New spec - please check

drunknmunky · 2 Apr 2006 at 20:50

My friend has a budget of £750 but it's slightly flexible.
Can you guys see any problems?

Will the 450W Seasonic PSU be enough for the 512Mb X1800XT?

Comments and advice welcome.

Ta in advance.

Monstermunch · 2 Apr 2006 at 20:57

Still open to tweaks but this is what I would reccommend, avoid Maxtor HDD's like the plague, they are devastatingly unreliable, also the MSI mobo I included is a bit better and will clock well if you are considering it.

CP-134-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3800BVBOX) (CP-134-AM)
£179.95 £179.95
MB-046-MS MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-046-MS)
£64.95 £64.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£89.95 £89.95
GX-048-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-048-PC)
£209.95 £209.95
HD-001-HI Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31637) (HD-001-HI)
£44.95 £44.95
CD-026-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE)
£25.95 £25.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£59.95 £59.95
Subtotal £675.65
VAT £118.24
Total £793.89

fenderbass86 · 2 Apr 2006 at 21:45

^^ Good stuff

drunknmunky · 2 Apr 2006 at 23:30

Just noticed something..

Arctic Cooling T2 Silentium Silent Midi Tower Case - 450W Seasonic Silent PSU (CA-001-AR)
The Silencer T-Series is the first PC Tower case, which in terms of thermodynamics does not follow the ATX standard of the mid 1990s. This case was developed from scratch based o*n the idea of noise reduction and optimal thermodynamic properties.Warm air emitted from the CPU cooler rise unhindered towards the top of the case blown out of the case via 2 temperature controlled fans spinning at max. 1900 RPM. This stops the CPU cooler from simply churning the same warm air over and over again.Cool air is drawn inside the case towards the CPU cooler and expansion cards. This allows for the temperature of sensitive components to decrease significantly. The power supply is cooled via 2 temperature controlled fans spinning at max.1900 RPM. Thanks to the lower position of the power supply a smaller airflow is sufficient for cooling.

- Advanced Thermodynamics
- Noise Reduction (virtually silent)
- USB front connections
- HDD muffler to keep noise levels to a minimum and improve cooling
- Seasonic 450W Peak/ 350W Continuous Silent PSU
- Torsionproof Chassis
- Screwless Design
- Stylish Design

What does this mean? Why is it 450W/350W?

Monstermunch · 2 Apr 2006 at 23:32

Yes they are a good case but you need to double check the mobo, gfx card and cooler sizes etc cos some people have reported problems getting things to fit properly.

drunknmunky · 2 Apr 2006 at 23:45

Monstermunch said:
Yes they are a good case but you need to double check the mobo, gfx card and cooler sizes etc cos some people have reported problems getting things to fit properly.

He will be using stock heatsink (they aren't that big are they?). Motherboard doesn't have the floppy connector issue and graphics card...I have no idea about the graphics card lol.

Anyone help?

Monstermunch · 2 Apr 2006 at 23:59

drunknmunky said:
He will be using stock heatsink (they aren't that big are they?). Motherboard doesn't have the floppy connector issue and graphics card...I have no idea about the graphics card lol.

Anyone help?

Generally I don't think you'll have a problem. If you check the manufacturers websites you will be able to find the dimensions of the mobo and also the max fitting size of the case.