AA_Samurai

I'll be upgrading ALOT of stuff.

Currently Running:
Dell 8110 Case
Celeron D 2.53GHz CPU w/ stock HSF
1280MB of DDR RAM PC3200 3-3-3-8
nVidia GeForce 6200 256MB GPU
Stock PSU
WD 80GB Hard Drive

Waiting to be installed:
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz E6600 Conroe w/ HSF, Arctic Silver 5 will be used 1CC
GIGABYTE GA-G33M-DS2R S-Series Ultra Durable 2 Mobo
Blue Neon Light

Waiting to be purchased:
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit
Tuniq Tower w/ 120mm Fan CPU Cooler

Looking into for more info:
Bigger PSU
Better GPU (dx10 ready prefferred)
Sound Card
New Case if mobo doesn't fit Dell 8110 Case

More to come later....

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Rick Arter

If you have the money go with this:
PSU=PC P and C 750W
GPU=8800GTX 640MB DX10
Sound Blaster X-Fi
Case=Antec P180/P182/P190

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AA_Samurai

Thanks for the info, I'll check them out tomorrow after work. One question though the Antec, will it fit a microATX board? I think that's what the mobo i got is, due to trying to get it to fit in my Dell case. LOL

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AA_Samurai

I'm looking on www.NewEgg.com for a PSU, I can't find the one Rick Arter suggested though? Anyone know of any other good high wattage PSU's? Looking for like 600W to 750W, with a great, silent fan, and great reliability. let me know!

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murcielago585

mine is never on sale but on the electrical bill! I;d say go witht eh 620W corsair, seems to be a popular choice, and for a good reason. A lot of people have alse been getting the OCZ gamextream and its pretty cheap. Fist off, new CASE! haha

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AA_Samurai

LOL yeah, I definitely don't want anything DELL located anywhere near my system... I already have some of the round IDE cables and a Blue Neon light that I got from a friend's barebone case that he didn't want anymore but I didn't like it so he gave me what I wanted out of it I really like the look and specs of the OCZ GameXtream PSU! Haven't really checked out cases yet but definitely gonna start soon!

I have a GeForce 6200 256MB graphics card, but I'm thinking I'll go with the 8800GTX 640MB DX10 card if it'll fit my mobo...

this is going to be a $1,500 build easy...LOL wallet says "Ouch"

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AA_Samurai

Ok looked at tons and tons of cases, alot of cool looking ones, but...I'm looking for a case that has Awesome cooling, thru fans, vents, etc. My new Mobo is a MicroATX and i'm not sure if a Expansion Board will attach to it. So I don't need like 7 expansion slots on a case when i'm only going to be using like 4, LOL. I mean yea it will fit an expansion board to utilize the extra slots great, but if not, then the only thing i could think of is using that space for possible another fan? I dunno, any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks guys.

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AA_Samurai

OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W Power Supply - Purchased
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) - Purchased

All I need now is a Case with lots of fans for cooling...or just one with great cooling with not so many fans. LOL I like the looks of the Antec P180, but i'm not sure how it is on cooling...

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PeaceMaker

From reading a lot of reviews, responses from people on the forum, it appears that the P180 has great cooling. The top fan and rear fans work well in removing the heat from the CPU. I myself am purchasing this case.

It's currently $79.99 after MIR @ newegg.com
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129017

I would also suggest the Antec 900 for great cooling and venting.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...pk=antec%2b900

AA_Samurai

Yeah I like both Cases, the P180 needs a PSU with longer cables due to the PSU mounted on bottom, so I'm not sure if the OCZ GameXStream will have long enough cables though. So I might end up going with the Antec 900, the blue leds will the match the blue neon i'll be putting in!

So that brings me to HDD and new GPU... I know I want a Seagate, probably somewhere 300GB, I'm thinking about getting a smaller HDD for OS only, that way I can back the OS up on the 300GB if the smaller one goes out and can still boot up until i can get another smaller HDD. Or maybe just buy like a pack of 4 small ones lol.

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