first thing after OS = Motherboards drivers of course. All drivers that came along with motherboard, chipset, soundcard, lan, USB 2.0 drivers. Then VGA-card. And then possible additional cards. After that I usually then plug computer in internet, after all necessary programs has been installed from...

Thanks for your input ive found some programs that can be used.. but I still want to know

What is the first software you install after you put your new computer together (except OS ofcourse).
Anyone else?

Me and my friend has bought and installed http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=38880 Antec 180 black case Core2duo E6600 MSI 8800GTS 640mb memory Asus p5b-e Corsair 2x 1gb memory Scythe Ninja heatsink+scythe cpu fan 3 Nexus fans 120mm Corsair 520W psu Raptor 150gb The antec tri-cool ...

The prices are from an online store in Sweden. I see that they are expensive compared to the US.. but this store is one of the cheapest here.. www.komplett.se We have now placed an order Antec 180 black case Core2duo E6600 MSI 8800GTS 640mb memory Asus p5b-e Corsair 2x 1gb memory Scythe Ninja heatsi...

Thanks where?wolf for your input. After reading some more on the forum and more inputs from what he wants and dont want, so we changed mind about gfx-card.. good/bad?, this is what we compiled so far: MSI GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3, HDCP, PCI-Express, 2xDVI-I, Tv-Out, 320bit = 527$ Intel Core 2 Duo...

I am asked by my friend to build a pc for him, and he has about 2200$ to spend on it. There is no need to monitor nor keyboard/mouse or dvddrive. He wants a geforce 8800gtx, 2gb of ram and a raptor 150gb disc. So what do you guys recommend? obviously he is a gamer but he do care about noise, althoug...

Could you also make a list, lets say for your system you would need 14cfm to keep the cpu under "ok" condition. And then list the fans at what dBA +rpm they will have while blowing that specified amount of air volume? Or have 2 different columns, one for 14cfm and one for 25cfm for eg. So us readers...

Actually there is a list

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2825&p=1

I would go for Gigabyte 7600 GT

I must say I have similar plans but a couple of changes on my own system

How does the Sharkoon SilentEagle 1000 120mm sound?
Are they really dead silent and still moving much air? If you compared them to a nexus 120mm silent fans, if youve tried one of those which one would be more silent?

Hey all, thanks for the tip of the mobo and the graficcard, ive done some thinking and my setup is as following: Case: 200$ Antec P180B rev2 CPU: 395$ Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz Socket LGA775 PSU: 200$ Seasonic S12 550W energy+ Mobo: 270$ Asus P5W DH Deluxe,I975X,Socket-775,ATX, SATAIIx7, Dual-Gb...

id like to bump this thread if anyone has bought the Sharkoon Silent Eagle 1000 120mm and can really confirm the results?

or have anything else to bring to this thread.

thank you

VÄLKOMMEN! concerning the drives, i think you'll be happy and for sure more quiet with silent 7.2k drives. i run the samsung 80gb sata-drive myself and i'm very happy with it! don't bother with sata2. a tower-style hs is a good recommendation for the p180b, it makes ducting easier if you wanna go ...

Thanks for your imputs. You are correct, i will edit my post to remove the silent part. What I want is a very very quiet, high end system. I know that the 550W is overkill for my system. But the tests in spcr showed that the Seasonic 550W energy+ had lower noise when running 200-250W than any other ...

Hello all, A Swedish guy here looking to buy a computer for an estimated 3000$ USD. My absolute goal is a very very very quiet pc powerful enough to run large calculationprograms simultaneously on windows vista with very quick loadtimes and with no lag. I only use the computer for calculating stuff ...