Graphics machine (fan, psu & case recommendations)

pencil

Hi all,

Just back form 4 months travelling & man you go away for 4 months & come back & you need to re-learn every thing.

Anyaways, I'm building a new system, mainly for GRAPHICS work but it would be nice if I could play DOOM etc.

Does this setup allow me to play the new games?

And can anyone recommend a VERY QUITE case, fan, powersupply system (I don't want to go water cooled)?

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300492 - AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 2.0 GHz - Socket 754, 512 KB cache, BOXED -
€179.00 - http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=300492&cks=SER

2x 117212 - Corsair Value S. PC3200 DDR-DIMM 512MB - Unbuffered, Non-parity, 64Megx64, CL2.5 - €95.00 - http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=117212&cks=SER

300050 - MSI K8N NEO Platinum Edition S754 nForce3 50GB,SATA,GbLAN,ATX,Raid - €139.00 - http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=300050&cks=SER

122901 - Sapphire Radeon 9800 Atlantis PRO 128MB AGP,256bit bus,DVI-I,TV-Out, Lite-Retail - €210.00

300217 - MSI DVD recorder DR8-A2 IDE, Black retail DVD+R/+RW and DVD-R/-RW - €83.01

114711 - Sony Floppy Drive, 3,5" 1,44MB Black Floppy Drive Internal - €15

Regards,

P.

Giblet

All of that looks fine, try the Antec Sonata case on Elara for a nice quiet case. Comes with a good 380W PSU which is more than enough for that system.

RuggieBear

pencil wrote:

300217 - MSI DVD recorder DR8-A2 IDE, Black retail DVD+R/+RW and DVD-R/-RW - €83.01

Perhaps look at NEC and Liteon as alternatives. I just bought myself a Liteon (Have no user experience with it, just had reasonable reviews)but it's pretty much a toss up between it and the NEC. Both have slightly better reviews than the MSI......

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ARGINITE

If your doing alot of graphics work it would be helpfull to have a little more ram, 1Gb maybe.

Giblet

He has a gig of RAM in that list.

jessy

pencil wrote:

Sony Floppy Drive, 3,5" 1,44MB Black Floppy Drive Internal - €15

Are you actualy going to use a floppy drive? I know its only €15 but its taking up drive space and a power supply conection. Just wondering if you need it is all.

http://www.dabs.com/uk/Search2/results.htm?searchphrase=silent+cases

Might bring you to a decent Case.

pencil

Thanks for your replys, does the system look good would you guys change anything?

pencil

Giblet wrote:

All of that looks fine, try the Antec Sonata case on Elara for a nice quiet case. Comes with a good 380W PSU which is more than enough for that system.

Giblet, I'll be sticking 3 harddrive in to this + 2 optical drives - do you think I'll have enough power with 380w?

Cheers

CyberGhost

pencil wrote:

Giblet, I'll be sticking 3 harddrive in to this + 2 optical drives - do you think I'll have enough power with 380w?

Cheers

Yes! that will be enough!

use this Link thanks to Cr3m0!

pencil

great link CyberGhost thanks

pencil

Hi again,

I'm just ordering this sys now & have for got to research cooling!!
Dooh!


what do you think of this fan
Thermaltake Venus Silent Boost CPU-Cooler Socket 754/940
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=123408&view=detailed

cheers again for the help