Antec Sonata II opinions please

KizZ · 8 Apr 2006 at 03:26

Judging from this pic its not

THC_SsSsSnake · 8 Apr 2006 at 06:49

Traducer said:
Ok well I just put this one together, what you guys think about this?

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - OEM
£169.95

Asus A8N-SLi Premium nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard
£99.95 £99.95

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3
£94.95

PowerColor ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
£259.95

so you can use an ati card on the premium?????????????????
Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 NCQ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM
£29.95

OcUK Value Floppy Drive - Black
£5.95

NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
£24.95

Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940)
£15.95

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU)
£48.95

Seasonic S12 500W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply
£75.95

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
£5.50

Subtotal £832.00
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £10.95
VAT £147.52
Total £990.47

Feel free to make any changes, Yewen look I even fitted the Artic Silver in there for you
Black or Silver case lol?
And I was thinking of changing the PSU for the Tagan TG530-U15 530W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU its a couple of pounds cheaper aswell, plus its modular.
Anyway what you think!

so you can use the ati card with the premium board in single mode??????????????????

Yewen · 8 Apr 2006 at 14:21

Single mode?

And it is silver yes.

A ATI card will work with a Nvidia chipset, and a Nvidia card will work with a ATI chipset.

Only when your running SLI or Crossfire you have to go with the same make of chipset as your card.

Traducer · 8 Apr 2006 at 14:39

THC_SsSsSnake said:
so you can use the ati card with the premium board in single mode??????????????????

Yes mate, with no problem at all.
Personally I think those Asus boards with the nForce4 chipset are far better then the ATI ones, but thats my opinion.
I have used Asus before and they have been nothing but solid as a rock.

Thanks for all the help so far guys, and Yewen you got up earlier then I did.

Yewen · 8 Apr 2006 at 15:29

Had to take delivery of 20 pc's thats why

Yeh, the NF4 chipset in general is more tried and tested, and more mature so it is easier to make a rock solid stable rig on it

Traducer · 8 Apr 2006 at 17:20

I made a little update to my spec, I found a Tagan 580w Modular for the same price as the Seasonic 500w and the Tagan 530w, so I am going to buy that insted, just means I will have to go and pick it up.

Yewen · 8 Apr 2006 at 18:30

There great PSU's, used to use one and I can confirm that they fit into the PC7 just fine

Traducer · 8 Apr 2006 at 18:46

Nice one mate, thats reassuring to know.

Yewen · 8 Apr 2006 at 18:52

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17505428 in pics

Traducer · 8 Apr 2006 at 19:11

Are those 120mm fans quiet from your experience?
And thats a very nice review, thankyou for giving me that link, I am just
reading through it now.

Edit: I read it and you said it was quiet, so thats good enough.

Yewen · 8 Apr 2006 at 21:27

The fans are ADDA ones in there, some are not in the newer ones.

If you get a blue LED one then I can not comment on the noise it may, or may not make

/you look different with a avatar

Traducer · 8 Apr 2006 at 21:56

Well what do you expect I am a Gangster now haha :eek:

Raikiri · 8 Apr 2006 at 22:06

Blue ones are probably 28-30 db with a little bit of motor noise, about 20db at 7v and still push a decent amount of air.

Traducer · 10 Apr 2006 at 03:24

Another little update, I am getting the X1900XT-X now insted of the X1900XT and an Asus A8N32-SLi Deluxe nForce4 SLi X16 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard insted of the Premium.
ITS GOING TO BE A BEAST MAN!