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    Question *** Game system building advice plez ***

    Hey guys, so here's the story,
    current system is:
    soprano thermaltake case
    asus p5-n32 sli mobo
    core2duo e6400
    2gb corsair xms pc6400
    2x Geforce 7600gt in sli
    x-fi fatal1ty sound card
    550wt psu and all the usual dvd and hard drives
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    wanting to build a system from scratch (flogging this one) but i've noticed some problems. namely space. the soprano case has dimensions off width: 21cm, height 49.5cm, depth 47.8cm.

    herein lyes the problem because with two sli cards, the x-fi & a few hard drives it's just a little cluttered so a bit more depth would be great as i'm probably gonna go for a new geforce 9800 gx2

    found a case Thermaltake Eureka Full Tower EATX with dimensions w:20.5cm, h:54cm, d:65cm.

    can anyone recommend it or another one?

    and finally, here's the spec of what i'm putting together, can you chaps tell me off any problems or recommendations...

    Thermaltake Eureka Full Tower EATX Case
    CoolerMaster 620W REAL POWER PRO MODULAR PSU
    Asustek S775 nForce 780i DDR2 ATX Audio Lan
    Intel Q6600
    4GB OCZ Technology 2X2GBKIT REAPER 240PIN PC2-6400 DDR2 800MHZ
    XFX GeForce 9800GX2 1GB PCIE 2xDVI 2xGPU DDR3 VGA
    Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty
    3x Samsung 1TB 7200RPM 32MB S300 3.5" in raid array ( Already have 2)
    Pioneer BDR-202BK BluRay black bare SATA
    Optiarc 20X DVD+/-RW/12X RAM SATA LIGHTSCRIBE BLACK

    Hope you's can tell me if there's anything stupid here or if i should go for different parts.

    Thanks lots guys!


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    Re: *** Game system building advice plez ***

    Quote Originally Posted by MarkTheNoob View Post

    and finally, here's the spec of what i'm putting together, can you chaps tell me off any problems or recommendations...

    It's a good start but i would make changes

    Thermaltake Eureka Full Tower EATX Case -not sure about this case but I have an akasa eclipse which is EATX and thus is huge inside, great case to. If you are willing to remove one hard drive bay (still gives space for 3 drives) you could get an antec P182
    CoolerMaster 620W REAL POWER PRO MODULAR PSU - I would change this to a corsair 620W HX, great power supply
    Asustek S775 nForce 780i DDR2 ATX Audio Lan -If you really want and need an SLi board the 790i might be better long term, I would get a single graphics motherboard though especially if you are getting something as good as a GX2 or does a GX2 still need Sli hmmmm?
    Intel Q6600 -great chip
    4GB OCZ Technology 2X2GBKIT REAPER 240PIN PC2-6400 DDR2 800MHZ - Wouldn't go with a reaper set, go for something with standard heat spreaders, ocz platinum, geil black dragon etc..
    XFX GeForce 9800GX2 1GB PCIE 2xDVI 2xGPU DDR3 VGA - phwooooooar!
    Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty i'd personally save money and use onboard, also most people here hates creative now over their vista driver business.
    3x Samsung 1TB 7200RPM 32MB S300 3.5" in raid array ( Already have 2) lol nice!!
    Pioneer BDR-202BK BluRay black bare SATA
    Optiarc 20X DVD+/-RW/12X RAM SATA LIGHTSCRIBE BLACK

    Hope you's can tell me if there's anything stupid here or if i should go for different parts.

    Thanks lots guys!

    My thoughts in bold.

    What cpu HSF are you thing about getting?

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    Re: *** Game system building advice plez ***

    already have a thermalright IFX-14 Inferno Fire eXtinguisher with HR-10 cooler
    also, already have the x-fi because my onbaord was suffering from a common crackling problem.

    had looked at the corsair psu, sounds good. will check out the ram and board here.

    cheers

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    Re: *** Game system building advice plez ***

    oh, also, on my heat sink i have 2 120mm fans (akasa i think)

    is this a bit over kill cause that makes one on the back, side, front and them.

    cheers

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