I haven't used the baack plate as i thought it'd be fine with those studs that are already on the motherboard. I couldn't be arsed to dismantle my PC as I bought the zalman after I built the PC. It seems pretty secure though, it moves a little bit laterally if i twist it but it seems pretty secure o...

My friend does have the 7000 with the smaller fan, but I was led to believe the 7700 with its larger fan could operate at a lower speed and was therefore quieter?! I installed the fanmate and turned it all the way down, that's how I've been running it. The only thing I thought it might possibly be i...

I've just bought the afore mentioned fan for my cpu and am very disappointed with the results. I was under the impression that this fan would be all but inaudible in my antec case having listened to my friend's machine which is almost identical to mine. It seems to make a low 'growling' sound for wa...

So it it worth going for a 939 socket? I've read that that mobo I mention is really good but wouldn't know which 939 one to go for?

I was thinking of going for this: Asus K8V-SE Deluxe S754 VIA k8t800 ATX Sound Gig lAN Firewire USB 2.0 FSB 800 Retail Box AMD (Newcastle) Athlon 64bit 3000+ 754pin/512 L2cache Retail Boxed with 3 Year Warranty CPU Crucial CT6464Z40B 512mb DDR 400MHz PC3200 CL=3 Memory Module Samsung SpinPoint P80 1...

I think I can afford to go for the 64 bit system so if you think it would be the way to go I might well go for it. As for hard drives, that's a good point and not one I'd considered, any suggestions of a good hard drive to go for? I'm not overly fussed about it being quiet (probably on the wrong for...

Hi all, new to the site so any advice would be greatly appreciated. Basically I want to build a machine which is primarily for gaming but I'm unsure which the best cpu/mobo combinations etc are the best for this purpose. From what I've read, I gather that Athlon processors are the way to go at the m...