Is this a decent non-gaming system?
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Originally Posted by /^Blackbacca^\
You forgot a CPU fan/cooler. Zalman and Thermaltake make good ones. that's another $40 at least.
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Originally Posted by LT
Seagate SATA hdd for the win
btw, you will have to set the SATA as the "master" in the BIOS. the IDE will then become the IDE Primary.
btw, you will have to set the SATA as the "master" in the BIOS. the IDE will then become the IDE Primary.
I thought the Barracuda would be way out of my price range but not only is it well within it, from everything I've read it's superior to the Maxtor. Also, Seagate is the only HD maker that doesn't utilize a bridge on it's parallel HD's to make it a serial drive.
Originally Posted by Epoch
Look at newegg for the Xion cases. They are very well built, and the power supply seems really solid (I taxed evey component at once in my system, and the voltage on the rails seemed really solid). Plus, it's a case + power supply for like 45 after rebate
Originally Posted by /^Blackbacca^\
You forgot a CPU fan/cooler. Zalman and Thermaltake make good ones. that's another $40 at least.
Originally Posted by randomtask77
If you have a digicam or something that uses flash memory, might as well get a memory card reader as well to go under the floppy drive. So much easier than finding an external reader and plugging it in (just looks messy and cluttered).
Originally Posted by clickwir
I'd go with an NEC 3540A DVD burner, but other than that... it's cool.
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Originally Posted by janiVI
they make 5.25 media readers
NEC 3540 FTW, its 40 bucks shipped or less from newegg.
NEC 3540 FTW, its 40 bucks shipped or less from newegg.
The only time I can imagine it would be necessary is when it's time to upload pics to my pc and my digi is dead, but considering I use rechargable batteries, that'll never happen as I always have at least 4 charged and ready to go. So no go on the media reader
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Originally Posted by VRGNCD5
I'll look at em, but I am pretty much sold on the RaidMax xA case. It fits 2 80mm fans on the back, one 80mm up front and I'm gonna add another 80mm on the side window. As for build quality, I guess I won't know until I get it. The good thing is that not only does it come with a PSU, which i'm gonna get rid of, it also comes with a media keyboard and and optical mouse for the low, low price of $49.99. The DFI techs recommend at least a 480 watt PSU so that's why i'm buying one seperate from the case.
Nah man... read the newegg reviews on Raidmax products, then compare them to the Xion products.
The keyboard and mouse combo is kinda nice, but this xion case I have is really, really well built for it's price... And, you can either run 2x 80mm or 1x120mm fans on both front and back