Does a Sonata suffice for this set up...?

[Ryuuketsu]

Building something quick and dirty, with no intention to overclock, and was wondering if an Antec Sonata with its stock 380W psu could effectively handle the following set up (in terms of power supply/stability and cooling)...

Athlon 64 2800+ or 3000+ (stock fans)
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
1 gig pc3200 in an AOpen or Soltek board
One 7200rpm HD, 52x32x52 burner, and floppy...
Plus a front 120mm fan...

Thanks.

 

[Mik3y]

ya, that should be plenty. i was thinking about getting the same exact setup for my graduation gift. hopefully the video cards will decrease in price alot when the nv40's and other line of cards come out, so i can get the radeon 9800xt instead of the pro.

 

[akseli]

Originally posted by: Ryuuketsu
Building something quick and dirty, with no intention to overclock, and was wondering if an Antec Sonata with its stock 380W psu could effectively handle the following set up (in terms of power supply/stability and cooling)...

Athlon 64 2800+ or 3000+ (stock fans)
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
1 gig pc3200 in an AOpen or Soltek board
One 7200rpm HD, 52x32x52 burner, and floppy...
Plus a front 120mm fan...

Thanks.

the sonata is an excellent case. It should be enough for most setups, specially if you add the second 120mm fan.

 

[ericgl]

I'm running a similar set up with 2 hard drives (one Raptor one 7200 RPM Maxtor) and a power hungry Prescott with zero problems.

 

[DesolationWilliams]

the case is more than enough, as long as ur not overclocking. but tell me where do i install this 2nd 120mm fan. i spent a half hour looking at and disassembling the case and there was no place for a second fan.
the rig i put in the case was:
3.0e
1gb pc3200 mushkin
9800pro
2x160gb sata
dvd+/-rw, 16x dvd
etc.

 

[ericgl]

It goes on the the hard drive caage on the inside of the case near the MB.

IIRC there are 4 small holes on the cage, use the supplied silicone rubber thingies, first through the fan hole, then into the drive cage.

 

[DesolationWilliams]

Originally posted by: ericgl
It goes on the the hard drive caage on the inside of the case near the MB.

IIRC there are 4 small holes on the cage, use the supplied silicone rubber thingies, first through the fan hole, then into the drive cage.

dammit i should have figured.......... no case has one room for 1 fan. thanks

 

[Dman877]

See my sig. Sonata is fine and the front fan isn't necessary.

EDIT: I need to update sig, I have a 9800 Pro running 9800XT speeds and 1 gig of corsair pc3200 now. I use the stock case fan (on a fan-only connector), a L1A on the cpu heatsink, vga silencer on the 9800, and the samsung drive is silent so the comp is very quiet. The L1A at 12v is the loudest component (L1A is an ultra quiet low speed 80mm fan in case ya didn't know.)