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Trying to be as quiet as possible without losing any power.

Budget ~£1000 (not inc. vat)

Need everything apart from keyboard and mouse (a total overhaul).

Was thinking along the lines of:

AMD 64 X2 3800+
Asus A8N32-SLi Deluxe nForce4 SLi X16 Mobo
G.Skill 2GB DDR HZ PC4000 (2x1GB) CAS3 Dual Channel RAM
Antec P180 case
Scythe Ninja Plus (works well in the case)
OcUK GeForce 7900 GT 256MB
Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II
Akasa AK FC-03 Fan Controller Pro
Akasa AK FC-06BK Fan Controller Junior (yes, two controllers, I might have five fans running if the system is rather hot)
Samsung SH-W163 16x16 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter
Samsung SM-920N 19" LCD Monitor

I have some Nexus 120mm fans on order from somewhere else and I'm importing a Seasonic S12 500W (sleeved version) from the USA (SUCH a hassle). Neither are included in that budget.

Hopefully that's everything.

So, what do you think...?
 
Looks like a good build, I probably forgot to mention/stress a few things enough...

Like how anal I am about sound. The reason I wanted to spend a silly amount on a Scythe Ninja is because aparrently you can let it passively cool lots of chips, or otherwise run a seriously undervolted fan attached.

Also, for the same reason I was looking at the asus mobos, with the heatpipe technology. I can't work out what features I'd lose going to the Asus A8N-SLi Premium, anything important?

One other thing I forgot to say was that I want the option to just buy another graphics card and bung it in for SLi/crossfire without any more upgrades... And for the sake of a few quid is it not better to get the 7900?
 
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