Hiya,
First off, my current spec might be in order
Athalon 64 3200+ (Stock cooling)
MSI RS480IL Motherboard
Nvidia GF6600LE 512mb
1gb Crucial RAM
Sony DVD drive
Aopen Dual-Layer burner
Maxtor Diamondmax 10 200gb HDD (SATA)
Cheap & nasty Kobian case+ generic 350w PSU.
I'm planning to add another 200GB HDD, more RAM and a multi-card reader to this machine, and I just have the feeling that this'll overload the PSU just a little
What I want is a quiet PSU, with decent cooling properties (The current one keeps the case temps at a decent level, processor in the mid-30's, with no case fans), but is relatively noisy. Modular cables would be nice, but cheap(er) would also be good, as I'm not planning to really OC this machine at all. Edit: Could I just add, a kettle-type out lead for my monitor would be good too, terminally short of plugs
Secondly, could someone please reccomend a multi-card reader? I want to fit it in the FDD bay, and need SD, MMC & CF card slots. A firewire port on it would also be very useful, but not essential.
Final point- Any thoughts on a second HDD please? The noise isn't so important with this, the Maxtor is going to be the primary drive, with this one more for additional storage space than anything else
I'm also pretty tempted to go IDE as its cheaper, but still!
Cheers guys
-Leezer-
First off, my current spec might be in order
Athalon 64 3200+ (Stock cooling)
MSI RS480IL Motherboard
Nvidia GF6600LE 512mb
1gb Crucial RAM
Sony DVD drive
Aopen Dual-Layer burner
Maxtor Diamondmax 10 200gb HDD (SATA)
Cheap & nasty Kobian case+ generic 350w PSU.
I'm planning to add another 200GB HDD, more RAM and a multi-card reader to this machine, and I just have the feeling that this'll overload the PSU just a little
What I want is a quiet PSU, with decent cooling properties (The current one keeps the case temps at a decent level, processor in the mid-30's, with no case fans), but is relatively noisy. Modular cables would be nice, but cheap(er) would also be good, as I'm not planning to really OC this machine at all. Edit: Could I just add, a kettle-type out lead for my monitor would be good too, terminally short of plugs
Secondly, could someone please reccomend a multi-card reader? I want to fit it in the FDD bay, and need SD, MMC & CF card slots. A firewire port on it would also be very useful, but not essential.
Final point- Any thoughts on a second HDD please? The noise isn't so important with this, the Maxtor is going to be the primary drive, with this one more for additional storage space than anything else
I'm also pretty tempted to go IDE as its cheaper, but still!Cheers guys
-Leezer-
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