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FrYGuY · 01-23-2006, 09:16 PM

Just a couple ideas... you probably will want to sink a few bucks into getting a cheap RAID card since it looks like you're building a gaming rig (RAID-0 will be all you need... sure it'll be annoying if one dies, but while they live it'll be nice!)

As far as fans, I recommend a lot of big fans. Reasoning: If you have a lot of fans, they don't have to be running all the time, and can run at a slower speed to achieve the same result (Translation: Quieter). I recommend you get as many 120mm fans as you can cram into whatever case you get. (As a result of this, I recommend you go full tower for the room). Whatever heatsink you get, just make sure it's copper. Aluminum ones might be tempting being both lighter and cheaper, but nothing will keep your processor cool like a big ole hunk of copper, and you really need one with a Athlon 64 (even more so with an Intel Prescott).

01-23-2006, 09:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
FrYGuY Member Type Guy Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 501	Just a couple ideas... you probably will want to sink a few bucks into getting a cheap RAID card since it looks like you're building a gaming rig (RAID-0 will be all you need... sure it'll be annoying if one dies, but while they live it'll be nice!) As far as fans, I recommend a lot of big fans. Reasoning: If you have a lot of fans, they don't have to be running all the time, and can run at a slower speed to achieve the same result (Translation: Quieter). I recommend you get as many 120mm fans as you can cram into whatever case you get. (As a result of this, I recommend you go full tower for the room). Whatever heatsink you get, just make sure it's copper. Aluminum ones might be tempting being both lighter and cheaper, but nothing will keep your processor cool like a big ole hunk of copper, and you really need one with a Athlon 64 (even more so with an Intel Prescott). __________________ -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GB/G/H/J/MC/S d-(--)@ s+:+ a-- C !U--- P--- L--(-) E- W N-(--) !o K--- w++ O--- M--(--) V-- PS+ PE+ Y+ PGP- t-- 5-- X- R(+) tv(++) b-- DI+ D---- G- e+++ h-- r* y++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ Yeah, my computer sucks. You try and do better.