Got 500 Quid....

[brightonrvf]

I have the rig as in my signature. It was a bit noisy so I just bought a Zalman 8000 cooler and the Arctic 5 Gfx cooler. Its still noisy(can only be the PSU), it has also just started to crash on start up. So I guess the PSU is on the way out.

There are a few other problems with it so I am looking to rebuild. I am looking to get a fast quiet Machine with 500quid utilising any or all of the bits i already have, any bits left over will be sold so we can add that to the cash pot. Its for surfing and playing WoW.

I can't get my head round overclocking these days so I'll just use stock settings, but if it has the ability to OC at a later date then that would be good. Its either that or buy a prebuilt rig from AN other company!!

I thought with the price drops on CPUs and RAM I could get some good upgrades

I was looking at the SG03/TJ08 cases but if you have any other suggestions/opinions/flames they will be gladly listened to

TY in advance.

 

[brightonrvf]

I got the Shuttle Thanks Supercow! Looking forward to the build. The Sugo is not the Evo so thought a wee change was the way forward, I have always fancied a Shuttle.

I'm a bit out of touch with these things so excuse me if it seems like a hand holding exercise.

1) Which of the Crossfire pros should I go for? I see there are a few. Will it make a huge difference over the X850 I have?

2) I would like to get it rigged for wireless. Is it worth getting the shuttle PN18 or just get a generic card? I have a Netgear Wireless router.

3) Opticals....any thoughts? May as well get a Dual layer and a Rom drive.

4) Will be getting the 6300 at some point as well, since two people have recommended it. Is the stock HSF quiet?