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Mortah

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Ok, I've asked around about various things, looked at more reviews, benchmarks etc and now I feel a little more enlightened :) So here's what I'm thinking of getting:

Athlon X2 3800+ 161.95
HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X1800 GTO ICEQ3 111.95
G.Skill 2GB Zx 129.95
Zalman Aero Flower 27.95
Zalman Silent HDD cooler 13.95
Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 250GB 52.95
Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire 59.95
Seasonic S12 430W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply 44.95
Asaka Eclipse case 69.95
Akasa 120mm Fan 9.95

Which comes to £803 when you add VAT on. I'm looking for good performance but also for it to be very quiet (the HDD cooler will go in another machine that could use it if it doesn't do anything for the hard drive as it appears to be a quiet drive.)

So... two questions:
a) Does this look ok?
b) Can someone recommend a possibly cheaper mobo without crossfire as I have no intention of using crossfire in this system ever :)
 
Oooh, cheers... That was my initial thoughts, but then I thought I'll get a card with a quiet stock fan... and save myself money. But I'm only saving a fiver... Out with the HIS and in with the PowerColor for a saving of 15 quid... then on with the VF900 for 20 quid :)
 
Hmm... How much better do Tagan work with them?

I know the HDD cooler is not needed but I want to try it out and see how much difference it does make... and I can always stick it in another machine if it makes sod all difference anyway :D
Good call on noticing I'll need two fans :cool:

How do the Freezer 64 and the Aero flower compare noisewise?

Future proofing isn't much of a concern at all... quietness is a concern, but cost (and faff) is so I'm not going for watercooling :)
 
Cheers for all the advice... I'm doubting I'll ever go crossfire with this system as I'll probably be fully upgrading in another year when I'm loaded (About to do my finals... so starting work soon... Not being poor will be nice :D )

Are you in work next monday? I'm kinda busy most of this week and was going to order next week... so would be cool to ring up and chat about what would be good then get it ordered :)
 
Hey Andy,

Only just dawned on me... as I'm a student atm I'm currently without a landline and mobile phone companies charge a fortune if you've ran out of free minutes :D
Any chance I could email you to chat about what I'm after?
 
Cheers :)

Now thinking:

Athlon X2 3800+ 161.95
Powercolor X1800 GTO 104.95
G.Skill 2GB Zx 129.95
Arctic Freezer Pro 64 14.95
Zalman Silent HDD cooler 13.95
Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 250GB 52.95
Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire 59.95
Tagan 530W Modular 61.95
Asaka Eclipse case 69.95
Akasa 120mm Fan 9.95
Akasa 120mm Fan 9.95
Zalman VF900 20.95

Which is £836 inc. vat.

How's this looking now? Not wanting to go crossfire... so is this mobo overpowered?
 
Hmm... just looked up the hard drives on storagereview.com
The WD appear to be marginally louder... but speedwise the same... not sure how to go tbh :|
 
Just a quick thought... would it be worth me getting a fan controller so that I can turn down the speed (and loudness) of the case fans if my machine isn't doing anything taxing?
 
*bump* Any ideas anyone? I'm wanting to order... very soon so will appreciate a quick yes/no as to whether a controller for fans is deemed worth spending money on
 
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