rate my upcoming rig and make suggestions!

[TomaHawk47x]

-CASE Antec Sonata w/380 watt True Power
-COOLING: DD Maze 4, Hydor l20, black ice pro, t-line, 120mm 119cfm panaflo fan, clearflex tubing, nexus 305 fan contoller
-MOTHERBOARD: Abit NF7-S Rev2.0
-CPU: AMD Athlon XP "Barton" 2500+
-VIDEO CARD: Sapphire Radeon 9800np
-RAM: 2x512mb Buffalo PC3700 (BH-5)
-HARDDRIVE: Western Digital 120gb "Special Edition"
-CDRW: Lite-On 52x/32x/52x
-DVD: Lite-On 48x/16x
-FLOPPY: Alps
-MONITOR: BenQ 17" LCD FP767
-HEADPHONES: Sennheisser HD280
-KB/MOUSE: Logitech Cordless MX Duo

total cost: ~$1600

[greenman100]

Well, if you're ready to spend $1600, here goes nothing...

CASE Antec Sonata w/380 watt True Power $80
AMD 1800+ (some are hitting 2.6Ghz on air) $60
NF7-S $105
AIW 9800 PRO $300
1 GB PC3200 $150
2 WD 160GB HDs in Raid 0/1 $150
RAID card $30
Floppy $10
CDRW $30
DVD $20
Sennheisser HD280 $75
KB/Mouse $60
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$1070


Either you're spending $530 on watercooling, or I'm doing something wrong here. Granted, your Barton is $30 more, but I hope you use the cache instead of the extra 400 Mhz.

I say pick up a TEC, or spring for a Prometia.

[DayUSeX]

*cough* monitor *cough* thats what u missed greenman100 other htan that looks good man nice sysetme

[greenman100]

WOW, good call.

So, +$220?


$300 on WC? Sounds good.

[shiyan]

also, the WD1200JB is not the fastest 120GB 7200rpm drive any more.

the fastest is now the Hitachi/IBM 7K250.

the 7K250's average transfer rate should be around 7~10MB/s more, and the seek times are faster.

the rest of your components choice look very nice.

[greenman100]

RAID > all

[shiyan]

that's true. but 2 fast drives in raid would be faster than 2 slow drives in raid.

also, RAID isn't always better, as seek times are not as good as with a single drive.

sustained transfer rate goes way up though.

[Sterculus]

Originally posted by greenman100
2 WD 160GB HDs in Raid 0/1 $150
umm...where are you getting those prices from?

[9mmCensor]

I have a Sonata (and love it), and know that it is a really small case. Watercooling can be done in one (I personally haven't), but it is a tight fit. Just wanted to let you know.

[TomaHawk47x]

Originally posted by greenman100
WOW, good call.

So, +$220?


$300 on WC? Sounds good.

are u being sarcastic? the watercooling is about $150, and the lcd monitor is ~$350.

Originally posted by 9mmCensor
I have a Sonata (and love it), and know that it is a really small case. Watercooling can be done in one (I personally haven't), but it is a tight fit. Just wanted to let you know.

the radiator can be mounted where the 120mm fan mounts behind the hdd bay, and theres still some space to mount even a 38mm thick fan onto the radiator. the set-up would probably have to be t-line, b/c i doubt i could fit a reservoir or have tubing that fould fit up to the optical bay area.