Sorry for the daft title but I'm hoping to build a new system that will eventually be used with a 24" monitor for general useage as well as watch the odd HD film and and game. Hoping to use the following and just wondering if anyone can give it the once over as I'm hoping to build it in an Antec Fusion case so air flow may be an issue.
Antec Fusion
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-091-AN
I'm wanting to use this case as it's one of the few that will fit nicely in a compartment (open backed and fronted) of my desk with a good couple of inches of space surrounding it. Also like the styling and sound dampening features was tempted to go for the cheaper NSK 2480 but I'd probaly have to replace the power supply and I'm not sure how smart it would look if I sprayed the front of it black.
Noctua case fans X2
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-003-NC&tool=3
These are probaly a bit wasteful but they will cut down on noise a little further, hoping they will pay off when the graphics card isn't having to work so hard and so produce a fairly quiet system when not under stress. If these don't offer much of an improvement over the standard case fans or someone has a cheaper of more efective alternative let me know
Scythe mini-ninja
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-012-SY
Again probaly over kill but hoping to cut down on some noise, if I'm lucky and case temps stay low enough may try removing the 80mm fan as it should line up right next to one of the case fans. If temperatures do run high can anyone suggest a good 92mm replacement fan preferably as good a balance between noise and air flow as possible
GA-G33M-DS2R
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-091-GI
Supposedly one of the better mATX boards.
4gb Geil PC2-6400 Ram
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-069-GL Not much more expensive than the 2gb set so may aswell go for it and get Vista 64.
Pioneer Blu ray drive
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-048-PO
Blu ray seems to of come up trumps in the HD wars lately, hoping the trend continue so I can save £50 by getting this instead of the LG blu ray and HDD player.
250gb WD AAKS
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-133-WD
Supposedly fairly speedy and quiet, been using a 36gb raptor for past 3 years so should manage with the 250gb drive unless the 500gb has better perfomance in speed or sound.
8800 512 gts
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-088-OK
Not too sure if I'm going over kill again on this, the gt would probaly do the job for me but I figured the exhaust blower will help keep case temperatures down. Just wondering do any of the HD3800 serise have a similar cooling set up and if so how they would cope with 1900*1200 resolutions, not too fussed about having everything on max but would be nice to have some decent eye candy shouldI decideto game.
CPU wise I'm not too sure on what to go for basically it come down to the E6750, E8200 and E2180, with game generally being GPU biased wondering wether I really need that much grunt so basically its a matter of which runs coolest at stock speeds. Though in the case of the E2180 I may try over overclocking to 2.8-3.0 Ghz as I've heard it's possible to do so with out increasing voltage in which case temperautes shouldn't change. Is my understanding here correct.
Another pice of information that may be useful into whether air flow will be sufficient is that I'm hoping to shoe horn a PCI wifi card and a PCI sound card, though if it does restrict the breeze too much I'll replace the wifi card with a USB dongle.
Sorry for the long post just thought I'd try to be thourough, Any advice on wether it will work as well as suggestions on corners to cut to save a few quid or boost performance a bit would be fantastic
Antec Fusion
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-091-AN
I'm wanting to use this case as it's one of the few that will fit nicely in a compartment (open backed and fronted) of my desk with a good couple of inches of space surrounding it. Also like the styling and sound dampening features was tempted to go for the cheaper NSK 2480 but I'd probaly have to replace the power supply and I'm not sure how smart it would look if I sprayed the front of it black.
Noctua case fans X2
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-003-NC&tool=3
These are probaly a bit wasteful but they will cut down on noise a little further, hoping they will pay off when the graphics card isn't having to work so hard and so produce a fairly quiet system when not under stress. If these don't offer much of an improvement over the standard case fans or someone has a cheaper of more efective alternative let me know
Scythe mini-ninja
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-012-SY
Again probaly over kill but hoping to cut down on some noise, if I'm lucky and case temps stay low enough may try removing the 80mm fan as it should line up right next to one of the case fans. If temperatures do run high can anyone suggest a good 92mm replacement fan preferably as good a balance between noise and air flow as possible
GA-G33M-DS2R
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-091-GI
Supposedly one of the better mATX boards.
4gb Geil PC2-6400 Ram
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-069-GL Not much more expensive than the 2gb set so may aswell go for it and get Vista 64.
Pioneer Blu ray drive
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-048-PO
Blu ray seems to of come up trumps in the HD wars lately, hoping the trend continue so I can save £50 by getting this instead of the LG blu ray and HDD player.
250gb WD AAKS
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-133-WD
Supposedly fairly speedy and quiet, been using a 36gb raptor for past 3 years so should manage with the 250gb drive unless the 500gb has better perfomance in speed or sound.
8800 512 gts
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-088-OK
Not too sure if I'm going over kill again on this, the gt would probaly do the job for me but I figured the exhaust blower will help keep case temperatures down. Just wondering do any of the HD3800 serise have a similar cooling set up and if so how they would cope with 1900*1200 resolutions, not too fussed about having everything on max but would be nice to have some decent eye candy shouldI decideto game.
CPU wise I'm not too sure on what to go for basically it come down to the E6750, E8200 and E2180, with game generally being GPU biased wondering wether I really need that much grunt so basically its a matter of which runs coolest at stock speeds. Though in the case of the E2180 I may try over overclocking to 2.8-3.0 Ghz as I've heard it's possible to do so with out increasing voltage in which case temperautes shouldn't change. Is my understanding here correct.
Another pice of information that may be useful into whether air flow will be sufficient is that I'm hoping to shoe horn a PCI wifi card and a PCI sound card, though if it does restrict the breeze too much I'll replace the wifi card with a USB dongle.
Sorry for the long post just thought I'd try to be thourough, Any advice on wether it will work as well as suggestions on corners to cut to save a few quid or boost performance a bit would be fantastic