Good or Bad Configuration?

[ShaunyR]

Dynamat- Accoustic Foam
Akasa Thermal Solution- Fan Control Pro- HD Cooler- Cable Management Kit- Ram Sinks- PAX Mate- Akasa Cleaning Fluid
Case Fans- 3x80mm Fans
Case- CoolerMaster Black Wave Master
Processor- AMD Barton 3200+/2500+
CPU Heatsink/Fan- Zalman or AK900S from akasa.com
Video Card- ATI Radeon 9800 XT
VideO Card Heatsink/Fan- Zalman Heatpipe or Stock
Hard Drive- Seagate 120GB 7200RPM SATA HD
CDRom- LiteOn 52x
RAM- Corsair XMS
Soundcard- Turtle Beach

That's the kind of stuff I'm thinking about getting. Should I change anything?

 

[Budmantom]

Dump the xt and get a pro.

 

[ShaunyR]

Any other oppinions? I need as many as I can get. Thanks again.

 

[Matthias99]

Sounds like you're interested in building a quiet system. Definitely go with the Zalman heatpipe cooler (or a VGA Silencer, which uses only a quiet, low-speed fan) for the video card. You'll also want to get quiet case fans, and a quiet PSU as well. Check out silentpcreview for way more information on these.

Also -- AMD64? If you've got the budget for a 9800XT, you can drop to a 9800Pro and an Athlon64 setup, which will almost certainly perform better overall.

You also need memory...

 

[Markfw]

Originally posted by: Matthias99
Sounds like you're interested in building a quiet system. Definitely go with the Zalman heatpipe cooler (or a VGA Silencer, which uses only a quiet, low-speed fan) for the video card. You'll also want to get quiet case fans, and a quiet PSU as well. Check out silentpcreview for way more information on these.

Also -- AMD64? If you've got the budget for a 9800XT, you can drop to a 9800Pro and an Athlon64 setup, which will almost certainly perform better overall.

You also need memory...

Ditto. Dump the 9800XT and the Barton, and substitute a 9800pro and and Athlon64 3000+