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14. August 2006 @ 08:38

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It isn't so much price but also XClio are known to make good quality products. Sunbeam are known for the opposite.

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CHEESEPIE

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14. August 2006 @ 08:44

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/CustRatingReview.asp?Item=N82E16817...

how about this one since im on a really tight budget :(

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14. August 2006 @ 08:47

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Nah. I've heard some dodgy things about Ttake PSUs and their cases aren't built fantastically either, so that should be an indicator. I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH HOW IMPORTANT IT IS NOT TO SKIMP ON YOUR POWER SUPPLY. Slower PC if necessary, a good PSU is a necessity, One day a cheaper unit may decide to go pop an destroy your whole PC, data and all. A better unit will not only be far less likely to do that, but also won't usually take your system out in the process. I know, I've been there. I usually recommend a $110 Hiper power supply to people, it's that important. As long as you're using under 450W though, that XClio I provided will be sufficient.

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CHEESEPIE

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14. August 2006 @ 08:51

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rawr there goes all my money but if its necessary ill get it thanks sir morris

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14. August 2006 @ 09:14

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It's very necessary.

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14. August 2006 @ 09:31

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I've heard some dodgy things about Ttake PSUs and their cases aren't built fantastically either

I've heard plenty of good things about their PSU's and my Thermaltake Tsunami is one of the nicest cases I've owned.

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14. August 2006 @ 10:01

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Interesting. I'm not saying Thermaltake is a bad company at all, but I know of a slight quality control issue with a Soprano case, and I'm never sure to trust a company that primarily makes cases with a PSU.

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14. August 2006 @ 11:53

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@sammorris
what case is that in your picture? how many fans in case? and how many bays are there for optic drives and audio etc.

Win. 7/Case- Thermaltake Armor11 bays "full case"-with side fan panel... removed stock fans replaced with SCYTHE 92mm 2ea. and SCYTHE/s-flex sff21f 120mm 2ea./ sunbeam 4 fan controller/Processor-Intel Core2Duo E6850 3.0 w/ Zalman CNPS7700-CU cooler/motherboard-Asus P5N32-E SLI p680I/PSU-Cooler Master RS 850 watt real power pro sli/Sound Card-Creative Sound Blaster X-FI FATAL1ty/Cables-Thermaltake Rounded IDE ATA & ATA2/Memory- 4 Gig Corsair XMS 800 MH/HDD-1ea. WD 300GB 10K VelociRaptor Sata-1ea.WD 320GB 7200rpm Sata/Drives- 2ea. Benq 1655 [Rev.BCDB]2ea.LG GH24NS70[rev.GN00]/52in1 card reader&Writer&USB/ Video cards- 1ea. EVGA Gforce Nvida GTX 550Ti /Monitors- 2ea. ACER AL2017 LCD 20 in. ea/Printer-

Nephilim

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14. August 2006 @ 11:57

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I'm never sure to trust a company that primarily makes cases with a PSU

True they're known for making case but that doesn't mean they don't also make some extremely good HSF's too ;)

I've used Thermaltake's HSF's, Cases and PSU's and my experience with them has been great.

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14. August 2006 @ 12:11

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@Nephilim
Did you use a program to log your movies like that in your sig.? thats really cool how you have it.I have over 850 movies, but if you did it by hand forget it!

Nephilim

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14. August 2006 @ 12:13

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Did it by hand :)

http://www.intervocative.com/Downloads.aspx

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14. August 2006 @ 12:23

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LOL wow!

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14. August 2006 @ 12:25

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@ Nephilim

Thanks Ill play with that program when I get home from work- Your movie list is really cool

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14. August 2006 @ 12:27

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@ sammorris

how about you friend... any info. on the case?

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14. August 2006 @ 12:29

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My friend? Which? I seem to have many, which is a bit unusual! LOL

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14. August 2006 @ 12:40

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the one in your sig. link

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14. August 2006 @ 12:46

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Ah Right sorry! I'm so used to being told off for using such an analogy I didn't expect it here! NZXT lexa, I shall post the specs shortly.

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14. August 2006 @ 13:14

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NZXT Lexa:
Aluminium Lightweight elevated chassis
Reflective front and side panels, with large single-panel window.
2x 120mm Blue LED fan (one bottom rear on side window for GPU cooling and one at rear)
1x 120mm fan (hard disk cooling front position)
1x 80mm fan (top as standard)
extra 80mm slot for fan on bottom of case. Some fan slots fitted with dust filters.

Three temperature reading display and high-brightness power and HDD blue LEDs.
Magnetic-catch drive door cover
Semi-Screwless installation (all components screwless attachment except case opening)
Sideward facing Hard disk rack...

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14. August 2006 @ 13:55

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Wonderful... left out one thing! WHERE DO I GET ONE?

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14. August 2006 @ 13:59

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Where else? Newegg! Just go to Computer cases section, it's on the homepage, and quite righ too.

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14. August 2006 @ 14:03

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Thanks... slowly but surely, Im building her up... just ordered the hipper PSU in blue and ordered the rest of my cables in blue with round ide cables [very pleased w/ the info I got off home page for PSU]

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14. August 2006 @ 14:09

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Brilliant, keep us posted!

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pcrepair

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17. August 2006 @ 06:17

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no

and I'm how many pages adrift ?
I need to get on more

i7 3770 12GB ram terrabyte sata drive 1 750Gb sata drive 285GTX graphics Sony dvdwriter same NZXT Nemesis case
Still playing Black Hawk Down why did I upgrade?

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dsgtrain

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17. August 2006 @ 12:18

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Is it common for defect memory as I have just built a Computer (see sig) and MemTest has found 2612 Errors. Yet Windows Boots up fine, But you struggle playing a Game for 5 mins before the BSOD.

Pictures:
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i53/dsgtrain/Memory/01.jpg
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i53/dsgtrain/Memory/02.jpg
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i53/dsgtrain/Memory/03.jpg
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i53/dsgtrain/Memory/04.jpg

Also, whats a average temp for a Athlon 64 3800+ CPU (Not the X2) on the stock HSF as mine hits about 47c at full load under Prime95 (If I can get it running for long enough before the BSOD).

Thanks, Dave.