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August 22nd, 2007
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| HL's Technomancer  |  Re: New Build I'm quite pleased with my cheapo Centurion 5  This baby's like the Volkswagen Rabbit of the case line..affordable, roomy, excellent cooling, just don't let your friends catch you with it.  |
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August 22nd, 2007
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| Re: New Build I still have my heart set on the P180, however what about the Cooler Master Mystique?  |
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August 22nd, 2007
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| I'm Evil  | Re: New Build Take a look at the Cooler Master Cosmos INTEL QX9650 ASUS P5E3 Premium 4GB DDR3-1600 Sapphire HD 3870X2 Danger Den Tower-26 (Custom W/C) 5 x Seagate 250GB HDD in RAID5 BFG ES 800W PSU |
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August 22nd, 2007
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| I don't know how to put this, but, I'm kind of a big deal.  | Re: New Build Gamer, overall you spec'd out a nice rig, it's obvious you put some research into the parts. Changes to your setup will be mostly nitpicks and personal preferences, and that being the case, here are mine: Case I'm really not a fan of the P182 chassis. It's great for a quiet case to house a modest build, but the cable management scheme is less than ideal IMO, and the cooling leaves me unimpressed. For a more in depth opinion (with pics), reference THIS THREAD, particularly page two starting with THIS POST. There are a lot of good alternatives out there, and depending on your aesthetic preferences, the Thermaltake Armor with 25CM side fan, Gigabyte Aurora, and Z-Machine are just a handful of such choices. Power Supply I'd look at any of the following, with a strong leaning towards Silverstone: Silverstone's Olympia (OP) or Decathlon (DA) series OCZ's GameXstream series Corair's HX line Seasonic's S12 or M12 line  |
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August 22nd, 2007
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| aka Mike Honcho  | Re: New Build Quote:
INTEL Core 2 Extreme QX9770 * ASUS Striker II Extreme 790i Ultra * Corsair Dominator 2GB DDR3-2000 EVGA GTX 280 SLI * Western Digital Velociraptor * ASUS BC-1205PT Blue Ray Drive * Danger Den Torture Rack Water Cooling - Dtek Fuzion V2 - D5 - 120.3 - EK Res400 - 1/2" Tygon - Bitspower Compression Fittings | |
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August 22nd, 2007
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| Muse is Music  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pacific Grove, CA
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| Re: New Build Quote:
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme DFI Blood Iron P35-T2RL + Thermalright HR-05 IFX 2GB G.Skill 800MHz F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB Silverstone Decathlon 650W Western Digital 250GB SATA II | |
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August 22nd, 2007
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| Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Kitten above is not on fire.
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| Re: New Build Wow, I love the cosmos. I'm probably going to pull the speakers and get that. I perfer black over silver, but that is awesome case. Has anyone had experience with Acer LCD's? I have an Acer laptop and the display on that looks nice -- but the whole Acer brand can be a bit shakey. |
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August 22nd, 2007
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| Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Kitten above is not on fire.
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| Re: New Build Quote:
Thanks for you're input - I was anxiously waiting for it ;) | |
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August 23rd, 2007
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| Muse is Music Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pacific Grove, CA
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| Re: New Build I second the Silverstone PSU choice: I have the DA650W, and I believe it's the same as the OP650W (same internals). I checked the voltages in the BIOS; 12.01V, 3.3V, 4.99V. Very stable. Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme DFI Blood Iron P35-T2RL + Thermalright HR-05 IFX 2GB G.Skill 800MHz F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB Silverstone Decathlon 650W Western Digital 250GB SATA II |
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September 23rd, 2007
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| Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Kitten above is not on fire.
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| Re: New Build Alright, im buying today: https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion...ListTitle=2500 everything look good? |
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