- Nov 8, 2005
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Hi everyone, I'm new to these forums. It seems like there's lots of intelligent people in here with good ideas so I thought I would pose my question here.
I'm in the process of buying all the components needed to put together a complete system. Here is a list of the major components I'm planning to get:
Motherboard: Asus A8N SLI Premium NVIDIA Socket 939
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Dual-Core
GPU: XFX GeForce 7800 GTX PCI Express
Audio Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS PCI
HDD: Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10kRPM 8MB Cache
RAM: OCZ EL Platinum Dual Channel 2048MB PC3200 (2x1GB)
PSU: Ultra X-Finity 500 Watt ATX SATA and SLI Ready
Now for my major concern: I'm looking at getting a Lian-Li case. My main candidates are:
PC-V1000 plus/PC-V1000B plus (Midi Tower)
PC-V1200 plus/PC-V1200B plus (Midi Tower)
PC-V2000 plus/PC-V2000B plus (Full Tower)
First things first, does anyone what the difference between the standard and 'B' models is? Does anyone know what the difference between the 1000 and 1200 models is (they both seem to be the same but I'm sure there is some tiny detail I'm missing)?
After that is established, what I'm trying to figure out is if this setup I have will fit comfortably into a midi tower or if I need to get the full tower? Notice that the GPU is an XFX 7800 GTX which I've heard is extra long and tends to take up quite a bit of space.
Furthermore I had planned to at some point down the road add another GTX for the SLI experience that everyone is talking about. I'm worried that with the dual core proc and two big high end graphic cards and a 10k RPM HDD in there it's going to get too be a bit too tight or hot for a midi tower, but at the same time I don't want to get a full tower unless I actually have to, since they're so big.
Also, is the PSU going to fit into the midi tower? If it turns out that I do get the midi, are there any specific PSUs I should make sure to avoid because of limited space?
I would really appreciate any input I could get on this topic, if you feel like commenting on the setup itself that is also welcome, though right now I'm more concerned with the choice of case.
I'm in the process of buying all the components needed to put together a complete system. Here is a list of the major components I'm planning to get:
Motherboard: Asus A8N SLI Premium NVIDIA Socket 939
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Dual-Core
GPU: XFX GeForce 7800 GTX PCI Express
Audio Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS PCI
HDD: Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10kRPM 8MB Cache
RAM: OCZ EL Platinum Dual Channel 2048MB PC3200 (2x1GB)
PSU: Ultra X-Finity 500 Watt ATX SATA and SLI Ready
Now for my major concern: I'm looking at getting a Lian-Li case. My main candidates are:
PC-V1000 plus/PC-V1000B plus (Midi Tower)
PC-V1200 plus/PC-V1200B plus (Midi Tower)
PC-V2000 plus/PC-V2000B plus (Full Tower)
First things first, does anyone what the difference between the standard and 'B' models is? Does anyone know what the difference between the 1000 and 1200 models is (they both seem to be the same but I'm sure there is some tiny detail I'm missing)?
After that is established, what I'm trying to figure out is if this setup I have will fit comfortably into a midi tower or if I need to get the full tower? Notice that the GPU is an XFX 7800 GTX which I've heard is extra long and tends to take up quite a bit of space.
Furthermore I had planned to at some point down the road add another GTX for the SLI experience that everyone is talking about. I'm worried that with the dual core proc and two big high end graphic cards and a 10k RPM HDD in there it's going to get too be a bit too tight or hot for a midi tower, but at the same time I don't want to get a full tower unless I actually have to, since they're so big.
Also, is the PSU going to fit into the midi tower? If it turns out that I do get the midi, are there any specific PSUs I should make sure to avoid because of limited space?
I would really appreciate any input I could get on this topic, if you feel like commenting on the setup itself that is also welcome, though right now I'm more concerned with the choice of case.