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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: GunRunner82 on January 11, 2008, 12:40:27 PM

Title: New PC stats
Post by: GunRunner82 on January 11, 2008, 12:40:27 PM
Parts I am ordering on Tuesday:

MSI K9A2 Platinum AM2+/AM2 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard = $160

CORSAIR XMS2 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-6400C5DHX - Retail =$129 after rebate

AMD Phenom 9600 Agena 2.3GHz Socket AM2+ 95W Quad-Core Black Edition Processor Model HD960ZWCGDBOX - Retail  = $239

Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Upgrade - Retail =$249

Parts already purchased:

NZXT Lexa case w/600w PSU

ATI 1600pro PCI E

120mm cpu fan w/copper heatsink


DID I DO GOOD???

Gun
Title: Re: New PC stats
Post by: Fulmar on January 11, 2008, 12:48:21 PM
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Originally posted by GunRunner82

NZXT Lexa case w/600w PSU
 


I have this exact case.  It's the best case I've owned, but it was also the most expensive case I bought to date.  The temp LCD is a nice feature.  The LED blue lights are quite nice.  Matches the Blue LED theme of my computer setup actually.

There is one downside, that made me scratch my head for 45 minutes about a month ago.  With my current build, I didn't have a floppy drive, so I had no external 3.5 device, until I bought a memory card reader.  When I installed the memory card reader I figured the drives slip in just like the 5.25 bay drives on the rails.  Well, it doesn't.  You have to 'pop' the front panel* of the case off to insert 3.5" external drives.  Kind of a pain in the butt, thought i was gonna break it, but it was tough plastic.

*As in the whole front plastic panel.

And the Fan Filters, work awesome.  Cut dust down in my case by 90%.