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new build Asus P4C800 Deluxe - Advice sought re heatsink choice etc., etc.
Hi.
I'm thinking of building a new machine based on the following specs and would like some advice re the compatibility of the components, etc. The parts I'm thinking of buying are as follows: Motherboard Asus P4C800 Deluxe "Canterwood" (Socket 478) Motherboard CPU Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz (800FSB) with HT Technology - Retail RAM Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3200LLPT TwinX (2x512MB) CAS2 DVD-ROM Samsung SD-616QBB 16x48x DVD-ROM (Black), CD-RW Samsung SW-252B 52x/52x/24x CD-ReWriter (Black) - OEM Graphics Card Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI - Retail Thermal comp Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) Floppy Teac 3.5" Black Floppy Disk Drive - OEM HeatSink ThermalRight SLK-947U (Socket 478 & Socket A) Cooler 92mm Fan Vantec 92mm Tornado Fan for heatsink Case Lian Li PC 71 Aluminium Full-Tower (No PSU PSU Antec TrueBlue 480W PSU I will use my existing Hard Drives and (possibly) my Promise FastTrack 100 TX2 PCI Raid card in a RAID 0+1 config.. Now, I would appreciate it if anyone with a similar setup could advise me as to whether or not all this lot will work happily together, or whether there could be issues I'm likely to face. For example, will the ThermalRight SLK-947U heatsink fit this board and, if not, what's a good alternative? I like the look of that particular heatsink and have heard they work well with Vantec 92mm Tornado Fans. Do you have any experience with this board / HSF setup? What about the RAM? Are there any major issues with this board and the low latency corsair RAM modules I've listed above? Again, I've run into problems with Asus boards and their pickiness re RAM in the past and thought that more expensive stuff like this would be a wise choice for stability as well as speed. Also, considering I'll be RAIDing 4 HDDs as well as hosting CDRW and DVD-ROM drives, will the 480W PSU give me enough juice? I'm looking at the Antec range because they too have a good reputation for quality but I don't know whether to go 550W instead of 480. Anyway, that's about all I can think of for now but I'd really appreciate any advice on the issues I've raised above. Thanks in advance. Cheers. Mod. |
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The retail boxed CPUs include a heatsink/fan with them. Unless you are
planning to overclock the CPU, you might as well use it, as it's likely quieter than most 3rd-party coolers.. -- Robert Hancock Saskatoon, SK, Canada To email, remove "nospam" from Home Page: http://www.roberthancock.com/ "Mod" wrote in message om... Hi. I'm thinking of building a new machine based on the following specs and would like some advice re the compatibility of the components, etc. The parts I'm thinking of buying are as follows: Motherboard Asus P4C800 Deluxe "Canterwood" (Socket 478) Motherboard CPU Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz (800FSB) with HT Technology - Retail RAM Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3200LLPT TwinX (2x512MB) CAS2 DVD-ROM Samsung SD-616QBB 16x48x DVD-ROM (Black), CD-RW Samsung SW-252B 52x/52x/24x CD-ReWriter (Black) - OEM Graphics Card Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI - Retail Thermal comp Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) Floppy Teac 3.5" Black Floppy Disk Drive - OEM HeatSink ThermalRight SLK-947U (Socket 478 & Socket A) Cooler 92mm Fan Vantec 92mm Tornado Fan for heatsink Case Lian Li PC 71 Aluminium Full-Tower (No PSU PSU Antec TrueBlue 480W PSU I will use my existing Hard Drives and (possibly) my Promise FastTrack 100 TX2 PCI Raid card in a RAID 0+1 config.. Now, I would appreciate it if anyone with a similar setup could advise me as to whether or not all this lot will work happily together, or whether there could be issues I'm likely to face. For example, will the ThermalRight SLK-947U heatsink fit this board and, if not, what's a good alternative? I like the look of that particular heatsink and have heard they work well with Vantec 92mm Tornado Fans. Do you have any experience with this board / HSF setup? What about the RAM? Are there any major issues with this board and the low latency corsair RAM modules I've listed above? Again, I've run into problems with Asus boards and their pickiness re RAM in the past and thought that more expensive stuff like this would be a wise choice for stability as well as speed. Also, considering I'll be RAIDing 4 HDDs as well as hosting CDRW and DVD-ROM drives, will the 480W PSU give me enough juice? I'm looking at the Antec range because they too have a good reputation for quality but I don't know whether to go 550W instead of 480. Anyway, that's about all I can think of for now but I'd really appreciate any advice on the issues I've raised above. Thanks in advance. Cheers. Mod. |
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