hey guys, first post, watcha think of my new rig?

freshage · 12 Apr 2006 at 13:09

hey all, i ordered this rig 3 weeks ago, and 4-6 weeks till full payments made (will be fully built in a month, waiting for gfx cards)

what ya all think, any suggestions on changes? and before you post the fx60 is slightly slower than the fx57... i know lol

here it is :

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core FX60 (Socket 939)

Asus A8N32-SLi Deluxe nForce4 SLi X16 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard

Corsair 2GB DDR XMS4400 Pro TwinX (2x1GB) CAS3

XFX GeForce 7900 GTX 512MB XXX Edition GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) --

x 2 (sli)

Western Digital Raptor 150GB WD1500ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM

Hitachi Deskstar 7K500 NCQ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM

Plextor PX-755A 16x16 Dual Layer DVD±RW ReWriter

Zalman FS-C77 Fatal1ty CPU Cooler

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro

Akasa AK FC-03 Fan Controller Pro

Thermaltake VA8000BWS Armour Super Tower

Hiper HPU-4B580 Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Blue

Cables:
SATA-45EL-BL x2

SATA-45EL-RD x2

Fans:
AK-174CR-4RDB x2

Case Lights:
AK-178-RD x1

AK-178-BL x1

Cable Tidy Kit:

AK-TK-01

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the last lot i case mods from the akasa website..

please give me sugestions on changes, i already spent 2.8k on it and have about another grand to go.

Thankies, fresh ^______^

freshage · 12 Apr 2006 at 13:12

see, i went for it due to the possability of the HD's being moved to the top and the spare external drive space being able to be converted to fan space if needed.

what would u suggest? if its gonna be good, its got to have a window

freshage · 12 Apr 2006 at 13:14

oh damn

, forgot to change that in the notepad, it was changed to a epsilon 700W....

freshage · 12 Apr 2006 at 13:17

Mercutio said:
Might be worth putting some of the other £1000 into speakers etc? Im guessing this is an insurance job though so u need to spend as much as possible on bits in the box?

Id agree on case - the Antec P180 or akasa eclipse cases are the ones most likely to be recommended on here.

... see, now this is where i hang my head high and grin like a proud father

i have HD595 headphones, used to have a 300 squid logitech 2.1 speaker set, loved it, got the headphones for a bday pressie from a chum, and never gone back to speakers, i love headphones.

freshage · 12 Apr 2006 at 13:42

hamina, tell you what, ill keep the psu for a while, see how it performes and come back with feedback

then you can decide lol, and i cnt see why everyone hates the case

its lush, but like i said, suggestions wanted lol

btw, anyone got any screenies of oblivion being played with sli 7900 XXX's?

freshage · 12 Apr 2006 at 13:54

yea, i was going to have dual x1900's, but.... im a Nvidia fan <3 em for what they are, always will do, always have, and i still refuse to go to ati, but it seems i might have to sometime in the near future :mad:

freshage · 13 Apr 2006 at 12:31

i hate my office work, they disable internet all the time, then re able it only from 12:30 - 2pm... and my comp at home is in bits, i need to pick up a cheap little 400wpsu tonight, mine finnaly died out

freshage · 13 Apr 2006 at 13:05

Gopher_By_Fende said:
what are you gonna get monitor wise?

I have a 30" Dell LCD that im going to order when i get the full build done, but atm, i have a 21" CRT, and i refused to go to LCD cos i had a very bad experiance with my first one a couple of yuears ago, but my mate got the 30" dell and i was shocked at its performance and clear picture, so im gonna get it, a bit pricey, but worth it i think.

freshage · 13 Apr 2006 at 13:08

pastymuncher said:
Nothing wrong with that case or the psu. I have both of them. I have the aluminium armour and it looks good, has loads of room inside to work in, has excellent airflow. It is very big though.

The psu is excellent. I have had mine for a year now with no problems at all. Mine is also silent. People will come on here and say it is in no way silent but mine is very silent. It has temperature controlled fans which might be some of the problems with other peoples cases but in the armour the airflow is very good and the psu sits on it's side at the top in between two 92mm fans so heat is not a problem and it runs silently.

As for the tower, i went for it due to its shear size and a few other things, only one thing buggs me about it though, is the fact you can see the external drive bay housing through the window, so i might get some black brushed ally from BnQ or something, ask one of my uni chums to let me use the workshop and cut it down so it covers the bays, otherwise it will bug me beyond beleif lol.