Hello, I have been researching as much as I can about building a PC and mainly getting more confused as I go lol. I don't plan on over clocking and I am trying to spend no more then $1600. So before I get into all my question I'll go ahead and post what I have found, because a majority of my questions are related to compatibility.
I read that PC Power and Cooling is a good company but my question has to do with the whole single 12v rail vs the other PSU with multi rails, I read what I could about the whole 12v and amps thing but was more confused afterwards. Would that PSU I listed have the right amps, voltage, total power etc for my build? Also it will be running those 4 fans that come with the case.
I really want to keep most things sata, which is why I went with the sata Asus DVD-rom, however I can't find if it is compatibility with vista 64 at all. On the main site all it says is Windows vista basic, what does that mean? Vista home basic only, 32 bit only vistas or what?
Also I have a two year old DVD-RW, a Sony DVD-RW Dru-800a and was wondering if any of you know if this is comptablity on vista 64? I looked at the drivers/firmware and didn't really find out much of anything. I really don't want to go out an buy another RW drive, I have barely used this thing.
Also what would you suggest for a fan/heatsink for the CPU? Not Ocing but anything to help.
If you are concerned about the PSU, then the best thing to do it upgrade it so you arent worried. My first 2 choices would be Corsair 520 or Antec Trio both solid PSU and will give you no worries.
Both drives will be fine with Vista your main issue with vista will come about with software rather than hardware.
If you are not OCing PSU then the Artic Freezer Pro is good gives a nice temperature reduction and lower noise level with 92mm fan. If you want overkill go with Thermaltake VX120 or Thermalright 120tower.
Hardware wise, I would build that as is! It will be an excellent system!
Cannot comment on Vista as I do not use or recommend it. If you went with XP 32 bit, you could use the old drives and the system would be blazingly fast. No advantage to SATA optical drives other than the skinny cables. Transfer rates are the same.
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