Advice on my new pc [again]

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I am about to order my new PC in about a week, I am just wondering what you guys think. One thing that I am not sure of is my motherboard and if I should use that chipset fan, any advice is welcome. Also I might be forgetting something so if you find something I have forgoten please tell me.(Besides monitor and speakers)
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1x Cooler Master Blue Ultra Aurora CCFL Series, Dual Package
LINK: <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=00-887-005" target="_new">http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=00-887-005</A>

1x Cooler Master Cavalier 1 Silver/Blue ATX Mid Tower Case With analog dial & 350W Power Supply
LINK: <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=11-119-049" target="_new">http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=11-119-049</A>

1x CoolerMaster Blue 80mm Neon LED Fan
LINK: <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=11-999-051" target="_new">http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=11-999-051</A>

2x CoolerMaster Blue 120mm Neon LED Fan
LINK: <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=11-999-061" target="_new">http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=11-999-061</A>

1x COOLER MASTER Round, 18-Inch, Floppy drive cable, Booted, 2-Connector
LINK: <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=12-103-302" target="_new">http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=12-103-302</A>

1x COOLER MASTER ROUND, 18-Inch, ATA133/100/66 IDE Cable, 2-Connector
LINK: <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=12-104-225" target="_new">http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=12-104-225</A>

1x ASUS "P5AD2-E Premium" i925XE Chipset Motherboard For Intel LGA 775 CPU
LINK: <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=13-131-516" target="_new">http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=13-131-516</A>

1x Chaintech nVIDIA GeForce 6600GT Video Card, 128MB DDR3, 128-Bit, TV-Out/DVI, PCI-Express
LINK: <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=14-145-098" target="_new">http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=14-145-098</A>

1x OCZ ModStream 520W Power Supply with OCZ EZMod technology, SATA Connector
LINK: <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=17-104-155" target="_new">http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=17-104-155</A>

1x Intel LGA 775 Pentium 4 540 3.2 GHz, 800MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache w/ Hyper Threading Technology
LINK: <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=19-116-183" target="_new">http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=19-116-183</A>

1x CORSAIR XMS2 PRO Series 240-Pin 512MB DDR2 PC2-4300 with Heat Spreader and Activity LED's
LINK: <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=20-145-548" target="_new">http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=20-145-548</A>

1x NEC 1.44MB Black Internal Floppy Drive
LINK: <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=21-152-005" target="_new">http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=21-152-005</A>

1x Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM SATA Hard Drive
LINK: <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=22-144-160" target="_new">http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=22-144-160</A>

1x Logitech Elite Keyboard USB/ PS/2 104keys
LINK: <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=23-126-114" target="_new">http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=23-126-114</A>

1x Logitech Blue Performance Optical Mouse PS2/ USB
LINK: <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=26-104-151" target="_new">http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=26-104-151</A>

1x Sennheiser PC150 Headset
LINK: <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=26-106-346" target="_new">http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=26-106-346</A>

1x Lite-On 16X DVD Dual Drive
LINK: <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=27-106-961" target="_new">http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=27-106-961</A>

1x Lite-On Black 16X DVD-ROM
LINK: <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=27-131-118" target="_new">http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=27-131-118</A>

1x Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum PCI Sound Card
LINK: <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=29-102-163" target="_new">http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=29-102-163</A>

1x Arctic Silver Premium Silver Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound
LINK: <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=35-100-007" target="_new">http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=35-100-007</A>

1x Thermalright Copper Chipset Cooler With Fan
LINK: <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=35-109-117" target="_new">http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=35-109-117</A>

1x Thermalright Heatsink for P4 & K8 CPUs Model "XP-120"
LINK: <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=35-109-118" target="_new">http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=35-109-118</A>

1x Thermalright LGA775 Retention Bracket for Socket 478 Coolers
LINK: <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=35-999-351" target="_new">http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=35-999-351</A>
 
yeah 1 of the fans going to be going on the case and one on the XP-120 also, I am getting with Raptor for the speed, I am going to add another HD in the future.
 
Looks like a good build to me... I have never put a ton of thought into my case fans... for the most part I just let my wife pick the one that is "prettiest", so I really don't think it matters too much.
 
If you want the highest air output with lowest noise level, check out the <A HREF="http://www.silverstonetek.com/products-fm121.htm" target="_new"> Silverstone fans].</A> The only downside to these is that they only come in white. These fans rock otherwise. :wink:

<font color=green>AMD 64 3700+
ASUS K8N-E Deluxe
CORSAIR XMS (1gb) PC-3200
Gigabyte GF 6800gt 256mb
Audigy 2 ZS
2_36.7gb Raptors/Raid 0
Tt 480 watt PSU</font color=green>
 
Wow, I am definetly putting more thought into my fans next time a build... I never have cared that much before, although I don't do the extreme OCing that many of you do, so maybe I have just never seen the need. Although I have been thinking of OCing the new rig I got... just wanna see how fast she will run.
 
fixed all the link:
Thermaltake 120mm BLUE LED Fan for PC case and CPU fan
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-999-122&depa=0

Panasonic Panaflo 120 x 38mm Cooling Fan
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-180-081&depa=0

Denki
http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/prodinfo.asp?number=G14010&variation=&aitem=3&mitem=9

So far many votes on ocforums have gone for Denki, but how loud is 39 dba like what can I relate it to or how can I see with out buying one of those gadgets.
 
Dude, you are getting a socket 775 Prescott. You can't mess around with wimpy fans! You need <A HREF="http://www.wholehousefan.com/theghost.html" target="_new">the_ghost.</A>

Abit IS7 - 3.0C @ 3.6ghz - Mushkin PC4000 (2 X 512) - Sapphire 9800Pro - TT 420 watt Pure Power
Samsung 120gb ATA-100 - Maxtor 40gb ATA - 100
Sony DRU-510A - Yellowtail Merlot
 
Dude, I took that link serious for a minute... I was looking at the pic saying to myself "How the hell is he going to fit one of those in his case??" And then I started to read... very funny by the way :)
 
Isn't anyone going to tell him that <A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=35-109-118&depa=0" target="_new">http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=35-109-118&depa=0</A> his heatsink is for s478, not sT?
How about that he could just forget all the fan noise, throttling, and crappy performance by getting an
A64?
 
I have grown tired of telling people to buy A64's... but you are right... we should have told him.

Buy an A64 and you won't have to worry about lighting your house on fire everytime you play a game!!
 
Agrees with the last two posts...

Dude get an A64 or will have to figure out how to mount that <A HREF="http://www.wholehousefan.com/theghost.html" target="_new">Ghost fan</A> (hehehe) and then you wont have room left for a killer video card. Just imagine, smoke alarms going off, fire dept being called, just because you need to have that really nice Intel Prescott processor. ROFL.

:wink:

<font color=green>AMD 64 3700+
ASUS K8N-E Deluxe
CORSAIR XMS (1gb) PC-3200
Gigabyte GF 6800gt 256mb
Audigy 2 ZS
2_36.7gb Raptors/Raid 0
Tt 480 watt PSU</font color=green>
 
lazerous I am quite positive that I laughed for about 5 minutes straight when you told the first guy to mount on the Ghost fan for his P4... I wish I found that link before you did.
 
lazerous I am quite positive that I laughed for about 5 minutes straight when you told the first guy to mount on the Ghost fan for his P4...
Yes it was hilarious, :redface: but ummmm......

That was Cybercraig that originally posted the link. I just thought it was so funny we needed to keep bringing it up! :lol:

<font color=green>AMD 64 3700+
ASUS K8N-E Deluxe
CORSAIR XMS (1gb) PC-3200
Gigabyte GF 6800gt 256mb
Audigy 2 ZS
2_36.7gb Raptors/Raid 0
Tt 480 watt PSU</font color=green>
 
I'm sitting here looking at a 7000 Cu that I just pulled off a board. This sucker has to weigh 3 pounds. The motherboard has a warp in it from the weight. It's like mounting a shotput on your MB. If you use these or the solid copper 7700's I would be damn careful. If this puppy broke loose it would break your Vid card in two!

Abit IS7 - 3.0C @ 3.6ghz - Mushkin PC4000 (2 X 512) - Sapphire 9800Pro - TT 420 watt Pure Power
Samsung 120gb ATA-100 - Maxtor 40gb ATA - 100
Sony DRU-510A - Yellowtail Merlot