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Ordered my system

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You may have seen my previous thread asking for advice on my latest system. Last night, I went ahead and ordered the whole thing. Here goes:

Athlon 64 3000+ Venice
Corsair 1GB (512MB x 2) DDR 400 Value Select
eVGA 133-K8-NF41 (free motherboard deal)
eVGA 7800GTX
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 250GB SATA
Lite-On DVD-RW 16x
Antec TruePower 2.0 430W PSU
Arctic Silver 5
Antec P180

Total: $1025

Now, do I need to buy extra fans for the system? I have about $30 left over, and if necessary , I can grab some, but I read that the P180 comes with three 120mm fans. For now, I'm going to use the stock HSF, due to lack of money, but if I can't get the OC that I'm looking for, I'll eventually upgrade to a XP-90 w/ Panaflo.

The computer will be used with an Apple 30" LCD, and a Denon receiver/speakers, as well as a MX3100 keyboard/mouse set.
 
Looks very nice. I see no need to get any fans now. Wait and see how your temps areafter you start OC'ing, and add cooling as necessary.
Have fun with the build! 🙂
 
Perfect system man!! If you will be waiting, get the zalman 9500 instead of the xp-90 because by then it will be released. It cools almost as good as water!
 
Originally posted by: Crescent13
Perfect system man!! If you will be waiting, get the zalman 9500 instead of the xp-90 because by then it will be released. It cools almost as good as water!
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so do the xp90s...in fact the xp90 is better than quite a few liquid solutions.
 
Originally posted by: SLCentral
You may have seen my previous thread asking for advice on my latest system. Last night, I went ahead and ordered the whole thing. Here goes:

Athlon 64 3000+ Venice
Corsair 1GB (512MB x 2) DDR 400 Value Select
eVGA 133-K8-NF41 (free motherboard deal)
eVGA 7800GTX
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 250GB SATA
Lite-On DVD-RW 16x
Antec TruePower 2.0 430W PSU
Arctic Silver 5
Antec P180

Total: $1025

Now, do I need to buy extra fans for the system? I have about $30 left over, and if necessary , I can grab some, but I read that the P180 comes with three 120mm fans. For now, I'm going to use the stock HSF, due to lack of money, but if I can't get the OC that I'm looking for, I'll eventually upgrade to a XP-90 w/ Panaflo.

The computer will be used with an Apple 30" LCD, and a Denon receiver/speakers, as well as a MX3100 keyboard/mouse set.
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nice rig, again, like Ike0069 said, wait to see if you need a new hsf as i have read many people getting excellent o/cs with the stock hsf.
 
Great, glad to hear some signs of encouragement. Now, the waiting part...which is the worst...
I'm actually getting the P180 at CompUSA. It's a bit more expensive ($170, compared to $130 from ZZF) but since I need this ASAP, the shipping for overnight with ZZF would go up $100 with the case. This way, I save some cash.

Oh, and for the future, what kind of temps should I be looking for once OCed?
 
Originally posted by: SLCentral
Great, glad to hear some signs of encouragement. Now, the waiting part...which is the worst...
I'm actually getting the P180 at CompUSA. It's a bit more expensive ($170, compared to $130 from ZZF) but since I need this ASAP, the shipping for overnight with ZZF would go up $100 with the case. This way, I save some cash.

Oh, and for the future, what kind of temps should I be looking for once OCed?
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for this i would read around this forum in the cpu/oc section, hard[ocp] and overclockers forum

 
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