Gaming Rig #2

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Parker

Limp Gawd
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Ever since the SFF community was brought to my attention I've wanted to build another (smaller) computer. Here is what I've come up with.

Case: Silverstone SG-01 Evolution
P/S: Corsair 520W Modular
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2l (Socket 775 micro ATX)
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz (Socket 775)
CPU Heatsink: Silverstone NT06-LITE
Memory: A-Data G Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Video Card: eVGA GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB
TOTAL PRICE: $ 847.44 w/ rebates & shipping

I've already got on hand:
Vista x64
DVD Burner
DVD Drive
120GB 10K RPM Harddrive
500GB 7200 RPM Harddrive
Creative Labs Soundblaster audio card
Network Interface Card

I will most likely use the onboard audio and LAN. I may also hold out on the video card until nVidia brings out the new bunch. Not too interested in the 9 series due to the dual power ports (I'll assume they're power hogs).
 
As a rule, don't count the mail-in rebate amounts in your total since you have to pay the full (before rebate) costs up front. I estimated to total to be around $900 without rebates and not counting shipping costs. How much (total) are you willing to spend on this build?

That's a pretty good setup, but coming from a previous SG01 user, expect to have some heat issues. Which fans were you going to use inside the case? The HX520 is going to be the main exhaust point for the processor, and one of the three fans will be occupied with cooling the HDD cage. The optional CrossFlow fan attachment is useless at best.

Which Sound Blaster card do you have? IIRC, Creative essentially limits its Vista driver support to the X-Fi line of sound cards (and their drivers have been largely garbage for the most part).
 
Yeah I know about the rebate deal. I just like to throw that in there for personal gratification. I'm not concerned with how much to spend on the rig. As they say, money is not an option. I've got a full time job.
I do plan on changing out the fans but haven't gone much into researching the best ones yet. I'll look up some of dworley's posts at some point for that matter unless you've got a personal choice to chime in on. Just going to look for the sweet spot between silent & efficient.
I expected the power supply to cool the CPU. Thus the CPU cooler choice. ;)
I hear ya on the crossflow fan. My Tsunami came with one and I took it out shortly after the build. I'm currently running a soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS. I was unaware of the X-Fi support with vista. But like I stated, I'll probably just use the onboard audio.
 
Many people aren't fully aware of the cooling limitations of the SUGO series cases. I once was one of those people, so nowadays I try to warn people beforehand whenever possible. It's not to say that they're bad cases, but they're not suited for overclocking or if you have a lot of parts that produce a lot of heat.

I used Panaflo M1A fans with my SG01 (though many people prefer the L1As for low noise), but any quality 80mm fan would work.
 
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