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dmdmd

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I'm building my first pc, and got this case/powersupply from newegg, I plan on A643200+, gigabyte k8nxp-9 (if it ever comes out), 2x512 of the patriot pc4000, a seagate sata2 drive, and I'm not sure what video card yet ($120-160). Do I need a different power supply, or just a bunch of adapter cables? Any other suggestions on this system are much appreciated.
Thanks
 
you spending quite a bit of money on a decently good computer but you want to skimp on the case? if you want a good quality case with a good psu get an Antec 3500BQE
 
A64 3200+ ~210
k8nxp-9 (not the sli) ~180 (I hope/assume)
patriot 4000 ~180
sata2 80gig ~75
video card ~135
Rosewill case42
~822 total

Not too expensive...the case got very good reviews, I have it already, and it seems pretty nice...sturdy, plenty of rooms for fans/drives/etc. (3 fans in now, plus weird cone on side of case, plus I may get a pci slot fan). Being new to this, I may just not understand what might make this a poor case. From the reviews on newegg, it sounded like the powersupply was ok, but that's not with nforce4 motherboards, which worries me. On the asus website, their reference system for the A8N-sli has a 350watt powersupply...I don't do too much gaming, so I figured that if 350 is good enough for them, then I shouldn't need much more.
Thanks
 
It'll prolly work fine but you have to remember to add the Optical drives as they draw power and it's not the wts that are so important rather the amps that it supply's. WQhe looking at the PSU that comes with the Case it has the LC400wter and 17amps for a 12v rail is borderline but good enoung stuff for minimal running... You mentioned added fans and then the Opticals which add to the 12v's
 
So OC'ing not a good idea with this? I don't quite understand the effect a psu has on a system, other than needing enough power to feed all the components, and I haven't seen it explained well anywhere...mostly I see warnings not to skimp on psu, but not why.
Thanks
 
just pulled the trigger on the k8nxp-sli. What heatsink will work? I'd like the Zalman 7700 over the xp90, as it's height is lower, I just want to make sure it will fit...read something about gigabyte boards being a little funny.
thanks
 
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