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Another system build review

Dewey

Senior member
I'm curious to get some comments on a new system I would like to build. I play games and do digital photography. I already have a machine for mass storage. I'm interested in quietness. I might OC it a bit, but nothing extreme. I don't need the SLI on the mobo, but it looks like a good product and has the fanless northbridge cooling.
1 drive for the os and apps, the other drive for everything else. I know the Maxtor is faster, but the Seagate was rated much quieter on storage review. I don't need the thunderblade light on the CPU fan, it just rates as a very quiet fan.
I'll be using my Samsung 213T 1600x1200 LCD for now, but I plan to get a Dell 2405.
I play games with my plantronics USB headset.
All links are just for info.

Antec Performance I P180 Silver Computer Case
ENERMAX All in One Noisetaker Series EG701AX-VE SFMA(24P) ATX12V 600W Power Supply
ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+
CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB)
eVGA Geforce 7800GTX 256
Western Digital Raptor 74GB
Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 250GB
2 x NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A
THERMALRIGHT XP-120
Arctic Silver 5
Thermaltake Thunderblade Fan



 
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