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Yesterday witnessed the purchase of the following:

1 Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Retail
1 Asrock ConroeXFire-eSATA2
1 GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
1 550W Xclio Modular SLi Quiet 14cm Fan 87%+ Efficiency Trio+12v
1 160GB Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 17 SATA2
1 Samsung 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LightScribe ReWriter
1 Leadtek GeForce 6200 Turbo Cache 256MB DDR TV-Out/DVI
1 OcUK Value Hanns-G 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor
1 Nortek Professional Wireless Keyboard & 800dpi Mouse inc Rechargable Pod - Italian Design

Total price inc. P&P:
£666.26 :eek:

The system is not for me it is for a friend, and should be arriving Tuesday and Wednesday.

If it is quiet enough it may be on 24/7. One of the main requirements was for it to be quiet, therefore I will see what effect overclocking it has on the retail cooler and then on a better cooler when money permits. If the noise remains low then all is good. It is being put in an old case for now and will later be moved into a nice case.

On a side note. If anyone has any recommendations for a quiet case and heatsink and fan then please say.

Oh and Freefaller this should be folding in 5 days time ;)
This could get interesting :p
 
I have a 36gb Raptor I know what you mean about the rattling but mines silent most of the time as it's not being used. If you use the disk a lot suspend it with some thick elastic, it stops the noise being transferred to the case.

I was thinking about getting a Freezer 7 :) I know theres quite a few that are better but there exspensive.

Cheapest X1900 is £135 so add £100 to the cost and it just starts getting to much. A better Graphics card may well be added at somepoint when required. It's primarily a music composing machine.
 
Freefaller said:
You shan't keep me at bay dammit :p

I should have a lovely visit from Initial City Link tomorrow :D

Can't wait to see what this rig is like.

It's annoying that I had to spend dosh on everything like HD, Monitor, Keyboard & Mouse, DVD RW, but it's not my computer. I much prefer just having to get the bare essentials - PSU, MB, CPU, RAM and Case until I get round to rackmounting the lot of em in MDF :p
 
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