Sazar
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I finally got my new chassis and started throwing some of my old stuff with my not so old stuff and some new drives into it today. I got the project started yesterday when the wonderful Fedex dude dropped off my case at my door
I got a great deal on an nMedia chassis so I grabbed it.
http://www.thinkcomputers.org/index.php?x=reviews&id=915
The chassis is pretty roomy and about the same size as my receiver so that worked quite well.
I had the option of moving my 4870 or my 8800GTS to my new chassis and decided to stay with the Nvidia card. Granted it only does video out over HDMI but so what? I have an optical out on my motherboard for audio and the 8800GTS is quieter.
I have not yet picked up my optical drive (I was thinking of a hybrid Blu-ray/HD-DVD but not decided yet) so I am using my old Sony DVD burner. My ps3 continues to function as my high-def media player
I will be using this box to F@ld as well once I have everything up and running.
Will write more after I get some more stuff in the case
-edit-
So, with the video card in there and my 2nd 120MM fan, it's getting a little cramped Keep in mind that the PC P&C psu's do NOT have detachable cables so they do take up some room. However, given how silent and how solid the psu is, I am pretty happy regardless. Both my systems have PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750's.
I have the LCD for the system as well and I can't wait to get everything working
I dropped the last couple of items into my case and realized I can't find my Vista Home Premium DVD so now I am re-downloading it from my MSDN subscription
At least the new subscription DVD will have SP1 included
I got a great deal on an nMedia chassis so I grabbed it.
http://www.thinkcomputers.org/index.php?x=reviews&id=915
The chassis is pretty roomy and about the same size as my receiver so that worked quite well.
I had the option of moving my 4870 or my 8800GTS to my new chassis and decided to stay with the Nvidia card. Granted it only does video out over HDMI but so what? I have an optical out on my motherboard for audio and the 8800GTS is quieter.
I have not yet picked up my optical drive (I was thinking of a hybrid Blu-ray/HD-DVD but not decided yet) so I am using my old Sony DVD burner. My ps3 continues to function as my high-def media player
I will be using this box to F@ld as well once I have everything up and running.
Will write more after I get some more stuff in the case
-edit-
So, with the video card in there and my 2nd 120MM fan, it's getting a little cramped Keep in mind that the PC P&C psu's do NOT have detachable cables so they do take up some room. However, given how silent and how solid the psu is, I am pretty happy regardless. Both my systems have PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750's.
I have the LCD for the system as well and I can't wait to get everything working
I dropped the last couple of items into my case and realized I can't find my Vista Home Premium DVD so now I am re-downloading it from my MSDN subscription
At least the new subscription DVD will have SP1 included