[RufusW]

Hey Guys,


this was suggested by Waynos but I was wondering if anybody had any killer ideas... etc etc....

Aria - prices exc. VAT.

Xilence 480W Gaming PSU £ 24.25
Gigabyte GA-M57SLi-S4 Socket AM2 Motherboard£ 44.25 250GB Maxtor/Seagate SATA2 £ 24.50 AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5400+ 2.80GHz (Retail AM2) £ 43.95 GeIL 2GB PC2-6400 C4 Black Dragon (2x1GB) £ 22.45
I have a XFX Geforce 6600GT PCI-E 128mb DDR3, sound card, TV card and 2 * 250 G HDDs I'll use in this new system.

any help much apprciated

[Madxgraphics]

You could make quite huge improvements on this, the question is thouhg, how fat is your bank account...???

[JaLing]

PSU PSU PSU..... no offense but I won't get anything smaller than 600Ws

[itsme]

Originally Posted by RufusW

Hey Guys,


this was suggested by Waynos but I was wondering if anybody had any killer ideas... etc etc....

Aria - prices exc. VAT.

Xilence 480W Gaming PSU £ 24.25
Gigabyte GA-M57SLi-S4 Socket AM2 Motherboard£ 44.25 250GB Maxtor/Seagate SATA2 £ 24.50 AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5400+ 2.80GHz (Retail AM2) £ 43.95 GeIL 2GB PC2-6400 C4 Black Dragon (2x1GB) £ 22.45
I have a XFX Geforce 6600GT PCI-E 128mb DDR3, sound card, TV card and 2 * 250 G HDDs I'll use in this new system.

any help much apprciated

Same set up as I have+ two EXTRA 160g SATA HDD FOR BACK UP> 600w PSU> 3g RAM. The MOBO+CPU is one of the best I have ever owned second to none CPU runs at 2.8 no Over clocking its so easy to set-up And you can add as many extras as you wish

[Abarbarian]

Meself I would go for one of these psu's,

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...NQZXJQYWdlPSY=

An do you really need to have a SLI mobo?

[Waynos_Face]

Originally Posted by JaLing

PSU PSU PSU..... no offense but I won't get anything smaller than 600Ws

Why???

In me dads Media Centre i am building for Xmas, i have

Intel E4600 With Thermaltake Cooler
Mobo
2GB RAM
160GB HDD
750GB HDD
8800GT 256Mb
Hauppage Nova S+ TV Card
Belkin Wireless PCI Card
DVD/CD
2 x Hiper Silent 12Cm fans

All on a Xilence 420W PSU, it has been running for a week nonstop and is perfect.

People think they need loads of power but you don't, people recommend what they know and thats that.

[Waynos_Face]

Originally Posted by Abarbarian

An do you really need to have a SLI mobo?

I picked out that mobo as its probably the best AM2 Motherboard for £50, along with the ASUS M2N-SLI, it being SLI is just a bonus.

[Madxgraphics]

Originally Posted by Waynos_Face

People think they need loads of power but you don't, people recommend what they know and thats that.

Very true, but i'd say when it comes to power supply its best to go that little bit bigger..You never know when you might need that extra bit of oomph...

[RufusW]

Thanks for the replies.


Do you reckon Hiper 530w PSU HPU-4M530 £ 33.27 would be okay to run all that plus the two more HDDS (3*250G in total) plus TV card, sound card and a 6600GT? I'd be happy with the name brand as well.

Sounds like the mobo and CPU are good so I'll stick with them.

[Waynos_Face]

Dude, if i can run the media centre i posted on 420 then 530 for yours is fine, although some on here have had bad experiences with Hiper, i only use there fans.