E6600 + evga 680i sli motherboard + 6gb ddr2 (...) how much shipping will cost to poland Thanks, but no. I'm under impression that nvidia sli chipsets are power hog. I think I should recommend my chimney-build, (...), but nowadays this performance level can be reached with lower wattage. I hoped th...

I am not an expert at picking parts, but how about this : ASUS P5G41T-M/CSM = $60 Intel core2Duo E5500 @2.8GHz = $70 OCZ Gold 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 = $75 Intel X25-M SSD 80GB = $172 total is $377 You will have to check the prices in Poland though Maybe it is a good idea. Going further this way, a coul...

Greetings from Poland! Another usual story, my old PC gave up, unfortunately it was motherboard. I'm thinking about new build. Things that remain from old PC: Antec P182 case. ATA DVD RW permanently stuck in that case. Corsair VX450 PSU Scythe Ninja Copper (old one with LGA775 mount only, so useless...

I'm using Ubuntu, since Warty. I agree with matija. RAID 1 is definitely important for data you actually care about. I don't care about data on that computer, all important data are in SVN repositories on "server" computer at the attic. There is RAID1 for SVN and RAID0 for torrents :-) Quad core (wh...

Hello, I plan to upgrade my development rig. I want it be very quiet on idle. I think the new PC will be built around: Q9450 CPU 2x2GB DDR2 800MHz CL4 GF 9600GT (Linux compatibility, FlightGear in mind) P35 motherboard, with LPT port or head, Asus, Gigabyte and Intel are the only options, as my supp...

Finally I decided to go different way. I'll start with electronics from my old PC, and some "quiet" components. I've ordered Antec P182, Corsair VX430, 4 Fander fans, Scythe Quiet Drive, and big CPU Heatsink. I'll do my best to quiet that build. If it won't be enough, in a few months I'll build wate...

kittle wrote:quad core will definately be an improvement for a dev box.

I'm aware of that, but in this build noise management is top 1 priority. At first I planned to build water cooled PC, but I couldn't get enough information about building system with three water blocks and fanless PSU.

Nice build, I'm planning on very similar (same case, PSU, MoBo, and CPU cooler).

Where there problems with CPU heatsink installation? Did you use stock mount, or pass through bolts? Any deformation or stress on motherboard?

Thanks for the feedback. Just one doubt: will Micro-ATX board work in P 150? Everywhere I checked, they explicite state 'Standard ATX' as the only supported board type... I've never seen P150. But I've built over one hundred PCs... mATX is smaller version of standard ATX (bottom 1/3 is missing). Ev...

lm wrote:As a programmer, I'd take a quadcore. Building large projects scales up linearly with number of cores.

I can squeeze Q6600 into that build, and stay inside 1000EUR budget. But I'm afraid it will be much hotter (and in consequence PC will be noisier).

Is that problem common to all recent Scythe high-end heatsinks, or maybe its just that model?

Possible choices for alternative heatsink, which one would be possible to install and the most quiet?

1. Noctua NH-U12F
2. Noctua NH-U9F
3. Scythe Infinity
4. Thermalright HR-01 775
5. Thermalright Ultra-120

I'm considering an upgrade, my current setup has enough power (AthlonXP 2GHz + GeForce 6600GT), but its way too loud thanks to OEM case, OEM PSU and stock CPU Cooler. Proposed setup of new build: Core2Duo E6650 (slowest FSB1333, coolest?) Asus P5K (last MB I owned was Asus, I was happy with it) 2x1G...