New System!!!need Cool Ideas!!!

[Fox34]

Ok heres the lowdown, i need a new system and iam startin to look at parts. I was wonderin what you guys would suggest. Budget: $600, processor: any Athlon, air cooled, mostly usin it for gaming. Well thats really it for now, just wonderin what you:rockout: would say!

[Jimmy 2004]

Who is your power supply made by at the moment? You can keep you CD-Drives, Flatscreen and probably fool M$ into letting you use XP on this new PC by saying it was a small upgrade when the key doesn't activate. Do you want it to be futureproof (eg PCI-E which I think may be cheaper now anyway)? Post a reply and I may be able to help you chose some components tommorrow.

[Fox34]

Not sure but I think it says powerlab( iam lookin at pics of my PC i took cause i dont feel like takin off the panel right now lol:D )But yea PCI-E is sweet new stuff ya know

[wazzledoozle]

Athlon 64 3000+ Venice
7600GT
cheap sli board (gygabite or something..)
Antec Truepower 2
2 gb of g.skill ram
250gb sata2 harddrive (western digital? get a 3 year warranty or better)


I was looking into building something like that for a while.

[wtf8269]

I recomend this PSU (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103928). Odds are the one you have now has insufficient amperage. If you really want a nice one go for an OCZ PowerStream.

[Jimmy 2004]

Athlon 64 3000+ Venice
7600GT
cheap sli board (gygabite or something..)
Antec Truepower 2
2 gb of g.skill ram
250gb sata2 harddrive (western digital? get a 3 year warranty or better)


I was looking into building something like that for a while.

That looks like a good bet but you might want to consider getting two 80GB or 120GB SATAII hard drives and putting them in RAID 0 for really quick loading times. :D

[Fox34]

I recomend this PSU (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103928). Odds are the one you have now has insufficient amperage. If you really want a nice one go for an OCZ PowerStream.

Yea i got 25amps on the 12V rail so like yea iam set for a PSU, thanks anyway

[Fox34]

Any idea for a cool lookin case also?

[drade]

Matrix VX

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811133008

[drade]

Oh wait your on a budget http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811133007 There just amazing cases, I love them

[Fox34]

Yea sucks bein on a budget. I like the first one alot better, looks way cooler. Mostly i want the side window cause belive it or not i havent owned a case like that and i have pretty fans that you cant see:( but they both look sick.

[markkleb]

Check out my RedChrome, you should be able to build close to it for $600 (without the WC)
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=11774

Jetway GT4 mobo $50
AMD 3000+ $113
2 Hitachi 80 gig HDDs $100
X850XT $135
Memory $100
PS Silverstone Strider $50

Than a couple of fans should be less than $600.

[KennyT772]

3000+http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103537
A8n-ehttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131530R
Ballistix 2x512mbhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820148007
x1800 256mbhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102007
WD 160gbhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144415
TT Swinghttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811133172

a lil over at $645 but much better ram and a x1800:rockout:

[Fox34]

Thanks for all the help guys

[Jimmy 2004]

Thanks for all the help guys

So have you decided what you're going to go for?

[Judas]

Oh wait your on a budget http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811133007 There just amazing cases, I love them



Yes Thermaltake make great case s i love em too.. :p

[FLY3R]

Athlon 64 3000+ Venice
7600GT
cheap sli board (gygabite or something..)
Antec Truepower 2
2 gb of g.skill ram
250gb sata2 harddrive (western digital? get a 3 year warranty or better)


I was looking into building something like that for a while.

I second that, thats almost exactly what i was going to recomend.

[Fox34]

I like that, but do i really need SLI? whats yor opion on that? I like what Kenny posted wit hthe ATI and stuff

[drade]

Yes Thermaltake make great case s i love em too.. :p

Got that right

[Juggernaut1987]

You dont need sli. If you selected the X1800 I would go for a crossfire motherboard. In the future when you have saved again, you can buy a faster processor and another X1800 to keep up. Easy upgradability is a big plus for a new machine.

[Fox34]

OK i guess i'll look more into that thanks.

[NamesDontMatter]

Check out This (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811103007) case, can't beat a 250mm fan blowing air into your case. the other guys made some good recomendations for hardware. If you get this case, throw in some LED lights and youll have a cool looking glow.

[Fox34]

Ok, that is definetly the case iam gettin. I gotta keep my cat away from the side panel before it gets sucked in lol. I am finnally makin a list of the stuff ive decided on.

[PVTCaboose1337]

Yeah, I bought one of those cases for a low end rig... real nice too. Just make sure to buy 6 80mm fans.

[NamesDontMatter]

PVT that has a option front 120mm fan mount insted of 4 80mms, I hate 80mnm fans soooo much. Oh ALSO GET AKASA FANS!!! Let me link you these fans are amazing and quiet, unless you want led fans. http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/ak80amseulqu.html
give them a shot, super quiet. Or go with LED louder ones :)

I highly reccomend quiet fans, i really regret getting noisy high flow ones now.

Also Xclio makes another version of this case, same thing different appearance here (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811103003)

[PVTCaboose1337]

I know, but I like the sound of: "Yeah, I have 6 cooling fans."

[NamesDontMatter]

I total 11 I think, 2 x 80mm for PSU, 1 x 120mm front, 80mm bottom, 80mm side, 120mm back, Dual Fan PCI Card, Zalman for CPU, Zalman for VGA and Rear PCI slot intake.

[PVTCaboose1337]

Yeah, fine, I meant 80mm CASE fans.

[NamesDontMatter]

Yeah 11 fans in my CASE, j/k I'm just being difficult, but thats a very nice case. Im getting the first XCLIO I showed for a server Im building.

[Fox34]

Yea i took a 48" diamiter factory fan, pipped it into the side of my server case with plastic drain pipe and i have the radiator fan from a Mack truck for an exhaust fan. iam leet lol. I think i have choose my new system. Will post.

[NamesDontMatter]

I recently ordered the XCLIO 6030BK, I let you guys know how it works out for my home server system.