Tad bit of advice needed !

Anti

Alright lads.

( read my sig before you read below )

I took the plunge and bought my conroe today ( E660 ) but i need some advice with a few parts. Im not happy with any of the motherboards out there. i know i could go for a 975 board and flash it, but its not guaranteed to work. So any ideas on a better board then what im planning ? Also the ram i picked, im happy with 2gb but im thinking of going one step extra and getting 4gb. Im fairly happy with the Gfx card, as i am a nvidia fanboy and the soundcard is being salvaged from my other pc. Ive also gone for 2 raptor X's, Do ya reckon i should raid them ? or leave them alone. I already have a 74gb raptor for my primary hdd. And i have a few 250gb spinpoints for music and movies, but i was thinking i might just caddy them up. But the bigest dilema is what case ? as i want something different. not a lian-li not a coolermaster stacker. and deffo not one of them nzxt cases.

Cheers lads.


**EDIT**

Mod can you move this to the overclocking/tweaking forums aswell please ?

irlrobins

I can move, but it will be a move and not a copy. Your choice. I'm happy for it to remain in comp/tech.

And for future ref, use report post function to get posts moved/deleted/edited. You'll get a faster response.

Edit: Post number 4000.

Cuddlesworth

Phys X accelerater? Why?

Besides that, Conroe board choice is limited so you cant really pick and choose there.

2gigs is fine, 4 gigs is a pain. Untill 2gig single sticks become realativly cheap its not worth the bother as timings are scewed.

Lian Li, Ftw. the pc1100v case's are the best I have ever seen in terms of noise and build quality. If your not happy with that take a look a the mountain mods case's. Other then that, it will be like sticking a V8 in a mini cooper for the majority of cheap crap that sells out there.

Anti

physx because it free

it will be in 4 x 1gb g.skill ram. im not gonna overclock to much.

Not at first any way

cheers robins. will leave it here i think.

DonkeyRhubarb

Well I have an Antec P180 Case.

Love it, LOADS of space and well, loads of space.

Initial setup aint the easiest, as the power supply placement takes a bit of time to get right.

Top class case though!

Anti

Jasus i forgot about that case. If im right i seen beatfreak modded his to put the rad in the front middle of the case. Yep thats it ill be having a antec p180 or a akasa eclipse 62

WizZard

I'll have a Lian Li v2000 for sale shortly - cool case
Apart from that I like the Akasa Eclipse, the P180 is supposed to be a bit finicky with the hard drive cage (i.e. it's noisy).
Don't go with 4GB RAM unless you plan on running an x64 OS, as it's barely supported.

savemejebus

I have the akasa eclipse and it is a dream to work with, tonnes of space and surprisingly quiet. It also cools really really well

Anti

yeah im planning to use xp x64

Cuddlesworth

WizZard wrote:

I'll have a Lian Li v2000 for sale shortly - cool case
Apart from that I like the Akasa Eclipse, the P180 is supposed to be a bit finicky with the hard drive cage (i.e. it's noisy).
Don't go with 4GB RAM unless you plan on running an x64 OS, as it's barely supported.

:eek:

PogMoThoin

Just got my rig together and take it from me the thermaltake armour is a lively case to work in. loads of space. makes it easier to attach those fiddly little connectors.
You got no need for 4gb ram. You'd never even use half of it. 2gb is fine like every1 else says.
Oh well, back to work for me.