Used that case for a build. Great case stock. Your mod made it absolutely awesome. Very nice job!

Well AWX, I got the case. Bad news. The front is scratched up. Called up ZZF, raised hell, they asked for pics, sent them, blah blah. Issue was not resolved. Ended up building the system anyways to at least have it ready for Xmas. I'll probably just swap the front face plate when I get an RMA. ZZF S...

Well stupid ZZF screwed up my address and somehow they got an extra space in there so it just shipped out yesterday and will arrive next Wednesday hopefully. Their service and support sucks. Never ordering from there again. I have a hard drive mounted in a 5.25 with a custom made mount in another ca...

Thanks for the tip. The more I think about it, the more I think the 2x500 gb's are the better choice. I want duplicates from the start. How has your experience been with WHS? You like it? For the duplication process, is it pretty much just designate a drive you want copied and designate a destinatio...

I am asking for some new storage for Xmas. I plan on setting up a home server using Windows Home Server. I was originally thinking 2x500 gb because I want to run the simplified "RAID" with WHS where it makes copies to the second drive. I don't want to screw around with any arrays. I am seeing the ne...

I just ordered the Abit motherboard from Newegg on Friday along with an AMD X2 4000+ Brisbane and 2x1gb of G.Skill RAM. Even though the Biostar as more reviews, I wanted to go with what I thought was a more reputable brand. I will let you know what I think sometime next week hopefully. Good luck!

The motherboard issue was something I struggled with when I looked at Intel options for my build. It seems like the Intel M-ATX options are fewer and less polished if that makes any sense. AMD has lots of M-ATX options from lots of brands with lots of features. Maybe I am just rambling. I am not say...

Well I am building a cheap AMD rig for my dad (cheap, fairly quick for his needs, quiet, stable). As far as what you have listed for the Intel components, the list looks good. I am sure you couldn't go wrong with the Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R at $130 even if you are not planning on overclocking. It look...

Bump.

I am going to be ordering today. Any last suggestions (specifically on the motherboard)?

I am getting ready to build a similar rig. The Antec case is $72 without shipping from Zipzoomfly. Came to about $87 with shipping for me.

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDe ... e=10006029

Hard Drive: Chose the WD 1600AAJS Heatsink: Stick with stock for starters and and AS5 Motherboard: I ruled out the Asus 690G. I am ow looking at the Gigabyte from above and the Abit AN-M2HD Geforce 7050PV . I am leaning towards the Abit because from what I am reading in the MB forums, the Nvidia dri...

Already planning for the cramped size. I have a few spare drives laying around if the one from his Dell does not fit. RAM: Agreed. The prices are just too low to ignore. I noticed the voltage factors after you mentioned it on the RAM. The 2x1GB of G.Skill I mentioned in the first post says 1.8~2.0v ...

I think I have settled on the NSK 3480 unless anyone else has a recommendation. Looks perfect. Great price too! $85 shipped from ZZF. I have priced the case, CPU, motherboard, memory, and hard drive right around $300. Awesome! I feel like I am missing something at such a low price. I am reusing the ...

CPU: I don't even see the 3600 at Newegg. At ZZF, it is $59 dollars. Might as well just go with the 4000. Motherboard: I know there are some cheaper options than the Asus, but I used multiple Asus MBs in past builds and I have been very happy with them. I figured I'd stick with a bit of extra qualit...

I would like to build a new computer for my dad (and mom). He currently has a 1.3ghz P4 Dell with 256mb RAM (:evil:) Criteria: -Fast (relatively speaking for general word/internet user) -Quiet -Cheap -Small I have somewhat of a challenge as I would like to fit this build in at around $350 or under a...

Awesome!