First of all I'd like to say hello to everyone, this is my first post in this forum, but I have been reading the great advice in these pages for a few weeks now. I am looking to build a new PC, and like many others here would like to hear your opinions on the components I have chosen.
The PC will be used for gaming, mainly flight sims and car racing, but things like crysis and far cry occasionally. Another requirement is to keep noise to a minimum, so I don't mind spending a little more for components of similar performance if there is a noise benefit. Also, as the title says, I’m looking to for an mATX build to reduce the size physical size.
My old PC is rubbish (Athlon XP 3200+, remember those... I have a work laptop, hence haven't looked to upgrade sooner), so I'm going to start from scratch. This means that I need everything right down to the monitor and keyboard. The price should be around £1300 and include everything.
Ok, so here are the components:
You are probably going to ask what am I doing putting the Asus GeForce 9600GT in this system. Well, if I was patient, I would wait for the new AMD Radeon 5800 series graphics cards to come out, but since I'm not, I will put this in the system now and in a few months time I will by a Radeon 5800 (probably in October together with Windows 7)
Not entirely sure on the storage solutions. Haven't found the difference between the Green and Black WD hard drives. 2TB sounds like too much right now, but will run them in a Raid 0 configuration. Happy to hear suggestions in the department though.
I haven't seen any reviews on the Samsung SM2494HM, but the specs look good. Looking for a full HD resolution (1920x1080) and HDMI socket as I have a PS3. I'm also likely to add a Blu-Ray Drive eventually, so the Full HD resolution seems to make more sense.
The Mini P180 reviews all seem to recommend it highly. Only down side is having to remove the bottom HDD cage for full size GFX cards, but then again, I'm not likely to be using more that 3 HDDs, so these would fit on the top HDD cage. Will probably end up getting a 120mm Fan (another Noctua?) to put on the bottom front spot, so the HDD would have to come out anyway.
The USB wireless adapter is probably a bit overkill... anyone had it working with a BT Home Hub (The old white ones, not the new black ones)?
I am saving some money by using the Windows 7 RC (64-bit).
Oh, nearly forgot, I'm not aiming for crazy overclocks, 3.6 GHz will probably be the maximum. Again, will have to strike a balance between more Hz and lower noise.
Thanks in advance for your help!
The PC will be used for gaming, mainly flight sims and car racing, but things like crysis and far cry occasionally. Another requirement is to keep noise to a minimum, so I don't mind spending a little more for components of similar performance if there is a noise benefit. Also, as the title says, I’m looking to for an mATX build to reduce the size physical size.
My old PC is rubbish (Athlon XP 3200+, remember those... I have a work laptop, hence haven't looked to upgrade sooner), so I'm going to start from scratch. This means that I need everything right down to the monitor and keyboard. The price should be around £1300 and include everything.
Ok, so here are the components:
You are probably going to ask what am I doing putting the Asus GeForce 9600GT in this system. Well, if I was patient, I would wait for the new AMD Radeon 5800 series graphics cards to come out, but since I'm not, I will put this in the system now and in a few months time I will by a Radeon 5800 (probably in October together with Windows 7)
Not entirely sure on the storage solutions. Haven't found the difference between the Green and Black WD hard drives. 2TB sounds like too much right now, but will run them in a Raid 0 configuration. Happy to hear suggestions in the department though.
I haven't seen any reviews on the Samsung SM2494HM, but the specs look good. Looking for a full HD resolution (1920x1080) and HDMI socket as I have a PS3. I'm also likely to add a Blu-Ray Drive eventually, so the Full HD resolution seems to make more sense.
The Mini P180 reviews all seem to recommend it highly. Only down side is having to remove the bottom HDD cage for full size GFX cards, but then again, I'm not likely to be using more that 3 HDDs, so these would fit on the top HDD cage. Will probably end up getting a 120mm Fan (another Noctua?) to put on the bottom front spot, so the HDD would have to come out anyway.
The USB wireless adapter is probably a bit overkill... anyone had it working with a BT Home Hub (The old white ones, not the new black ones)?
I am saving some money by using the Windows 7 RC (64-bit).
Oh, nearly forgot, I'm not aiming for crazy overclocks, 3.6 GHz will probably be the maximum. Again, will have to strike a balance between more Hz and lower noise.
Thanks in advance for your help!
. i have been looking at the pc p&c silencer 750 and it does look good and cheaper. if its in stock at the time i order, i'll go for it. but the corsair is good choice otherwise? modular would be nice, but seems like the extra money is not worth it. i think its less of an issue on the mini p180 since the psu is in a different chamber to the rest of the components, so the extra cables wont block airflow in the main part of the case.
