zerohour

And a PSU. But I am most glad that my cooling came today, because I can officially mount my motherboard and start wiring things.

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lightsource

Very nice man, that silverstone looks much better than I would've suspected on the Big Typhoon.

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zerohour

Yea I love the way it looks. The front fan controller looks like it was meant for a Lian Li, the brushed aluminum matches the case perfect. Also there is only maybe 1/4 of an inch between the Silverstone fan, and the rear exhuast fan, but I guess that is how it is with at BTs.

Also I was really surprised at how large this thing was, yet it still maintained a respectible weight. I thought for sure it would be twice as heavy as my old XP-90C and Zalman, but if anything it's the same weight. Installation was also extremely easy, now I see why people like the BT so much.

Oh and for anyone wondering, there are NO motherboard compatibility issues!

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lightsource

Too bad you don't have an XP-120, I got all my parts but my CPU and MEM an hour ago. I still don't know if it's going to fit, but if it dosen't. 2.7GHz on stock cooler isn't bad .

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cyberspyder

i know many people have the BT and like it, but does anyone have problems with the fact that when the case is closed the side panels starve the 120mm fan of air? i had a BT once in my rig, except it made so much noise, mainly because there was less than 3 cm of clearance between the fan and the side panels. that's why i exchanged for a Scythe Ninja. no problems since.

Brendan

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zerohour

There isn't alot of room in mine by any means, but I do believe I have alot more than 3cm between it and the side pannel.

I used to have an xp-90c, and I loved that thing. I hope your 120 fits well.

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The Pook

Wow...nice. Wish I had a Conroe, or at least my new build.

Get upgrades at Christmas and birthday, sell it for more than you bought it on ebay by about $200 more around July/August, and repeat.

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zerohour

Nice plan!

Ok guys, heres the story. I have a spare junky Aspire 430W that came with my X-Qpack. It's absolutely the worst PSU I have ever used, but I think it will be fine for powering this rig for a short time. I used it fine for a couple months with my X2 3800+, Tforce 6100, 200GB SATA, 2 DVDRWs, 7600GT, and 2GB Gskill HZ.

I really want to just fire this thing up to see what it is like, and I don't have the cash yet to get my $250 ram and my $150 PSU, so I think I am going to go to best buy today and grab 256MB of generic DDR2 just so I can fire her up, get some screenshots and benchmarks.

I will let you guys know how this goes.

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lightsource

I Hope you're making a good decision.

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zerohour

I still haven't decided if I am going to, becuse that means spending money that I would of had for my good ram. I will probably just keep saving, and bear with my rig sitting next to me only needing 1 more part

I wish my friends liked computers, then I could just jack some DDR2.

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