p180 v Sonata II

slothmeister · 17 Mar 2006 at 17:17

hi guys, i'm on the hunt for a cool silent case, and had originally settled for the Sonata case, but i've decided against the looks of it now. Is the P180 a silent pc, or can i expect the sonata to be quieter.

If it is, can anyone reccomend a good silent 450W + PSU to fit in the case??

Ta.

slothmeister · 17 Mar 2006 at 17:50

well this was the spec that i've been suggested from you guys, so what's the best way to keep it quiet, staying away from watercooling and all that. might possibly be upgraded to a 4200 or a x1900?

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler
Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit
PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache
16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM

slothmeister · 17 Mar 2006 at 18:10

that PSU looks like it might have killed my budget, any that are cheaper?

slothmeister · 17 Mar 2006 at 20:53

well i originally had planned for 800 - 850 but i might be able to go up to a grand now, possibly more, depends on how much i get payed on thursday!

slothmeister · 17 Mar 2006 at 21:03

no i can't sell my old bits, keeping it as a media center. I don't really know how much to put aside for my case and psu, as long as i can keep the rest of the bits in the spec.

slothmeister · 19 Mar 2006 at 20:24

groovy! thanks very much, so do you think it is a better idea to go for a better graphics card or processor, as i probably can't do both?