Well I don't do much gaming so FPS numbers at high res really aren't my goal. I currently upwards of 1920x1440 for regular apps with considerably less powerful cards so that part isn't much of an issue. Both the cards I mentioned are dual-link enabled and capable of 2560x1600. I may never get to use...

I had been looking at building a system using the Asus 7600GS Top Silent passively cooled graphics card. A friend suggested I also consider the Asus EAX1650XT which is also passively cooled. Has anyone experieince with either or both of these cards and can comment on first hand performance/cooling/p...

Anyone with experience care to comment on the Susurro HSF from Coolermaster?

http://www.coolermaster-usa.com/Products.aspx?pid=1185

It would be going on likely an AMD 64 X2 5000+

Other than Plextor, I have both Aopen and Asus drives here that seem to work well for the price. My neighbour has the Samsung and likes it.

I'm not a fan of fanless PSUs (no pun intended) or even semi-fanless PSUs because the internals must run hotter than those of fanned PSUs. Not good for longevity. True enough. Core 2 Duo is faster than the X2, so you might wanna check that out. If you OC, you can get an E6300 and Gigabyte GA-965P-D...

Preliminary 1st draft specs (subject to change): Case: Antec P180B PSU: Antec Phantom 500 Motheboard: Asus M2N32 WS Professional CPU: Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Memory: Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C3 Video: Asus EN7600GS TOP SILENT/HTD/512 HDD: 4x Seagate Barracuda 2700.10 250GB Optical1: Plextor 755SA or 760A O...

Awesome system, love what youve done. Personally i dont undestand why mATX isn't more accepted. Personally I prefer smaller cases. Most people use 1 or 2 slots on their motherboard (On mine all i have plugged into a slot is my VGA card). Why do we need motherboards with 7 slots when 4 will do nicel...