Getting a Monarch Hornet

[asm0deus]

Monarch Hornet Pro u-ATX Black
Topower 350W PSU
EVGA 131-K8-NF44-AX Mobo SLI/audio/GBLAN/PCI-E/SATA/RAID
AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ 939 Retail
1GB Corsair XMS
250GB WD SATA3G 16MB
EVGA GeForce 7800GT 256MB VIVO
Sony DW-Q30A-B2 16x6x16 DVD-R/RW
1xPanaflo 80mm Front Fan
2x Hornet Quiet 40mm Case Fans

$1238
Can't change the mobo or PSU

 

[ND40oz]

You can't change the mb or psu? I know about not being able to change the PSU but monarch has other motherboards available. The EVGA is a $170 board (-30 if you use the coupon available on another major hardware site), do you plan on going SLI down the road?

On that note, i like your setup, although I'd wait a few days and equip it with a 7900GT, might want to add more ram if you can.

 

[Busithoth]

you can't change the Mobo or PSU?
I had one of these cases, and they should take any mATX mobo you throw at it.
PSU should be changeable as well.

looks like a nice, very powerful box, though.

 

[PClark99]

they only have 2 PSU options I think, an enermax 270W and the topower.

Get the setup you have if you intend to do SLI, if you never intend to do SLI go with a different board.

Either the Asus or MSI 6150, of the DFI or MSI ATI482 (whatever the latest chipset) or the biostar TForce 6100 board if you want to overclock some.

Also, I would spend a little more and get a 2x1GB kit of DDR, maybe the OCZ XTC kit.

Since I am bored:

110642 - Asus A8N-VM CSM
102338 - Retail Box Opteron 165
140215 - 2GB kit OCZ PC3200

Those changes total $1454.33.

Personally I would forgo the hornet and build up a QPack rig. Probably build the same machine for a couple hundred less and it will run cooler too.

 

[aigomorla]

uhhhh, all i have to say is i love monarch when buying solo parts to build a machine. As for there prebuilts, u should do a search on this forum, and on resellerraitings.com There almost as bad as tiger direct.

 

[gnomepunk]

Check around and just get a case. I love their cases, but their prebuilds are a bit lacking.

I put a Seasonic SS-300SFD in mine and it fits great. Its a 300w PSU w/ 80 Plus cert. I picked it up from Case-mod.com.

Nice setup, but be warned these little guys are not quiet. A coworker of mine bought one from monarch about the time I built mine (~6 months) and he has already sent it back twice. Bad mobo once and a few of the fans went out the second time.