Possible idea for new system

Dr.EM · 7 Apr 2007 at 20:28

I doubt I'll actually do this but anyhow. Basically my USB wireless adapter has broken and has generally been a pain. I wanted to change to a PCI one but when I checked I found my free PCI slot had a GPU cooler over it. Now I can't use this without changing the graphics card or motherboard

. AGP graphics cards are rare and I need a fanless one too, and a motherboard change means a processor change, RAM change etc. I also wanted a smaller case so I came up with this (bear in mind I have fairly little idea what i'm doing).

I already have a PSU (400W, enough?) optical drive, sound card and would like to use my existing HD at least initially (it is IDE though).

I am going for a very quiet, small PC which is good for general applications (possibility of more advanced music software in the future) and has some gaming ability

Incidently, that GFX card appears as a fanless model and its model number is the same as the fanless one on a competitor site, yet the description talks about fan speeds; any ideas :confused:

Willbo · 7 Apr 2007 at 20:35

Well I can vouch for the Noctua heatsink and fan, it will definitely give you quiet performance and good cooling. I've recently put one in my setup and it works a treat.

Dr.EM · 7 Apr 2007 at 20:41

Yeah, I have the fans as my case fans and I tested them before installing. With ULNA they are literally silent at anything over 1ft or so away; don't move much air at that speed admittably, evidently enough though

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Any ideas on whether it physically fits in that case btw? Is that the fastest RAM I could use with that mobo and cpu? No problems with using XP (don't want Vista tbh)?

EDIT: Perhaps one of these cards would be better?:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-110-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=776
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-111-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=776

Dr.EM · 8 Apr 2007 at 14:14

I think this might be better overall. Any ideas on space issues (I think its compatible otherwise?). Mainly will the RAM fit in the first slots with that CPU cooler in place? Also will the heatsink on the rear of that GFX card get in the way? Has anyone worked with that case, it has very unusual PSU mounting :eek: