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masterprometheus wrote: |
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> Dale wrote: |
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>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153116 |
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>> Thermaltake TR2 TRX-650M 650W ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V Power supply. I |
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>> like this brand and would like to stay with this but if the price is |
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>> right, I could be tempted to change my mind. My biggest question on |
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>> this, can this handle this mobo, CPU, video card and 3 to 4 drives |
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>> including a DVD burner? |
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>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103644 |
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> I saw that you already bought it. It's a below average product. Should |
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> still work fine for this system. |
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> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371021 |
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> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151095 |
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> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207007 |
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> All of these are superior products with great prices. If one can get the |
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> rebate the last one is a steal. |
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>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118056 |
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>> ZALMAN CNPS10X FLEX CPU Cooler. This thing got good reviews and it is |
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>> not priced to high. According to the searches I have done this will |
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> fit |
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>> the mobo/CPU and should fit in the case. Any disagreements on this? |
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> Zalman's cooler is a good one but the one I listed in a prior thread is |
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> cheaper. Performance is similar. This one of course doesn't need a fan |
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> and will be silent. |
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I have always been skittish of a cooler with no fan. They just don't |
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sound right for some reason. I guess if I saw one in action, I may feel |
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a little different. I do like the large quiet fans tho. I do like to |
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keep the noise to a minimum. I actually checked Toms hardware for that |
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one too. It is highly rated. I have a ThermalTake Volcano 12+ on my |
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little AMD 2500+. It runs cool tho. I'm running folding and have been |
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for at least a week now and I'm running 87F for the CPU and the fans are |
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~3700 rpms. Not to bad I guess. I hope for something like that with |
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the new CPU but it may run a little hotter since it has more cores and |
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such. |
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>> Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 |
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> 12800) |
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>> Desktop Memory. According to newegg this fits the mobo. Agree? |
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> Yes a good one. If you don't need the fastest you can get a cheaper kit : |
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> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820144478 |
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> However no objection to Crucial. |
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One reason I picked it is that it is 4Gb in one stick. I plan to max it |
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out over the next year and then put portage's compile directory on a |
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tmpfs in memory, or something to that effect. I read a while back that |
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it speeds up the compile a good bit. Of course, that SATA drive will |
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help to in the meantime. |
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>> I only plan to build one or the other not both. I would like to make |
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>> sure everything should fit fine but I would also like to get a opinion. |
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>> I would like a opinion on whether build #2 would be better in the long |
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>> run? It appears to be a bit faster although the price is not much |
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>> different. Build #1 is $611.92. Build #2 is $637.92. That doesn't |
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>> include shipping but a lot of the items have free shipping anyway. |
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>> Basically, I need this to last me several years since I can't afford to |
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>> rebuild every few years. Also, one reason for the HUGE CPU cooler, I |
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>> run folding in the winter. Helps heat the place up a bit. lol My |
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>> current rig with a Volcano 12 runs at about 90F at full load. I would |
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>> like to run pretty close to that since it just makes the CPU last |
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> longer. |
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>> I'm open to ideas, discussion, problems and opinions. I mostly want to |
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>> make sure each build will work and which I should build. |
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>> Thanks for your time and replies. If you need more info, let me know. |
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> The rest is good to great but that PSU is .... |
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Yea, the ones you listed above are good ones. I just start out with |
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what I have used before that worked well and go from there. I only |
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recall one P/S going bad on me tho. I blew the dust out and didn't know |
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that a rubber band came off and got hung in the fan. I found out a few |
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minutes later tho. It sort of had a bad smell. :-( |
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I hope to post some pics somewhere when I get it done. Going to test my |
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cable management skills a little bit. lol |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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