Waiting for it all to arrive, But NewEgg was out of both OCZs gold and another that I wanted so I haven't ordered memory. I saw many comments about corsair not OC well. Willing to hear your thoughts
eVGA 256-P2-N376-AX Geforce 6800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI $345
Arctic Cooling ATI Silencer 5 NV5 $ 27.95 (6800 cooler/quieter Jab-tech)
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor $267
Abit AN8-ultra $136 (heatpipes baby ATACOM.com)
Artic Cooler Freezer 64 $29 (jab-Tech VERY quiet)
Nexus 120mm QUIET fan $15x2 (The Quietest fans Jab-Tech)
Antec P160 $79 (Fry's electronics i wanted the p180 $145, but i traded this for 3500 Venice core err we will see how I Like it)
WD 74GB Raptor SATA ($162 Fry's)
WD 250GB SATA ($110 Fry's)
ANTEC 500W Smartpower 2.0 ($39 bucks at Fry's Pretty quiet so far)
Zboard Keyboard BF2 (i suck at it so far on old cpu)
Build for me Wonder if i'll regret the 160 vs 180 case.
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good choice with the ocz ram, its the best out there. if you need another source for it monarchcomputer.com is a great place for it, cheap and great customer service.
as far as the p160 goes, its isnt the best quiet case, it really isnt quiet at all. Personally, i would take it back and either spend the extra on the p180 or go with the slk3000b (unless you think its too plain). Course im not saying you cant make a quiet computer with a p160 its just not really designed for it.
btw flo, the advantage to the 500W smartpower is that it is a modular power supply, whereas the lower powered ones are not.
If you're planning to overclock, the xp-90 with a 92mm panaflo would probably have been a better cpu cooler, but you should be able to get at least a fairly good oc given how cool the venice core runs.
as far as the p160 goes, its isnt the best quiet case, it really isnt quiet at all. Personally, i would take it back and either spend the extra on the p180 or go with the slk3000b (unless you think its too plain). Course im not saying you cant make a quiet computer with a p160 its just not really designed for it.
btw flo, the advantage to the 500W smartpower is that it is a modular power supply, whereas the lower powered ones are not.
If you're planning to overclock, the xp-90 with a 92mm panaflo would probably have been a better cpu cooler, but you should be able to get at least a fairly good oc given how cool the venice core runs.