New system for general, gaming $ OC - comments welcome.

misterlarry · Post by **misterlarry** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:17 pm

Looking to build first new system in about 5 years. Planning on putting two existing EIDE HDDs running XP Pro in for time being. Everything else new.

Antec P182 Atx Black Mid Tower Case 4X5.25 1X3.5 6X3.5INT No Ps Front Usb Audio Firewire

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L ATX LGA775 P35 1333FSB 1PCI-E16 3PCI-E1 3PCI SATA2 Sound GBLAN Motherboard

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Quad Core Processor LGA775 Kentsfield 2.40GHZ 1066FSB 8MB Retail Box

Gigabyte GeForce 8800GTS 650MHZ 512MB 1.94GHZ DDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDCP HDTV Out Retail Video Card

Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2 PC2-8500 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-1066 CL5-5-5-15 Dual Channel Memory Kit W/ LED

Corsair TX750W 750W ATX 12V 60A 24PIN ATX Power Supply Active PFC 120MM Fan

Thermalright ULTRA-120 Extreme 6 Heatpipe Cooler LGA775 Heatsink *Fan Not Included*

Noctua NF-P12-1300 120MM Ultra Quiet Cooling Fan 1100-1300RPM 63-92M3/H 12.6-19.8DBA Molex

Pioneer DVR-212D Black DVD-RW 18X6X18 DVD+RW 18X8X18 Dl 10X Sata 2MB Oem Dvd Burner No Software

Delivered including taxes = $1217 Cdn.

thejamppa · Post by **thejamppa** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:23 pm

PSU is overkill... 520 would be enough. VGA a card is very good. I am not sure how quiet the stock cooler is, but better than 8800 GT and it exhausts out.

johnniecache7 · Post by **johnniecache7** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:14 pm

Your powersupply is not the best silent choice go for the Corsair CMPSU-620HX 620 Watt. It is large enough and there is room to grow on.