- Jul 3, 2005
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Well I plan on making an upgrade from my Current PC within the next month/month and a half and I want to go with something smaller than I have now to save alot of space.
For starters I will not be overclocking, I want to see how the temperatures are first and make sure nothing goes wrong after the first few months of running this build; if all is well then I'll give my hand at a overclock nothing extreme though.
I'm also not the least bit interesting in SLI or Crossfire , if I need to upgrade cards in the future I'll just buy what I can afford and offers the best performance at that time; but until then SLI or Crossfire isn't coming anywhere near me.
Also the least amount of cables and smaller the cables the better; trying to find the fine line between functionality and space clutter; thus the USB card reader/ floppy, 3 pin fans (instead of 3 pin + 4 pin fans for rpm monitoring), and SATA optical drives.
Now for the parts I've been looking at.
Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811144141
Power Supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817139001
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819115028
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128053
Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814130038
Memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820146692
Hard Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822136053
120mm Fan: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835129245
80mm Fan: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835129046
Optical Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16827151141
Floppy Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16821104104
OS: Windows XP Professional (not ready for vista yet; I will wait for it to mature for another year or two)
(note: more than likely not purchasing all stuff from newegg; just easiest to show)
Now for a few questions.
Dimensions:
Anyone know the dimensions of the included PSU for that case? I would hate to get a different PSU as I don't trust a power supply that comes with a case at all just to have the new PSU not fit by a inch or be longer than the one it's replacing.
Also does anyone know if an 8800GTS will even fit (length wise)?
Cooling:
I'm fairly happy with my choices for my 120mm and 80mm fan's so I prefer not to have anyone else suggest anyone else; at least this way I can blame myself if something goes wrong with either one
Now After market Heatsinks! I prefer not to have a stock heatsink; I want my babies cool as possible; but I have a problem; size constraints. I need a heatsink that cool's better than stock but can fit in the matx setup like above but I don't know of any; so some suggestions here needed.
Hmm... I don't think I missed anything; but if I still am taking suggestions and willing take have a look at them and look into it though.
(PS: If this build goes off without a hitch; anyone know a good mATX motherboard for a socket 939 processor with decent integrated graphics and can handle 2 gig's of DDR-400?; going to break apart this machine and give it to my mother.)
For starters I will not be overclocking, I want to see how the temperatures are first and make sure nothing goes wrong after the first few months of running this build; if all is well then I'll give my hand at a overclock nothing extreme though.
I'm also not the least bit interesting in SLI or Crossfire , if I need to upgrade cards in the future I'll just buy what I can afford and offers the best performance at that time; but until then SLI or Crossfire isn't coming anywhere near me.
Also the least amount of cables and smaller the cables the better; trying to find the fine line between functionality and space clutter; thus the USB card reader/ floppy, 3 pin fans (instead of 3 pin + 4 pin fans for rpm monitoring), and SATA optical drives.
Now for the parts I've been looking at.
Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811144141
Power Supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817139001
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819115028
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128053
Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814130038
Memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820146692
Hard Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822136053
120mm Fan: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835129245
80mm Fan: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835129046
Optical Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16827151141
Floppy Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16821104104
OS: Windows XP Professional (not ready for vista yet; I will wait for it to mature for another year or two)
(note: more than likely not purchasing all stuff from newegg; just easiest to show)
Now for a few questions.
Dimensions:
Anyone know the dimensions of the included PSU for that case? I would hate to get a different PSU as I don't trust a power supply that comes with a case at all just to have the new PSU not fit by a inch or be longer than the one it's replacing.
Also does anyone know if an 8800GTS will even fit (length wise)?
Cooling:
I'm fairly happy with my choices for my 120mm and 80mm fan's so I prefer not to have anyone else suggest anyone else; at least this way I can blame myself if something goes wrong with either one
Now After market Heatsinks! I prefer not to have a stock heatsink; I want my babies cool as possible; but I have a problem; size constraints. I need a heatsink that cool's better than stock but can fit in the matx setup like above but I don't know of any; so some suggestions here needed.
Hmm... I don't think I missed anything; but if I still am taking suggestions and willing take have a look at them and look into it though.
(PS: If this build goes off without a hitch; anyone know a good mATX motherboard for a socket 939 processor with decent integrated graphics and can handle 2 gig's of DDR-400?; going to break apart this machine and give it to my mother.)
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