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AustinMatherne

AustinMatherne

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I?m going to be buying this soon focusing on it being vary quiet and stable.
I won?t be OverClocking but I would like to be able to if I change my mind down the road.

Motherboard: Abit AN8 Ultra $???
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice $190.00
Processor Heatsink: Thermalright XP-90 $31.99
Processor Heatsink Fan: Vantec Nexus Stealth 92mm $10.00
Thermal Paste: Arctic Silver 5 $6.99
Memory: Corsair Value Select 1GB DDR PC-3200 CAS 2.5 $79.99
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 250GB Serial ATA $125.00
Optical Drive: NEC ND-3540A $51.99
Floppy Drive: Mitsumi 7-in-1 Media Drive $22.99
Case: Cooler Master Centurion 5 $49.99
120mm Case Fan: Vantec Nexus Stealth 120mm $12.99
80mm Case Fan: Vantec Nexus Stealth 80mm $7.00
Power Supply: Seasonic S12-500 $129.00
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon X800XL $292.00
Sound Card: Chaintech AV-710 $25.00
Speakers: Logitech Z-2300 $87.22
Keyboard: Saitek Gamers Keyboard $43.00
Mouse: Logitech MX1000 $51.99

TOTAL $1,237.13 without motherboard


I almost forgot. I will be using my Mitsubishi Diamondtron SuperBright Diamond Pro 2070SB CRT Monitor with this setup.


Fishers Webb

 
asus is a good starters mobo. i hope you are oc'ing. dont know about the sound card. the mx1000 is horrible if you constantly lift it up all the time.
 
oh yea get the xp-90, unless you plan on bringing that cpu to 2.8 or something. and if you actually plan on going that high, switch the mobo to dfi. dunno if the 120 would fit. not sure if the corsair would be limiting the oc, your next choice should be ocz.
 
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If you're overclocking like mad (which you should be, given the huge amount of cooling products you listed), then don't get the ASUS. The DFI Lanparty Ultra-D is the best overclocker on the market. However, it's really picky about RAM, and it's probably not the best choice for a first time builder. If you want an easier-to-use board that overclocks pretty darn well, the MSI Neo4 Platinum is an excellent board with tons of great features.
 
Originally posted by: t3h l337 n3wb
If you're overclocking like mad (which you should be, given the huge amount of cooling products you listed), then don't get the ASUS. The DFI Lanparty Ultra-D is the best overclocker on the market. However, it's really picky about RAM, and it's probably not the best choice for a first time builder. If you want an easier-to-use board that overclocks pretty darn well, the MSI Neo4 Platinum is an excellent board with tons of great features.
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Its a Abit AN8 Ultra and I'm not really looking to OC I'm just looking to get it really quiet.

Fisher Webb
 
MSI RS480 M2

It's the ATI Xpress200 chipset, should go good with your x800 :thumbsup:

small, cheap, quiet

one downside, no OC options in the BIOS 🙁

OR...

The Chaintech VF4 Ultra has real good bang/buck
 
Why did you pick an 80mm and a 120mm fan? I mean, why not 2 120mm fans for less noise?
 
Originally posted by: Fishers Web

Can I put a 120mm fan in a 80mm socket???

Fishers Webb
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lol I don't think so. I looked up the case you listed and the description I found didn't specify the size of the fan mounts.



 
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