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New System--See any issues?????????

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nqbus

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Just paid off newegg and zipzoomfly for the components of my new machine. It was a good tax return year...LOL
Comments or heat issues with this new build?

MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI nForce4 Athlon 64(FX) DDR ATX Mobo
AMD Athlon 64 3500
(2) eVGA GeForce 6800 GTs
(2) Maxtor Ultra 160GB SATA HDs
(2) Crucial Ballistix 512mb DDR PC3200s
Plextor PX-716SA 4X Internal Serial SATA Dual Layer DVD
ASUS DVD E616P2 16X DVD-ROM / 48X CD-ROM
IOMEGA Zip 750mb Internal ATAPI Drive
Vantec SP-FC70-BL Spectrum Fan Card
Thermaltake A2017 DC 90mm Blue LED Fan
OCZ 520W Power Supply
Aerocool Black ATX Mid Tower Jetmaster-BS
NEC 3.5 floppy
Hyundai L90D+ 19in LCD 8 ms response
 
Should've gone into General Hardware probly. But I'll answer since I'm not a rules nazi :roll:

Comments: With all that money, just a 3500+? Are you planning on OCing? Not like its a slow CPU, but still....
I personally wouldn't have chosen Maxtor HDD's, their track record isn't as good as Seagate IMO. Seagate's also come with a 5 year warranty & are generally considered some of the best quality drives out there. That or you could've gotten Western Digital Raptor's, wihch run @ 10,000 RPM's and are unequaled in performance for IDE drives.
2x6800GT's will generate lots of heat. I'm not familiar with the Aerocool, but I would make sure you have either a side vent blowing cool air on the GT's or a very good airflow system setup. Make sure you have some good fans running air intake from front to back to help draw out all of that hot air. If you have room with your SLI setup, I would try putting NVSilencer's on those GT's. The NVSilencer's exhaust the GT's heat straight out the back of the case, which will be a definite plus.
Good choice on the memory :thumbsup:
Good choice on the DVDROM, I have the same silver one (not installed yet) and from the benchies I've read it is an excellent reader.
Why do you need a ZIP drive? I thought those were all used as doorstops....
Otherwise, looks good! Enjoy your uber-rig
 
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