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05-29-2007, 10:30 PM
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Slick Home PC - Quiet and Cool
Thanks to everyone on this board for such good advice. I am making a new system based around the Asus P5B and the new Antex Sonanta III. Main focus is speed and quiet while looking great. Not really constrained by budget. Appreciate any thoughts / comments on busts.
Quiet Case- Antec Sonata III Black 0.8mm cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply - Retail http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16811129024 Motherboard - ASUS P5B Premium Vista Edition LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16813131164 Silent Video Card - GIGABYTE GV-NX86S256H GeForce 8600GTS 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16814125063 Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600 - Retail http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16819115003 Memory - 2 * CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400 - Retail http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16820145590 Question - will Vista support full use of 4Gb with this board/processor? Speedy main harddrive - Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16822136012 Data Drive - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16822148140 Monitor - ViewSonic X Series VX2255wmb Glossy Black 22" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor w/Webcam - Retail http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16824116078 CD/DVD - LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Black SATA Model LH-20A1S - Retail http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16827106057 Total - $1,965.68 Many thanks! Robsob |
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05-29-2007, 10:43 PM
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Looks pretty much perfect. I personally think the vista edition board is more of a gimmick then useful, but thats up to you.
4Gb is fine as long as you have Vista 64bit. Something I would suggest you stay away from right now. If your not worried about overclocking you can save some money by buying a PC5300 kit of memory.
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05-29-2007, 10:49 PM
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thanks - so 4GB on 32bit VISTA would not be used. I will drop back to 2.
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05-29-2007, 11:15 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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When are you going to build this computer? Seems you were talking about this back in January.
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05-29-2007, 11:17 PM
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32-bit versions on Windows will only utilize 3 to 3.2 GB of memory. So if you want 4GB... you need a 64-bit version on Windows.
2GB should be more than the enough by the way.  And you can go with the regular ASUS P5B board instead... that is if you do not need the features from the ASUS P5B Premium Vista Edition. |
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05-29-2007, 11:46 PM
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Thanks - indeed earlier attempts at build never happened due to non-pc related constraints.
 That has now been sorted and looks like we are good to go! Wanted to check nothing new had come up apart from the new Sonata case.
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05-30-2007, 05:37 AM
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raptors arnt especially quiet..... just thought id point that out since you said "quiet"
not sure if that card has a mount for a fan, but you may want to put a low RPM fan on it, rather from undervolting the fan or buying one although it will void your warranty, if you really want quiet then you will want a aftermarket cpu cooler. one of the best : Scythe SCNJ-1100P 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler |
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