04-21-2010, 03:43 PM
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| Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: houston, tx
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|  Re: Building my computer, and I need help. The current case is good, but if you really would like a nice case with the best AIR cooling with out breaking the bank to much, get the Antec 900 or 1200. The antec 1200 is so freaking nice that you would just brag about it to anybody!!! Also the Antecs have great cable management, which is a pretty big deal when dealing with air cooling. Newegg.com - Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Newegg.com - Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case Oh also don't buy a full priced drive, buy OEM you just dont get cables and a box. Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive much cheaper and your motherboard comes with the needed cables.
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04-21-2010, 04:19 PM
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| Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 40
| Re: Building my computer, and I need help. As we are mainly speaking to Western Digital HDD. There is a difference between Green / Blue / Black. Check the link: WD HDD Black/Blue/Green The Short? Green is good for the environment. Blue is good for reliability. Black is performance. Here is the link to the bare Black-class drive: WD Black 1TB - Bare drive 6.0Gb/s 64mb cache WD Black 1TB - Bare drive 3.0Gb/s 32mb cache ========== The next thing is CAS Latency on your RAM. Full Article on Wikipedia: CAS Latency The short on CAS Latency? Lower is typically better. ========== Probably a little out of your budget, a little out of mine too: Silverstone case The recessed panel on top really just looks awesome to me. I have two Micro-ATX Systems right now in silverstone cases and they are quite possibly the best cases I have ever worked with quality wise. ========== You're missing an optical drive in your build and an OS. Last edited by Crispin; 04-21-2010 at 04:26 PM. |
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04-22-2010, 11:59 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Arlington Texas
Posts: 201
| Re: Building my computer, and I need help. Really dont need an optical in the computer depending on what you do. I have been using an external drive for years now. Its nice when you have 4 comps to save that little money. If I stuck one in it would be a blue ray, but I dont miss it. |
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04-22-2010, 06:48 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Vancouver, Canada.
Posts: 2,421
| Re: Building my computer, and I need help. I'd go with at least a dvd-rom, they're dirt cheap and its convenient to have. |
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