Building a new computer, this is my blueprint, need opinion

[kman79]

Case - SilverStone J05S Aluminum Mid-Tower ATX Side Window
Lian-Li PC 6070A Aluminum Ultra Quiet
Case Fan ? CoolerMaster Aero Blower(AAB-V81)
PU - Antec True 480
Thermaltake W0044RUC
CPU ? AMD64 3500+
Motherboard ? Abit AV8-3rd Eye
Asus A8V Deluxe
Gigabyte GA-K8NSNXP-939
MSI K8T Neo2-FIR
K8N Neo2 Platinum
Hard Drive - Samsung SATA 160GB 7200RPM 8MB Hard Drive
These are just the parts that I have in mind. I know I left out the memory, figured some Corsair RAM is good. If you have any suggestions or comments please feel free to help me out. Actually, I would like a good recomendation for a good case that has alot of room for ventilation and a large CPU cooler. I definately don't want to do water cooling, too nervous trusting water in a case filled with hundreds of dollars worth of computer parts. I also need recomendations on a Good CPU cooler. Please post links and pictures if possible any help on this would be great

 

[Algere]

Stick with socket 754

It's fast enough and you could always sell off the socket 754 motherboard/CPU to someone and recoup the money towards socket 939 when it's cheaper.

Or e.g. if you get socket 754 now & upgrade again about around 1-2 years later and decide to go socket 939 then, you won't be stuck with a socket 939 CPU/motherboard that doesn't accept DDR2 if you went with it now.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

939 is fine if it's in his price range; if he can use the cash towards some other part then he should probably downgrade. I'd recommend the Asus board of the neo plat for mobo. Zalman 7000A is pretty good for quietness but still decent cooling. The Coolermaster or thermaltake tower designs appeal to me a lot, but I have yet to have experience with them. You buy your own fans for them so you can make them as loud or quiet as you want too (something I regret not being on the zalman I could use a little more cooling power). I can vouch for the Antec 1080amg having plenty of airspace, but it's a beast to carry around. There's plenty of other good mobos out there too.

 

[Mik3y]

i agree wtih AyashiKaibutsu.

 

[x2ThorsHammer2x]

as for a good CPU cooler, nothing really beats anything from Thermalright

http://www.thermalright.com/]http://www.thermalright.com/

They just came out with their new XP-120 that bad boy sports a 120mm fan! as for the fan I would suggest the Enermax Adjustable Speed 120mm Cooling fan, Model "UC-12FAB-B"

 

[kman79]

Just checked out the 754 socket CPUs. The 3400 looks appealing. Problem is there's two versions of them, one with the 1MB cache and the other 512 cache, no vendor can guarantee that you would get the 1MB cache if you order.

I decided to go with the 939 sockets, cause it's the newer socket. I was thinkin that I have a better chance in keepin most of my sustem up to date when the newer 939 socket CPUs go down in price. Is my logic wrong here?

That CPU cooler is massive, makes me wonder how many cases have enough space for that

Thanks for the help so far, keep them coming.

 

[x2ThorsHammer2x]

unless you have a sff case i dont think that case space would be a problem. one thing that you do have to watch however is the capacitors next to the cpu. i know that some mobos have their capacitors so close to the socket that some of thermalrights heatsinks wont fit. youll probably want to read some reviews on the mobo for that though

 

[Algere]

Originally posted by: kman79
Just checked out the 754 socket CPUs. The 3400 looks appealing. Problem is there's two versions of them, one with the 1MB cache and the other 512 cache, no vendor can guarantee that you would get the 1MB cache if you order.

I decided to go with the 939 sockets, cause it's the newer socket. I was thinkin that I have a better chance in keepin most of my sustem up to date when the newer 939 socket CPUs go down in price. Is my logic wrong here?

That CPU cooler is massive, makes me wonder how many cases have enough space for that

Thanks for the help so far, keep them coming.

The 512KB version has 200MHz more than the 1MB version which more than makes up for the lack of cache.

As for socket 939 if you buy today, the motherboard will be up to date 'til probably first half of '05 (PCIe, SATA II, + whatever) & the CPU will be upgradeable for another year or so 'til DDR2 arrives which assumingly will be simialar in transition to today with socket 754 & 939.