WilliamWatts on 17 February 2010
| hsrob said: It turns out that Gocomp is about half a km from my house and it's prices look decent so I'll probably go through them. So far I've worked from the Whirlpool $1500 rig with some adjustments CPU: AMD Phenom II 945 Mobo: Gigabyte MA785GT-UD3H $108 RAM: 4GB DDR3 (brand? does it matter) HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB $105 (will probably double this) GPU: 1GB ATI Radeon HD5850 Case: SilverStone Raven RV02 (looks cool butwill probably go for a more modestly priced case, any suggestions or strong feelings) PSU: AcBel 510W PSU (sufficient?) ODD: Sony-NEC Optiarc AD-7240S $39 (not too fussy about this as long as it works) CPU HSF: Noctua NH-U12P SE2 $95 (no idea about this, suitable?) ANYTHING ELSE I NEED, SHOULD CONSIDER OR CHANGE? Once again thanks for all the help. |
The brand of Ram doesn't matter, DDR3 1666 might be a good bet for speed.
The silverstone RV02 is a fine looking case. But it has some drawbacks with cable management as the cables come out the top of the chassis. The Antec P183 is a good looking, professional looking case which has good sound dampening.
In any case, you ought to just pick whichever case looks sturdy and good to you. They are pretty individual and its a personal decision. A better case is easier to install into but practicallly any case you could choose will work. Just make sure its a tower design.
Oh yeah get rid of the HSF, just use stock.
