my system

[johnnqq]

CHAINTECH VNF4
antec sonata 2
pioneer dvr-109
zalman mobo coolers
zalman 7000 alcu
sony floppy
seagate barracuda 7200.7 ncq 120gb
lite on keyboard
corsair value select 1 gb 2x 512 pc3200
a64 3000+ venice
logitech x-530 5.1
leadtech 6600gt pci express
d link dwl-ag530 wireless card a/g

good, bad? i finally decided on these items and i wanna buy it this weekend

 

[indianduddawg47]

which zalman northbridge cooler are you getting? I have the blue one, and you need to make sure to give it airflow. Also, check out arctic cooling's freezer 64 - really quiet at 5V, and keeps my cpu between 35Cidle and 42C full load.

 

[clarkey01]

Sweet. Rams fine, GPU is good, maybe wait a few months you may be able to get a 6800 with the 7800 coming out, prices might fall etc.

That'd be a few months away.

Go and build and have fun.

 

[johnnqq]

na i can't wait. i waited a year already. and im getting the blue one . i dont know what fans to get so im sorta delaying that fora while. any suggestions for a 120mm fan, an 80 and a 92 mm fan for the case??

(is the panaflo l1a really the best?)

 

[vrbaba]

if the zalman 7000 cu (All copper) isnt that expensive, get that instead of the 7000 AlCu. not a whole lot better, but might be few degrees cooler for you.

 

[indianduddawg47]

compusa has a $10 "mad dog multimedia" 120 mm. It's a yate loon... inaudible at 5V http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=318489&pfp=BROWSE

use that and the 120 mm fan that comes with your antec, and you will be fine.

Also, suspend your hard drive (http://www.silentpcreview.com/article109-page1.html), pick up a seasonic s12-380, and you will have darn quiet computer.

 

[johnnqq]

the sonata 2 comes wsith a 450 watt power supply .

 

[johnnqq]

i was worried that the copper version would damage the a64 bc its heavier....

 

[johnnqq]

nobody?

 

[johnnqq]

bump. im investing a grand and i wanna make sure its worht it!

 

[t3h l337 n3wb]

With all of these awesome cooling products, you should probably go with the DFI Lanparty Ultra-D board to overclock your CPU to the roof. All of that money spent on cooling would otherwise be useless, as Athlon 64's run pretty cool on stock HSF anyways.

 

[johnnq]

yea i just want it to be really quiet.

 

[Dothan]

Originally posted by: johnnq
yea i just want it to be really quiet.

you might want to consider underclocking and undervolting then ... it may be possible to run with a very small, quiet fan (such as Papst).

 

[indianduddawg47]

get the Zalman VF7000AlCu GPU cooler, it comes with an adapter to undervolt 2 fans to 5V. Works great. Also, get the fan i linked you to above, and you'll have a darn quiet computer. I have a very similiar setup.

 

[punkkloser]

sounds good to me. i cant wait to build a a64 system and get rid of this p4. I love pioneer burners, but i dont think they support bitsetting, which is a must for me. i would rather have an nec

 

[johnnqq]

whats bitsetting?