Please Advise on spec needed.

TC1 · 20 Jun 2007 at 12:37

Silverstone SG-01 Evolution MicroATX Case Silver

Nice looking case. Do they take ordinary PSU's? Are they able to produce a quiet / cool system?

Looking to go 'Small' but needs to be quiet. What motherboard should i opt for as i have an X2 4400 ready to put in my new build. I don't know anything about Mobo's for these cases. I have the other items that would go in the build like Hard Drive DVDrw and a 7800 PCIe Graphics card. What CPU Cooler would fit / be quiet? Thinking of selling my Coolermaster ATC 201 Case to help pay towards the build. Any advice would be great thanks.

TC1 · 20 Jun 2007 at 18:53

Nobody with any advice?

TC1 · 21 Jun 2007 at 11:55

What about a socket 939 mobo? Which one?

TC1 · 21 Jun 2007 at 15:07

More money! lol

TC1 · 23 Jun 2007 at 14:27

What if i wanted to go AM2. What motherboard would you recommend i should get?

The NT06 Heatsink. Is there room for a 120mm fan on it?

TC1 · 23 Jun 2007 at 15:58

Tute said:
The Abit nF-M2 nView.

And I don't think there's room for a fan, it comes up pretty close below the PSU. The point of it is that the PSU fan draws air over it anyway.

Ok. Ta. And that is sufficient? Any good reviews on the case?

The Silverstone Nitrogon NT06 comes with a fan. That has to be taken off then?

The Zalman CNPS8000 looks great. Which is the best one when it comes to cooling / noise?

TC1 · 24 Jun 2007 at 11:03

Thanks Tute

TC1 · 24 Jun 2007 at 12:24

Would this be a good spec to buy for this case:

Silverstone SG-01 Evolution MicroATX Case Silver
£71.38

1. Zalman CNPS8000 Ultra Quiet Low Profile (Socket 754/939/940/775/AM2) CPU Cooler
£29.36

2. AMD Athlon 64 AM2 X2 Dual Core 4600+ 2.40GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail £79.89

3. Abit AN-M2 Micro ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £52.86

4. GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
£68.14

£301.63 Total

I want to keep the costs down. Let me know what you think.

I suppose i could get a 939 board for now and a new CPU Cooler? If so, what mobo for a 939 would you recommend guys?

(Asus A8V-VM SE Socket 939 VIA KM890 VGA AUDIO mATX?) Would this mobo fit:

Motherboard Info

Cheers guys.

TC1 · 24 Jun 2007 at 17:16

What about a cheaper MOBO? I want to keep the cost down. Thing is, i don't really Overclock much, if at all. Wouldn't AMD do?