 Antec 900 Or 1200 |
Welcome Guest ( Log In | Click here to Register a free account now! )
Register a free account to unlock additional features at BleepingComputer.com
Welcome to Bleeping Computer, a free community where people like yourself come together to discuss and learn how to use their computers. Using the site is easy and fun. As a guest, you can browse and view the various discussions in the forums, but can not create a new topic or reply to an existing one unless you are logged in. Other benefits of registering an account are subscribing to topics and forums, creating a blog, and having no ads shown anywhere on the site.| Important Announcement: The winners of the BC Million Post contest have been announced. You can read who the winners are at this post. - BleepingComputer Management |
  |
 Sep 28 2008, 05:57 PM
Post
#1
|
|
 Member  Group: Members Posts: 105 Joined: 11-September 08 From: Goodfellow AFB, Texas Member No.: 238,060  |
Heres the specs now: NZXT Nemesis Chassis Windows XP Pro SP2 Corsair VX450W MSI P43 NEO3-f Intel E8400 Core2Duo OC'd 3.78GHz 2 GB DDR2 800 ATI Radeon HD 3650 500 GB MAXTOR SATA HDD Heres the upgrades: XP Pro x64 or Vista Ultimate x64 Corsair VX450W to a Corsair VX750W 4 or 8 GB of DDR2 800 (depending on OS) Nvidia XFX GTX 260 So my question is, do you think the 900 would be good enough and supply good air flow, or should i get the large 1200? Also any suggestions on the OS is welcome Thanks guys. --------------------  Intel Core2Duo E8400 wolfdale 3.0GHz OC'd to 3.8GHz 38°C/39°C maximum, ---Call 9-1-1 for emergencies.... or just post at Bleeping Computer--- ------------Your friendly CVCOG 9-1-1 Network Administrator----------- |
 |
 
|
|
Sep 28 2008, 11:58 PM
Post
#2
|
|
 Distinguished Member Group: BC Advisor Posts: 865 Joined: 24-June 06 From: Pace University - New York City Campus Member No.: 73,266 |
Do not get XP 64-bit, it has nowhere near as good software and hardware support as Vista 64-bit. I'm a big fan of 64-bit, Vista ironed out many issues with 64-bit that XP had. I say go for the full-tower 1200, you will have more room. That is important now since graphics cards grow in size with almost every release. Also, since both OS's are 64-bit, I would get as much RAM as I could.
--------------------  |
|
|
|
|
Sep 29 2008, 12:17 AM
Post
#3
|
|
|
Member Group: Members Posts: 105 Joined: 11-September 08 From: Goodfellow AFB, Texas Member No.: 238,060 |
those were my concerns, i knew about xp 64bit being problematic, but i wasnt so sure about vista, as of the memory i understand that ultimate 64 bit can see 128, so i cant quite get that but it would be nice
 Yeh after looking into more pictures of each case the 1200 seems to have a even larger fan on the top and the space left between the board and power supply is very nice, that is the case I will be going with. Thanks for your opinion djbpace07 -------------------- Intel Core2Duo E8400 wolfdale 3.0GHz OC'd to 3.8GHz 38°C/39°C maximum, ---Call 9-1-1 for emergencies.... or just post at Bleeping Computer--- ------------Your friendly CVCOG 9-1-1 Network Administrator----------- |
|
|
|
|
Oct 6 2008, 10:29 AM
Post
#4
|
|
|
New Member Group: Members Posts: 14 Joined: 25-October 05 Member No.: 38,700 |
I was considering the 1200 - nice case, but I opted for the Lian-Li PC-X500 - expensive though - $350 at www.lagoom.com, but what a SWEET case - great airflow.
Also, if you have not bought the GPU, I switched from Nvidia to an ASUS Radeon HD 4870 - it beats the 260GTX, and the ASUS does not use the Reference fan - not nearly as loud as what other 4870's produce. ASUS comes with SmartDoctor which allows you to Overclock card and adjust fan speed. Even if I run it at 100% fan, the ASUS is not that loud, but the Lian-Li case is sound-proofed, so it may be a tad louder in the 1200, but at 40% you should be fine. and cool. Oh yeah, the ASUS is about $230 after rebate at zipzoomfly.com - check it out: http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetai...ctCode=10008893 Here is the case I got: http://www.lagoom.com/Lian-Li_Case_Mid_Tow...-id-583976.html and here is the Lian-Li site description - no case I have seen is made as well as a Lian-Li, but you will pay for it: http://lian-li.com/v2/en/flashpage/x500/wed/x500en.html Hope that helps |
|
|
|
|
Oct 6 2008, 03:28 PM
Post
#5
|
|
|
Distinguished Member Group: BC Advisor Posts: 865 Joined: 24-June 06 From: Pace University - New York City Campus Member No.: 73,266 |
The 4870, according to benchmarks is not quite as powerful as the 260GTX. In some games, they have the same framerates, but the ATI card does have to reduce some of the graphics quality to keep up. The 4870X2 is indeed more powerful than the 260GTX by a wide margin, but it is also far more expensive. Here is a link with some info: [H] Enthusiast.
-------------------- |
|
|
|
|
Oct 16 2008, 03:51 PM
Post
#6
|
|
|
Member Group: Members Posts: 105 Joined: 11-September 08 From: Goodfellow AFB, Texas Member No.: 238,060 |
damn that lian li case is ridiculous, however just too expensive for a case if you ask me, the 1200 is probably what I am going with, ill be ordering my psu and gtx260 on the 24th, im pretty excited actually. I wouldnt mind that Lian-li case but at 300 bucks, I think I am going to have to pass, I may end up making some alterations to the 1200 to make it more spacious.
   thats what I have now, if I can fit a 260 in there than I may just stick with that for a while, and get psu and the 260, than upgrade ram and OS, and do the case last, not sure though lol Do you think it would even fit in that...I doubt it -------------------- Intel Core2Duo E8400 wolfdale 3.0GHz OC'd to 3.8GHz 38°C/39°C maximum, ---Call 9-1-1 for emergencies.... or just post at Bleeping Computer--- ------------Your friendly CVCOG 9-1-1 Network Administrator----------- |
|
|
|
|
Oct 27 2008, 07:57 PM
Post
#7
|
|
|
Member Group: Members Posts: 25 Joined: 16-October 08 From: New York, USA Member No.: 247,255 |
Sorry to get off the Topic of the Antecs, but I would advise looking at the Coolermaster HAF932, it stands for High Air Flow, and if im not mistaken it lies right in between the price range of the nine hundred and the twelve hundred
|
|
|
|
|
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:
| Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 22nd November 2008 - 10:38 AM |
© 2003-2008 All Rights Reserved Bleeping Computer LLC.