Proposed build (UPDATE - incl pics!)

Dr. Dre

Couple of weeks ago I posted here looking for advice on some components I was thinking of putting together for a new PC (thread gone now).
True to form, the good people of Boards.ie came through for me and I arrived at the following shopping list.

ASUS A8N SLI Premium
AMD X2 4400+ CPU
BFG GeForce 7800 GT OC
1 Gb Geil RAM CAS2.5
Antec P180 case
Antec TrueBlue 2 480W PSU
Akasa EVO 120 CPU Cooler
Akasa 21 function front panel (fan control, temp display etc..)

My goal was to have it as quiet as possible (for a fan system).
I gotta say, I don't think I could have hoped for a better outcome - well, barring the slightly higher noise level of the graphics card, which I expected anyway.
Apart from the graphics fan, it's pretty much silent. I could easily sleep with it on in the same room - something that CANNOT be said for my last build ;-)

Happy with my temps. so far too - idling around 30'C and has so far maxed out at 37'C whilst running Prime95. I would expect to be able to shave something off those, when I tidy up the internal cabling (see pics :-( ). There were a friggin motherload of wires :-)
Also, according to Artic Silver, it needs around 200hrs to settle in.
NOTE: These temps are with all fans on their lowest speed setting i.e. the 3 x 120mm case fans and the 120mm CPU fan.

To do list:

I have yet to start down the road of OC'ing, I've left all the RAM timings and CPU settings on Auto in the BIOS.

Also, I'm going to have to investigate replacing the cooling on the graphics card, to see if I can quieten it down a bit. Any advice\experience you have would be welcome!

Here are some pics: left to right> components, PSU installed, everything in and powered on, front panel & finished case.





The DVD writer is only a temp, I have a black bezel one to go in.

Once again, thanks to all for their input.

Lydesia

How much did this baby set you back? Maybe there is a price there but im probably blind..:'[

Pics look great, like the PSU in the bottem too

Dr. Dre

~€1900

tba

without the monitor?

Dr. Dre

tba wrote:

without the monitor?

Without Monitor, keyboard/mouse or speakers

petes

Tis a nice machine. Just for office apps and internet?

youcancallmeal

Dr. Dre wrote:

~€1900

Wow thats a lot!? Can you give us breakdown of the costs.
Was thinking of updating my current rig to something like this and I was hoping on spending around a €1000 max. Reckon the processor is a bit ott though depending on what your going to be doing?

Dr. Dre

Well, I don't have the prices in front of me right now, but it breaks down ROUGHLY like this:

Mobo €180
CPU €530
Graphics €400 ish
Memory €200 ish
Case €145 ish
PSU €120 ish
CPU cooler €60 odd
Front Panel €60 odd
plus delivery and odds and ends.