ultimate system components

[Porkinator]

I am starting a long term thread here.
This is the case I have picked out for my next system.
http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=15900

[Porkinator]

this is the power supply.
http://www.corsairmicro.com/corsair/HX_ ... upply.html

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Big thumbs up on the case Pork. I may have to look at that one myself.

The psu though only has 18a on the 12v. Not good if your getting a card in the 7800-7900 or x1900 range. Get one that has at least 28a on the 12v. You may need to go single rail for that.

[law.of.averages]

fry's had one like that on sale for $49 or so

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Toms likes your case pork. They seem to like the silverstone tj09 a bit better but I like the looks of the antec 900.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/10/27/ ... _showdown/

[=A!M=NuGe]

Nyce case Pork. You might want to consider this one while your looking....

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811133154

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And as far as PSU's go... I know its pricey but its worth every cent

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817711002

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And as far as PSU's go... I know its pricey but its worth every cent

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817711002

This is a great psu and it has 520W 33 amps on single 12V rail. Anything less these days gets you into trouble with higher end video cards.

Good post Nuge.

[Rom]

Nice choice nuge thats my case and my psu

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The PSU was a no-brainer(being I own it too Rom LOL). The case is one I've benn pining for..... ohhhhhhhh sweeeeeeeeeeet THERMALTAKE ARMOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Porkinator]

OK I have decided on the new Nvidia GF8800 as the next component on my new system. By the time I get around to building it this may change.

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The PSU was a no-brainer(being I own it too Rom LOL). The case is one I've benn pining for..... ohhhhhhhh sweeeeeeeeeeet THERMALTAKE ARMOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The 8800 won't fit in that case.

[Zillion]

Nice case Porkinator, you can't go wrong with an Antec. Mine is pretty standard I guess. I never got in to the whoe case modding thing.

In fact, I am the only one I know that plays UT on a C64

>load a:\utdisk100001
>Insert Disk 00002
>Insert Disk 00003
>Insert Disk 00004
>Insert Disk 08001...
...... I just pray that the power doesn't go down

Maybe down the road when I can afford one of the next generation video cards, I will get a new case.

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OK I have decided on the new Nvidia GF8800 as the next component on my new system. By the time I get around to building it this may change.

The 8800gtx is 11" long and won't fit into that antec case pork. Make sure you look hard for a case with at least 12" length because your card will be butting up against your hard drives and you still have to plug in 2 molex connectors.

[Porkinator]

np I will just cut a couple of inches off.
I think the gts model is a little shorter. I haven't decided yet.
System build will probably happen in 3 months.
I am waiting to see what AMD and ATI comes up with.