New PC

[LEX707]

If anyone wants to chime in on this new pc I'm ordering please do so. I've tried to research everything to make sure it's all quality but I'd feel a lot better having someone that knows what they're doing take a look at this before I order it.

CPU-INTEL, Core™ 2 Duo E8600 Dual-Core, 3.33GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 6MB L2 Cache, 45nm, 65W, EM64T EIST VT XD, Retail

Heatsink-ZALMAN, CNPS9700 Copper CPU Cooler, Socket LGA775/AMD754/939/940/AM2, Blue LED


Motherboard-GIGABYTE, GA-EP45-DQ6, LGA775, Intel® P45, 1600MHz FSB, DDR2-1200 16GB /4, PCIe x16 CF /2, SATA 3Gb/s RAID 5 /10, HDA, GbLAN /4, FW /3, ATX, Retail

RAM-OCZ, 4GB (2 x 2GB) Reaper HPC Edition PC2-8500 DDR2 1066MHz CL (5-5-5-18) 2.1-2.3V SDRAM DIMM, Non-ECC

Graphics Card-SAPPHIRE, Radeon™ HD 4870 750MHz, 1GB GDDR5 1800MHz, PCIe x16 CrossFire, DVI /2, HDTV-Out, Retail

Hard Drive-WESTERN DIGITAL, 300GB (WD3000HLFS) WD VelociRaptor™, SATA 3 Gb/s, 10000 RPM, 16MB cache

DVD Drive-ASUS, DRW-2014L1 Black 20x DVD±R/RW Dual-Layer Burner w/ Lightscribe, EIDE/ATAPI, OEM

Case-THERMALTAKE, M9 Black Mid-Tower Case w/ Window, ATX, No PSU, SECC

Power Supply-PC POWER & COOLING, Silencer® 750W Quad (Black) Power Supply, 24-pin ATX12V EPS12V, Single +12V Rail, Quad SLI Ready

OS-MICROSOFT, Windows XP Home Edition w/ SP3, OEM

[DemoMan]

You mind just sending that my way? Looks fine to me.

[LEX707]

Thanks for looking it over Demo. I'll call you if I have any problems.:cool:

[Trip]

In advance:

Hey lex Grats on new PC bro :)

[Venom]

i would get a nvidia card instead but meh.

you don't need 750 watts for all that either tbh, 600 would do it just fine.

[Slyder]

Jesus Lex, whats the price tag on that. 1gb vid card, ffs. Anyway looks good. Im not sure how big you are on a thermaltake case, but check this one out.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129154

Its what I have, came highly recommended from two of my computer building friends. Its a great case. ATX case, but reversed. The Power supply goes on the bottom instead of the top. It is also in its own sealed compartment. This helps keep the heat of the unit away from other critical components. To further aid in this, there are two ways to feed cables. One, through a small sliding door in the sealed wall, and also under the mobo tray. If you open the non traditional side of the case (on the right if you are looking at the front of your case), you will notice that the motherboard is actually raised slightly off this face. This creates a small gap behind the board in which to run other cables to keep the main part of the body free for cool air flow.

On the front of the case, below the 3.5 drive bays, and also on the bottom in front of the HD bay, there are 2 removable and washable air filters for convienience. One 120mm fan is located in the PSU section, between the HDs and the PSU. When running, it sucks air like a wind tunnel through the bottom filter over the HDs, then blows it back towards the PSU which pushes it out the back. There is also another 120mm in front of the top HD bay. If this is left open, even better. The fan will then blow cool air directly onto the video card and cpu. There are also 2 120mm fans on the back pannel top, and top pannel back acting as a dual exaust system. The case comes setup with the two rear and top front 120mm fans installed. The top fan has a "spoiler" type vent that snaps into the case to direct the top exaust back and away from any intakes. They have speed controlls accessable from the outside on the rear two, and from inside on the front. These are used to adjust noise, but you wont get any even with 4 fans on high. 120mm move a lot of air with hardly any noise. I have 4 120s on high, and cant even hare them.

There is room for a total of 9 HDs, 4 DVD/CDROM drives, and 2 3.5 Floppy type drives.

The case itself has a triple layer. Two layers of the aluminum alloy, and another layer of silicon rubber in between to deaden noise. All of the drive bays have silicon gromets where the drives actually screw into the cages. This way you have more silicon rubber between the drive and the cage, as well as the screw connecting the drive, and the cage. This means NO sound even for 10000 RPM drives from vibration. The case also has the same silicon rubber as its feet, to prevent any sound from transfering to the floor.

This is an EXCELNT case. No noise at all. The only issues i had during isntilation was with the PSU. There is another cage for the PSU, sort of a bracket. You remove the bracket, place it over the "top" of your PSU, then set it on the moutning frame. Your supposed to be able to screw it in, but my PSU is too big (700watt Corsair) and i had to just use the conventional rear case screws (the 4 corner screws that go right into the PSU) instead. No troubles other then taht thogugh. All the drive bays are removable for ease of install.

I think youd like the case, I really do. My two friends that use this same case have build 3 machines through each of theirs, and still hold true to it. its vey well thought out/designed. And the sound deadening is a plus, allowing for a lot more fans/coolers/components to be running.

On a side note, this case also comes pre-equiped with two slots (that are coverd by silocon rubber sleaves) in the rear for a water coolling system. No drilling or anything required, simply setup the gear and run the inbound and outbound tubes through the pre existing holes. The Silicon seals form a tight fit, dust resistant seal.

Also, on another side note. This case comes with 3 pre instaled 120mm fan. When i received mine in the mail, it came with a piece of paper in the box that said they had experienced some problems with some of the units fans variable speed controll NOT functioning. Since there is no way to test units allready boxed and find out which are faulty and which are not, they just chose to go the RIGHT way, and include 3 additional 120mm fans that were PROVEN to work correctly absolutely free of charge. So i got 3 installed (that worked perfectly fine) and 3 free 120mm fans. Just a couple side bonuses.


Ecuse the crude drawing, but just so you have an idea.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/jedinight/Case.jpg

[LEX707]

I really appreciate your reply Slyder but unfortunately I've already ordered everything before seeing your post. To answer your question on price it's roughly $2,200 excluding shipping.

[Slyder]

ahh thats a bummer. Hope you enjoy your machine :)

[MirrorBOY]

Nice PC!

[DemoMan]

I like the sapphire cards ive got a x1950xtx 512 the only problem i had with it is what people have with most the x1900 series of cards which is the Voltage regulators overheating which can be fixed by making a heat sink for them. (which can be done by grinding down a few pennies).

[Kanya]

I have that OCZ reaper ram and its quality.

Not sure if the 4870 card ur talking about is the same as my one, I have a sapphire 4870x2 (not two seperate cards but two combined in one unit) now, 1gb and its been excellent.