Zxian Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 jcarle's the guy to listen to... I was about to suggest an antec case as well. They might not have all the flasy bells and whistles of other cases, but they're solid, well built, and often come with good power supplies as well.Another option for the case is the Antec P180 or TX1050B. They're a bit more pricey, but the P180 was built for sound dampening, and the TX1050B would give you a bit more room. I dunno about you, but I ran out of space with 8 drive bays in my old Antec 2650 case. @puntoMX - The AC7 stand up to the 9500? Not a chance... The only thing so far that can beat the 9500 at low very airflow is the Ninja. The Intel stock coolers might not be as noisy as they once were, but when you sit next to one of them compared to a quiet heatsink - you'll wonder how you ever went back.- Zalman CNP9500 LED - Review- Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro - Review- Scythe SCNJ-1000 Ninja - Review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJM Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 (edited) The Lian li PC-61 USB looks good. Ill go with that. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811112025As for the cooler I only plan to overclock to about 3 to 3.2 GHZ whatever I can get out ofthe stock CPU voltage and from what I have read even the stock cooler would do this but the AC 7 will do it quieter.And still for the video the X1900XT 256 but I'm still reading the reviews.http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/Vi...pict203123.htmlThanks for the commentsJcarle:- The P5W DH Delux only supports DDR2 533/667/800 and runs 1-1 with the DDR2-533 at 2.4GHZwith a /9 divider (266X2). Conroe benifits from faster memory more than tighter timings which is why I went with the DDR2-800 memory instead of 667 which I would have to over clock to 711 at 3.2GHZ. Edited October 30, 2006 by RJM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 @puntoMX - The AC7 stand up to the 9500? Not a chance... The only thing so far that can beat the 9500 at low very airflow is the Ninja. The Intel stock coolers might not be as noisy as they once were, but when you sit next to one of them compared to a quiet heatsink - you'll wonder how you ever went back.You are saying it right, on low airflow it can’t keep up with the 9500 but I wonder how many people will use there fans on 7v with an iNTEL. If it was an AMD it should work fine on 7v but it’s not. I was talking about 12v on the fan(s).I like the Antec case too, recommended it to a few people before, but the door is a bit flimsy. Personally I like more cases that can take up some beating and abuse like the CoolerMaster and the Lian-Li . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxian Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 @puntoMX - Did you look at the temperatures of their system with the 9500 at 5V?LinkThe CPU they're using has a TDP of 69W - which is on par, if not higher than the Conroes. Load temps of 40-44C with a Conroe? I'll take that anyday. The AC7 hits the thermal throttling barrier at lower speeds/volumes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Yeah I know . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcarle Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 I like the Antec case too, recommended it to a few people before, but the door is a bit flimsy.The one i suggested doesn't even have a door! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Zxian was talking about the P180, and I was talking about the door from the P180 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcarle Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Zxian was talking about the P180, and I was talking about the door from the P180 .I ain't got no problem with that door mind you, it's usually open and it's on my desk. I did read that there were a lot of complaints about it, though Antec has fixed those previous issues and the P180 and P180B are on revision 3.I personally adore my P180 since I can shove ANYTHING I want in it and it fits, plus it's a nice bonus to have the power supply at the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxian Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Zxian was talking about the P180, and I was talking about the door from the P180 .Granted - the door from the original P180 was flimsy and suffered from poor hinges, but that's been fixed with the P180B and it's new silver counter part. I guess the only remaining gripe some people have about the door is that it's not hard-latched shut (the magnet might be a little weak for some people's feel). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 talking about magnet and p180... yesterday one of the magnets on my door fell off... i guess that they glue just gave away somehow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJM Posted November 2, 2006 Author Share Posted November 2, 2006 (edited) Oops, a little mistake on my part, it seems XP home does not support dual core. Upgade to XP MCE $20.And video cards it's down to 7900GTO or X1900XT 256M both are getting harder to find In-Stock. Has anyone here bought anything from:http://thenerds.net/ ? Edited November 2, 2006 by RJM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxian Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Oops, a little mistake on my part, it seems XP home does not support dual core. Upgade to XP MCE $20.And video cards it's down to 7900GTO or X1900XT 256M both are getting harder to find In-Stock. Has anyone here bought anything from:http://thenerds.net/ ?XP Home does support dual core. What it does not support is dual processor. All single (physical) CPU systems are supported by XP Home.I'd take the nVidia card over the ATI. The Catalyst drivers are just getting more and more annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJM Posted December 11, 2006 Author Share Posted December 11, 2006 Well, I finally got the system on Thursday, assembled it and turned it on. I was amazed itAsked for an operating system and XP installed with no hitches!The only problems that I had were one of the front fans on the case isVery noisy and will have to be replaced and the DVD burner died on Sunday.First 3Dmark 05 score, no overclocking 11457. Temperature CPU idle 33CLoad 47C GPU idle 53C load 75C. I will start to overclock on the weekend. 1 CPU Intel CD2 E6600 2.4g $308.00__ 1 Keyboard Benq X800 $12.99 1 Graphics card VGA Sapphire X1950XT $269.99 2 Seagate HD250G SATA2 hard drives $74.99ea $149.98 1 Motherboard Asus P5W DH Deluxe $227.99 1 Computer case LL/PC61USB BLK RT $89.99 1 Memory 1GX2/G.SK F2-6400CL4D-2GBPK R $199.99 1 DVD Burner Samsung/SH-S182D RAM BK $29.99 1 Power Supply Goodpower 500W RT $49.99 1 Mouse Logitech/optical BLK PS2/USB RT $12.99 1 Operating System Win XP HM SP2B OEM $89.99 1 hard disk controller Rosewill/RC-209 SATA PCI $22.99 1 CPU COOLER ARTIC P4/ACFZ7-PRO-R $29.99 1 Modem Creative/7000000003079 V.92R $34.99 1 Monitor PHILIPS/19” CRT 109B65/27 $198.99 Total $1728.85 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 you are one lucky SOB nice to hear that almost all is well with it. now give us some more benchmarks. you going to overclock it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 "I will start to overclock on the weekend."Always cool too see overclockings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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