Casual gamer whats quiet

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gav616

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Case
COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE

Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X2 555 (3.20GHz/6MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION

Motherboard
ASUS® M4A87TD/USB3: DUAL DDR3,SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0

Memory (RAM)
4GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 x 2GB KIT)

Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTS450 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11

2nd Graphics Card
NONE

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
250GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk
1.5TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 32MB CACHE (7200rpm)

RAID
NONE

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NONE

2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NONE

Memory Card Reader
NONE

Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W TX SERIES (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£76)

Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND

Floppy Disk Drive
NONE

Firewire & Video Editing
NONE

TV Card
NONE

Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED

Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE

Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
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£615 inc VAT and Delivery.

Any good?

A couple of notes:

I know the 650 PSU looks out of place, but, I choose it because of the 'ultra quiet'. How quiet is the 450W one?

I'm never ever going to get SLi or any other of that hardcore stuff, but i think the spec there is good for updates on CPU (x4 or x6) and a single GPU (GTX) in a couple of years, yeah?
 
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Tom DWC

Tom DWC

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If quietness is a priority then consider this spec:

Case
COOLERMASTER SILEO 500 QUIET MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD ATHLON II X4 630 (2.80GHz/2MB CACHE/AM3)
Motherboard
ASUS® M4A87TD/USB3: DUAL DDR3,SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5770 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD20EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£29)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 13 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £635.00 including VAT and delivery.

Here you have a more powerful graphics card and entry level quad core so there would be less need to upgrade these further down the line. The case, hard drive and cooler should also keep noise levels to a minimum. The standard FSP PSU's are already pretty quiet.
 
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gav616

Member
Case
COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X2 560 (3.30GHz/6MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION
Motherboard
ASUS® M4A87TD/USB3: DUAL DDR3,SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTS450 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
250GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
1.5TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 32MB CACHE (7200rpm)
Power Supply
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£29)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 13 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £567.00 including VAT and delivery.
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I finally decided, my budget linux system is ordered, hopefully in time for xmas :D

couple of things:
I've looked at youtube videos of the case and its awesome, can't wait!
The case has good cable management spaces will the builders utilize this, or is it just simple tidiness?
 
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Len

Well-known member
I would hope they do since it takes long enough to build plus its one of the supposed advantages you should get when order a custom built pc
 
Sleinous

Sleinous

Author Level
Why the 8mb cached drive? :'( Everyone knows this makes me feel very VERY sad. 64mb or 32mb cached drive as a minimum. :)
 
Phoenix

Phoenix

Prolific Poster
Well you originally had 1.75TB in your build so increasing it to 2TB isn't that much more, and yes the 8mb cache HDD's are slow.
 
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abdulhamid

Enthusiast
gav616 said:
The case has good cable management spaces will the builders utilize this, or is it just simple tidiness?
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I think Sanj built mine, I cannot fault his cable management. Had fun trying to untangle a couple of cables as I needed them. I am sure whoever builds your machine will do an equally great job with cable amangement. That was one of the first things I looked at when unboxing.
 
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gav616

Member
I've just changed my HDD's with PSU and paid the Sub Order,
but my first order that is 'processing' still features the old HDD's, is this normal? will the changes still be processed :S
 
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gav616

Member
abdulhamid said:
I think Sanj built mine, I cannot fault his cable management. Had fun trying to untangle a couple of cables as I needed them. I am sure whoever builds your machine will do an equally great job with cable amangement. That was one of the first things I looked at when unboxing.
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super! :cool:

abdulhamid said:
Every change you make creates a sub-order, don't worry you shouldn't have any problems.
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cheers.
 
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