Please help with buying gaming PC!

I said 'when' for a reason :D The temptation to overclock is just too much with c2q processors.
 
dudewotevr said:
Quite honestly I don't see the point in getting a massive expensive 3rd party cooler when you're not even going to OC, cos the stock cooler will cope just fine with stock clocks.
Maybe someone can explain it to me..
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it looks cool dude:p
 
auriga1000 said:
it looks cool dude:p
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A R745 CM V8 to look cool, sjoe, I take it their cases have windows and are actually positioned so that it can be seen?
I'll stick to led fans and good cable management, n my cheep lil Hyper TX2, tho I need to upgrade to a pwm 120mm fan for it.. thinking Zalman..
 
dudewotevr said:
A R745 CM V8 to look cool, sjoe, I take it their cases have windows and are actually positioned so that it can be seen?
I'll stick to led fans and good cable management, n my cheep lil Hyper TX2, tho I need to upgrade to a pwm 120mm fan for it.. thinking Zalman..
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Rofl. :D

What kind of OC do you get with the TX2? I'm thinking about getting one. This stock Q6600 HSF is noisy for some reason.
 
PostmanPot said:
Rofl. :D

What kind of OC do you get with the TX2? I'm thinking about getting one. This stock Q6600 HSF is noisy for some reason.
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E2180 @ 3GHz, bewaaaare tho, it requires thumbs of freaking !STEEL! to press those pins into the motherboard, despite that it is possibly the best price-performance cooler along with the Arctic Freezer 7 Pro.
Fan is low-noise for sure, however not completely silent and non-pwm, so it depends on the rest of your system, ..I'd recommend attaching a good 120mm, perhaps even leaving the plastic shroud off...(wot im going to do)
 
dudewotevr said:
E2180 @ 3GHz, bewaaaare tho, it requires thumbs of freaking !STEEL! to press those pins into the motherboard, despite that it is possibly the best price-performance cooler along with the Arctic Freezer 7 Pro.
Fan is low-noise for sure, however not completely silent and non-pwm, so it depends on the rest of your system, ..I'd recommend attaching a good 120mm, perhaps even leaving the plastic shroud off...(wot im going to do)
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Thanks for the advice.

Perhaps this fan at R60? Zalman ZM-F3 120mm quiet fan : 900/1800rpm , 20 / 34db - with silcon pin instead of screw
 
PostmanPot said:
Thanks for the advice.

Perhaps this fan at R60? Zalman ZM-F3 120mm quiet fan : 900/1800rpm , 20 / 34db - with silcon pin instead of screw
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Unfortunately good cfm-dba fans are hard to find in SA cos nobody imports them, Nexus/Scythe/Sharkoon etc.

I think it should be fine if you undervolt it to like 7v. (again, what im gonna do)
 
Thermal right has low db noise fans i bought 3 of them the other days for 160 bucks a pop, silent fans FTW
 
killadoob said:
Thermal right has low db noise fans i bought 3 of them the other days for 160 bucks a pop, silent fans FTW
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Model? What is is your definition of "silent"?

I'm talking +/-20db here, so with a silent room you can hear basically just the slight "wooshing" of air, perhaps the faintest mechanical whir..
 
killadoob said:
Thermal right has low db noise fans i bought 3 of them the other days for 160 bucks a pop, silent fans FTW
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One/some of these?

Thermalright TR-FDB-1000 , FDB ( Fluid Dynamic Bearing ) , 120mm quiet fan : 1000rpm , 15.8db, 38.9CFM
Thermalright TR-FDB-1300 , FDB ( Fluid Dynamic Bearing ) , 120mm quiet fan : 1300rpm , 24.1db, 50CFM
Thermalright TR-FDB-1600 , FDB ( Fluid Dynamic Bearing ) , 120mm quiet fan : 1600rpm , 28db, 63.7CFM
Thermalright TR-FDB-2000 , FDB ( Fluid Dynamic Bearing ) , 120mm quiet fan : 2000rpm , 38db, 80CFM
 
Apparently those are re-branded Scythe S-Flexes (EDIT: Perhaps not since the Thermalright MTBF is 60,000 hours, while the Scythe S(Sony)-FLEX MTBF is 150,000),

..still.. the 1000 sounds good..

Expensive tho..
 
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I will not be over-clocking!
If I feel the need to , I will definitely come here before doing so!



This is the rig I have decided on so far:

Graphics Card: Asus EAH4870/G/HTDI/512M Radeon HD4870 16xPCIE 256-bit 512MB DDR5 w/HDTV + 2DVI

Power: Cooler Master eXtreme Power RP-550-PCAR Power Supply - 550W

Case: Cooler Master RC-533 Ammo 533 Tower Chassis - No PSU - Black

HDD: Seagate 500GB Barracuda SATA300 32MB 7200RPM Hard Drive

DVD Drive: Samsung SH-S223F 48xCD-R / 32xCD-RW / 48xCD / 16xDVD / 22xDVD+\-R / 16xDVD+R DL / 12xDVD-R DL / 8xDVD+RW / 6xDVD-RW / 12xDVD-RAM SATA Combo Drive - Black

RAM: JetRam DDR2-800 2GB Memory Module x2

CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz 2x3MB 1333Mhz FSB LGA775 Processor

Motherboard: Asus P5Q IP45 Motherboard w/A8 + LK + FWa + SATA2 RAID

The cheapest I have found it at is R11,287.00

Please make suggestions or give any tips!
PS: This is all I would be ordering, is there anything missing from here that I would need?eg:cables
Thanks
 
Good parts, nope you won't need anything else.

A few suggestions:

1. If you want a more cleaner, smarter, sleeker looking case, consider the Cooler Master CM690 for a little more.
2. Rather go for a Samsung Spinpoint 500GB HDD - they really are great drives. They run cooler than Seagate and Western Digital, and they have no firmware issues like that of the Seagate 7200.11s (unless you're getting a 7200.12 series which I believe isn't affected, but I doubt they run as cool as Samsungs).
3. Go for a LiteOn DVD writer. I believe they make Sony DVD writers. Samsung DVD writers don't have a good track record.
 
PostmanPot said:
Good parts, nope you won't need anything else.

A few suggestions:

1. If you want a more cleaner, smarter, sleeker looking case, consider the Cooler Master CM690 for a little more.
2. Rather go for a Samsung Spinpoint 500GB HDD - they really are great drives. They run cooler than Seagate and Western Digital, and they have no firmware issues like that of the Seagate 7200.11s (unless you're getting a 7200.12 series which I believe isn't affected, but I doubt they run as cool as Samsungs).
3. Go for a LiteOn DVD writer. I believe they make Sony DVD writers. Samsung DVD writers don't have a good track record.
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I can vouch for that. Never again.
 
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