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Gino787 · #1 02-01-2008

I decided to sell my xbox360 and attempt my first build, this is what i came out with

I have a Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 Motherboard

My processor is a AMD Athlon 64 x2 5000+ 2.6ghz Dual-core

On that I have 2x 2gigs of g-skill 800mhz Ram

Im using a GeForce 8600 512mb PCI-e video card

And powering it all i my Rosewill 550w Power Supply Unit

And to cool all this i have 4 120mm fans, One in the front, two in back, one on the side and im soon gonna get a 80mm fan to go in the little fan slot on my plexi-glass, i also have a big-*** heatsink and a lil 80mm fan on my video card.

So, how would you say I did on my first build?
Im pretty young so I have a few years of learning ahead of me.

ih8bills · #2 02-02-2008

Originally Posted by Gino787

I decided to sell my xbox360 and attempt my first build, this is what i came out with

I have a Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 Motherboard

My processor is a AMD Athlon 64 x2 5000+ 2.6ghz Dual-core

On that I have 2x 2gigs of g-skill 800mhz Ram

Im using a GeForce 8600 512mb PCI-e video card

And powering it all i my Rosewill 550w Power Supply Unit

And to cool all this i have 4 120mm fans, One in the front, two in back, one on the side and im soon gonna get a 80mm fan to go in the little fan slot on my plexi-glass, i also have a big-*** heatsink and a lil 80mm fan on my video card.

So, how would you say I did on my first build?
Im pretty young so I have a few years of learning ahead of me.

Looks like a fine job to me-- definitely enough cooling-- I really think the 80mm and perhaps the video card cooler are overkill.
With 4x 120mm-- you are exchanging the air in the whole room about 2-3 times /day.

Just bundle your wires out of the way-- and save the extra money.

Gino787 · #3 02-02-2008

Originally Posted by ih8bills

Looks like a fine job to me-- definitely enough cooling-- I really think the 80mm and perhaps the video card cooler are overkill.
With 4x 120mm-- you are exchanging the air in the whole room about 2-3 times /day.
Just bundle your wires out of the way-- and save the extra money.

lol yea it probably is, I didnt put a fan on my video card it came attached with a heatsink. But I got all the fans because i bought a huge case capable of housing many future expansions so I figured id buy a bunch of fans because a local store had a deal buy 1 for $2.89 or buy 10 for $13 so I just got em for the hell of it.