Hi,
Basically, having read all the relevant posts I could find about this case I am starting to have a few doubts. Perhaps some kind people could put some of these to rest for me.
The first is turning an Asus Motherboard with the heat sink upside down and how this will affect it. The general consensus seems to be that it will add a few degrees but will still work fine. Should I buy a Zalman heat sink instead or will the stock heat sink/pipe be adequate?
I noticed some people took out the second column for hard drives to fit the PSU in properly. I don't want to do this as I will have 4 HDD's so I want make sure that the PSU will fit perfectly without having to do any modding. I would also prefer not to use a 5.25" adapter with one of the drives separated from the others. I was looking at the Tagan website as well and think a Tagan TG580-U22 580W ATX2.01 2Force will do the job but can't be sure that the fans are in the correct position and it will fit nicely. Can anyone recommend a suitable psu to meet these requirements or say whether the Tagan is a good choice?
Finally, as my main priorities with this new build are a quiet and stable computer, I was looking at the Zalman CNPS7700-CU CPU cooler but from what others have said, it doesn't look like it will fit. Is this right and if so, is the CNPS7000B-CU my best bet? I will be using an Asus P5B Deluxe motherboard.
In case it helps, the spec I am planning to build is:
Intel Conroe E6600
Asus P5B Deluxe
2GB Corsair TwinX XMS2 DDR2 PC6400
XFX Geforce 7600 GS
Western Digital Raptor 74GB HDD (Boot)
3x Seagate 320GB 7200.10 (Data)
Pioneer DVD RW
Lian Li V1000+ Case
Tagan TG580-U22 580W ATX2.01 2Force
Dell 2407WFP Monitor
It will mainly be used for video and photo editing and as said, stability and quietness are more important than overclockability (although I may try this later if I feel confident enough)
Apologies for such a long and question full first post but you guys really seem to know your stuff and can hopefully help me out a bit. Many thanks in advance.
Richard
Basically, having read all the relevant posts I could find about this case I am starting to have a few doubts. Perhaps some kind people could put some of these to rest for me.
The first is turning an Asus Motherboard with the heat sink upside down and how this will affect it. The general consensus seems to be that it will add a few degrees but will still work fine. Should I buy a Zalman heat sink instead or will the stock heat sink/pipe be adequate?
I noticed some people took out the second column for hard drives to fit the PSU in properly. I don't want to do this as I will have 4 HDD's so I want make sure that the PSU will fit perfectly without having to do any modding. I would also prefer not to use a 5.25" adapter with one of the drives separated from the others. I was looking at the Tagan website as well and think a Tagan TG580-U22 580W ATX2.01 2Force will do the job but can't be sure that the fans are in the correct position and it will fit nicely. Can anyone recommend a suitable psu to meet these requirements or say whether the Tagan is a good choice?
Finally, as my main priorities with this new build are a quiet and stable computer, I was looking at the Zalman CNPS7700-CU CPU cooler but from what others have said, it doesn't look like it will fit. Is this right and if so, is the CNPS7000B-CU my best bet? I will be using an Asus P5B Deluxe motherboard.
In case it helps, the spec I am planning to build is:
Intel Conroe E6600
Asus P5B Deluxe
2GB Corsair TwinX XMS2 DDR2 PC6400
XFX Geforce 7600 GS
Western Digital Raptor 74GB HDD (Boot)
3x Seagate 320GB 7200.10 (Data)
Pioneer DVD RW
Lian Li V1000+ Case
Tagan TG580-U22 580W ATX2.01 2Force
Dell 2407WFP Monitor
It will mainly be used for video and photo editing and as said, stability and quietness are more important than overclockability (although I may try this later if I feel confident enough)
Apologies for such a long and question full first post but you guys really seem to know your stuff and can hopefully help me out a bit. Many thanks in advance.
Richard
