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One for you Quantum et-all
Quantum:
Apparently the drive is the WD3200AAKS-00B3A0, you can read about it here: http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3236
texasboy:
--- Quote from: texasboy on February 17, 2008, 07:35:22 am ---Got the mobo Gigabyte 775 Intel GA-8I865GME-775-RH 865G/ICH5 FSB800 8xAGP onboard VGA 2xDual CH DDR 400 6Channel Audio Micro ATX Motherboard
locally for £35 at MPLEX, plus a reasonable case for £25. Now all I have to do is find the time to start putting all this together.
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The case was from Aurora, and little did I know that it came with 450 WinPower PSU installed .25amps max on 12v.
Anyway ,installed Mobo (so much smaller in case than the PCI-E one.) Installed P4 and Akasa heatsink. 2x120mm fans. Had to stop for tonight as writing on mobo is so small to connect led/switch leads etc. Mobo came with Sata leads so may go with similar HD. Max 2gb ram on mobo so will check out this week for decent cards on special. It wont be a gamers machine ,but a very big improvement on the old family HP 710.
cheers
ps, if anyone has any suggestions ref memory cards to suit Mobo.???
Again I am hearing that this PSU is not stable(why do they sell them if they dont do the job??) Can probably check out better unit including the 400w you mentioned earlier.
Quantum:
Double check if you've read my last post on the previous page, especially about hard drives and stuff.
As for PSUs, they try and make them as cheap as possible and they can be real bad, this is very very common, there's the ones mentioned here in this thread so far. Also as for other budget PSUs I've had good experience with, Trust's Low Noise Big Fan series seems pretty good, e.g: http://www.amazon.co.uk/TRUST-520W-Pro-Noise-PW-5550/dp/B000J5U0ME
texasboy:
Sounds reasonable. Have been looking at http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power+Supplies/Corsair+450W+VX+Series+PSU+?productId=28332.
Specs are good and would last a while. Your thoughts?
cheers
Quantum:
--- Quote from: texasboy on February 24, 2008, 09:31:19 am ---Sounds reasonable. Have been looking at http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power+Supplies/Corsair+450W+VX+Series+PSU+?productId=28332.
Specs are good and would last a while. Your thoughts?
cheers
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Corsair are a really good brand, specs unfortunately mean nothing for a PSU.
Either it's a good brand, it has lots of good user feedback or there is a good review on it and the only people I know who actually do reviews worthwhile reading for PSUs are Anandtech and they only started this year and haven't got round to budget PSUs.
As for this PSU, a single power rail, while somewhat questionable on safety (no one really knows with this sort of stuff) does appear to provide better performance.
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