Spec check

Gwyn · 22 Jun 2008 at 17:24

Hi Guys
I'm building a system for my mate. He wants it for gaming on a 24" monitor and CS3. He also wants it as quiet as possible but does not want water cooling. I have put in a graphics card but will not make this decition until things have settled down on price and the high end ATI card is out.
cheers

Asus Maximus Formula Intel X38
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450
OCZ 8GB (4x2GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz
Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB
Lian Li PC-A07B
Seasonic M12 Modular 700W
BFG GeForce GTX 260 OC
Samsung SH-S223F
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler
Akasa AK FC-03 Fan Controller Pro
Noctua NF-P12 120mm Silent Case Fan
Noctua NF-S12 800RPM 120mm Silent Case Fan *2
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 64-Bit

neoboy · 22 Jun 2008 at 17:29

Well you seem to be buying a fan controller in which case you can save yourself a few pennies and buy some Yate Loon fans (I'm not a fan of the colour that Noctua are using).

Gwyn · 22 Jun 2008 at 17:33

Hi
The reason for the fan controller was that when gaming the fan speed can be increased to keep temps down.
Also the colour makes no difference as they will not be in view

Gwyn · 22 Jun 2008 at 20:14

Can anyone see any downfalls with this system?

MotherMayI · 22 Jun 2008 at 20:31

Not really a downfall, but you might consider getting a 1TB drive instead of the 500gb? Its only a small extra outlay for 2x the capacity.

shaffaaf27 · 22 Jun 2008 at 20:37

seems all good (bar the gfx (but then you said you will wait for the 4870

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Gwyn · 22 Jun 2008 at 20:52

Thanks guys
Lets see what Ati can churn out.

Richie P · 22 Jun 2008 at 22:35

The only thing I'd say is that you're not going to need the fan controller for those 800rpm Noctua's anyway - they are silent.

The Tuniq would benefit from it, but it comes with it's own PCI controller anyway.

Gwyn · 23 Jun 2008 at 08:19

Just a thought, do they provide enough airflow at 800rpm