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Author I've just spent FAR too much money on bits for my new computer!
PaulW
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   18th Feb 04 at 11:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Just rang up Overclock.co.uk and spent £263.41 on some bits for my new PC, which should be delivered to me by tomorrow! Yay!

So I've just ordered...

Antec PlusView 1000AMG without PSU
Aerocool Aeropower II+ Acrylic-Titanium Plated 550W inc. UK power cord
2 x Titan Aerofoil Aluminium Fan 120mm 3pin Retail
2 x Vantec Fan Vibration Dampener Kit (120mm)
Zalman ZM-MFC1 6-Channel Fan Controller
2 x Mitron Halo Fan 80mm (UV)
Akasa Fan Nebula with 4 Colour Blade illumination


Also ordered from Argos, Challenge Xtreme 130 Watt Rotary Tool Kit which cost £23.99, and will do nicely to cut up the new case once it arrives

Can't wait till tomorrow now WOOOO!!
SetH
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18th Feb 04 at 11:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

you`re like a kid at christmas.

Sorting your cooling out ready for summer huh? I know what si would say, air cooled systems waste of money etc etc.

I have 8 fans in my case, lowered case temp from 25-27 degrees to whatever room temp is.
PaulW
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18th Feb 04 at 11:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote



thing is, the 2 120mm fans are for the radiator, gona be a nice water-cooled PC by time I'm done with it...

Corsa-Hybrid too cos is using the heater matrix as the cooling rad

The other 3 fans will be blowing the air out of the case which is fed in via the rad, plus there mostly for show too

[Edited on 18-02-2004 by PaulW]
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ah them 120mm vantec fans are fucking brilliant. I ordered one to replace the front 120mm fan on my 4U rackmount server in my bedroom. It isnt a killer on the ears anymore
Icy
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18th Feb 04 at 12:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

much r these fans?

am pickin up my system later
shop built it for free
£512
for
chenbro gamin bomb case
200 gb sata
2x512mb crucial 400ddr
asus mb a7xns or somethin

also got him to fit my asus ati radeon 128 9600xt
7in1 digital memory card floppy disk drive
dvd drive
80gb slave

hes only bung in a 300watt psu
need a 400ish psu eh?
wil need some uprated fans too?
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18th Feb 04 at 12:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

nice one didnt realise you were water cooling. what spec is your pc? going for some overclocking?
PaulW
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18th Feb 04 at 13:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Was out fr me din dins

Ok the 'Current' spec sheet will be an AMD AthlonXP 3200+ (unlocked)
DFI LanParty NFII Ultra-B (Socket-A) Motherboard
GeForce FX 5950 ULTRA
1Gb DDR400 Ram
160Gb SATA HDD (or maybe IDE, unsure yet)
Some other bits & bobs which I'll sort out when I get round to it Also I haven't got any of the internals as yet, so the spec may change a bit more!

Lookin at gettin the Athlon from 2.2GHz to around 2.5GHz, so quite a jump, it is possible too as I've heard of quite a few people being able to do this!

ICY do you mean the Titan fans? If so its £11.94 ex VAT (for the 120mm ones that is, there are 80mm ones available from the same site!)



http://www.overclock.co.uk/customer/product.php?productid=16441&cat=

Also the 300W PSU won't last long! Try get a 450W + PSU, will be a bit more healthier!! As for the amount of fans, 2 x exhaust fans at rear, 1 x intake at front & HDD Coolers all the way

[Edited on 18-02-2004 by PaulW]

[Edited on 18-02-2004 by PaulW]

 
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