Sanity check build I'm about to buy?
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:39 pm
I'm not going for absolute quiet here, and have a somewhat limited choice of components as I'm going for a hackintosh, but will this be decently quiet*, and does the PSU included with my planned case have adequate wattage if I ever add a midrange graphics card? (I was originally going to get an Antec Sonata III case with included EarthWatss 500D PSU but have heard bad things about the case and was put off by the need to open its front door to access the power button).
Gigabyte Z68MA-D2H-B3 motherboard
EarthWatts 380W PSU included with the case - I assume this is sufficient wattage for my components, or even if I add a midrange graphics card later?
Antec NSK-3480 case (quiet's quite important to me)
Intel i5 2500K (ordered)
4GB DDR3 1600 RAM
Caviar Blue SATA2 hard drive (ordered)
Crucial 64GB 2.5" M4 SSD SATA-III (ordered)
Sony Optiarc AD-7260S DVD writer (ordered)
23" monitor, with DVI or HDMI input
* My frame of reference is my current Core 2 Duo iMac, which is quieter than most PCs I know, though not as quiets as some Macs I've had before (eg the fanless G4 Cube )
Gigabyte Z68MA-D2H-B3 motherboard
EarthWatts 380W PSU included with the case - I assume this is sufficient wattage for my components, or even if I add a midrange graphics card later?
Antec NSK-3480 case (quiet's quite important to me)
Intel i5 2500K (ordered)
4GB DDR3 1600 RAM
Caviar Blue SATA2 hard drive (ordered)
Crucial 64GB 2.5" M4 SSD SATA-III (ordered)
Sony Optiarc AD-7260S DVD writer (ordered)
23" monitor, with DVI or HDMI input
* My frame of reference is my current Core 2 Duo iMac, which is quieter than most PCs I know, though not as quiets as some Macs I've had before (eg the fanless G4 Cube )