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Offline Scrap

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« on: January 07, 2006, 07:59:14 PM »
Now that I am getting to the end of hunting for hardware I was wondering what a decent price for a gaming PC is? We're talking building a tower from the ground up.  If you need specs to compare... let's say:

ASUS A8N-E mobo
3700 AMD Opteron 148 Venus
1gig Corsair XMS
256mb ATIX800GTO
SB Audigy2 ZS
CD-R/RW DVD-RW
80gig HD SATA II capable
Any case
ASUS 500W power supp
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Offline OOZ662

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« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2006, 01:53:58 AM »
My computer was ~$900. Anything that I bought more than one of was because I broke it. :noid Sounds like an F16 running from an La-7 when the fans are turned to full too. :D

3GHz Intel Pent 4 (Northwood core. Runs so much cooler than the Prescott it's not even funny, but more expensive. Worth it if you can find it.)
GeForce 6800 (not GT, ect.)
SB Audigy 2 ZS (also the plain one)
2 motherboards. Using a Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000 Pro-G right now.
Case w/ 40mm side fan, clear side. Bought another PSU (fancy Thermaltake dual fan).
Various shiney decorative things.
Two heatsinks (One I just didn't like)
80mm rear fan
Sony DVD-ROM/CD-ROM/CD-R/RW Drive
2 hard drives. Maxtor 120GB in use now.
Off-brand floppy drive
2x512 MB of some top-brand RAM that I can't remember at the moment. Both in use.

Stable at 61 frames everwhere I go with 4x Antialiasing. Rare drop to 40's. Runs IL2FB/AEP/PF at all-best settings (not Perfect, but Best. Perfect is disabled for some reason...).
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« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2006, 05:57:03 PM »
Yo scrap!!!!

The Case is A LOT more important then perhaps you seem to think!!!

Had a cheap case, had 4 fans in it.  Everything, cpu, gpu, etc... over heated!  I even bought after market stuff tryin to cool it more.  This helped but not quite enough.

Bought a Thermaltake Shark case.  Transfered everything over.  It only has 2 fans but everything runs at least 10 degrees COOLER!!!!!!!!!!

The CASE can make a HUGH difference!!!

BTW the Thermaltake Shark is a TOWER case.  Case opens up EZ or can be locked!  Might wanna take a look at it.  Picked it because I have an OCZ Powerstream power supply.  The dang thing is a little longer then most but WOW.  Tuneable power feed here!  Little controls on the back of the power supply with leds that light green when you have the power just right :)  Usueable on ANY system out there provided it will fit in your case.
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« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2006, 07:32:38 PM »
I'm lookin at a Centurion COOLERMASTER case... I don't think I should have any problems wit it.  1 120mm fan, 2 80mm fans... the front is mesh to let the fans push more air.  Case is approx $50.  Cheap, but it seems to work for some of the "custom builds" they are selling at the Micro Center down the street.
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« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2006, 10:27:53 PM »
I'd wonder about the mesh; if the fans can't keep anough pressure in the case at all times, it'll let dust in like crazy.
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« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2006, 12:42:34 AM »
go with antec or pc power and cooling for your psu
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« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2006, 07:11:40 AM »
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I'd wonder about the mesh; if the fans can't keep anough pressure in the case at all times, it'll let dust in like crazy.


The Thermaltake Shark case I have has mesh and is cooler then my previous case!
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« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2006, 04:49:20 PM »
Cooler, yes. Cleaner, no.
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« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2006, 05:45:55 PM »
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Cooler, yes. Cleaner, no.


Hmmm............. :lol

This case is actually just a tad cleaner then the old one.  Got allot of dust here and where I had to clean the old case 2 3 imes a month this one usually only needs cleaning once.
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« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2006, 07:06:41 PM »
Full size cases? BAH!

Get an mATX mainboad and a real mATX case, such as the HENMING MATX-118, over at: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811125484

Why go this route? You get a machine that's easily portable to The Con, LAN parties, or just another room, yet uses industry-standard parts for easy repairs or upgrading.

I love my little SFF machine, but when it goes belly-up, mATX is my next machine...

-Llama
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« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2006, 07:07:29 PM »
Well, like I said; if you can get it to keep up positive air pressure in the case, the dust will be blown away before it reaches the case.
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