, but the Antec was, IMO, much nicer. As I set it up, I told myself that the SilverStone would have nice big thumbscrews like the Antec. Rubber drive mounts like the Antec. Tool-less rails like the Antec. NOPE. Oh well. My wife's PC is sounding like a jet ready for take-off. I think I'll give her the Antec case. |
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| Author: | shplad [ Mon Apr 03, 2006 11:00 pm ] |
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A couple of things come to mind when I read your specs. The 6200TC vidcards are basically using a shared memory scheme. Perhaps consider one of the 6200 series cards that are not "TC" models, which don't use shared memory. Some of the Seagate 7200.8 models are quiet, and others have been reported to be quite noisy, (whiny IIRC). If I remember right, I think I got my info. from one of silentpcreview.com 's execellent tests. Have to agree about the power supplies. You can't go wrong with SeaSonic, but I just came back from doing a case swap at a friend's place, and his new model Enermax was just dead quiet. I could barely tell if it was on with my ear touching the power supply box. Shplad |
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| Author: | tjc [ Mon Apr 03, 2006 11:35 pm ] |
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Oh yeah, on the power supply front I meant to mention, PAY ATTENTION TO THE MOTHERBOARD POWER CONNECTOR! One of the most critical things is to match the power connectors on your motehrboard (20 versus 24 with or without the 4 pin supplemental CPU connector) with the power supply's output. The folks at NewEgg even tend to take pictures of the PS connector so you can count. So for example, this motherboard (24) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Showimage.asp?Image=13-127-232-04.jpg Is not compatible with this power supply (20): http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage.asp?image=17-153-006-15.JPG |
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