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I am building a HTPC rig, wich will also be used for gaming, I have a pretty large media library (stored on fileserver), so i think some beef will be nice. (for searching files, general snappiness and so on).

I have the following setup planned:

Case: Antec Fusion Remote Max - Not very nice looking, but large and good airflow.
PSU: Seasonic M12 550 - Old PSU i have, should do the job I think
SSD: Intel 80GB gen 2. - Silent, and with good performance.
Motherboard: Asus P755D EVO - maybe the piece I am least sure of, any know problems with this board? Coil Whine or similar?
GPU: Powercolor HD5750 SCS3 - Pretty much given, only fanless 5750 I could find in norway. Will be used to output HDMI to TV.
CPU: Intel i5-750
RAM: Kingston value 1333, 4*2 GB
Cooler: Scythe Ninja Rev 2. - My preliminary choice, based on the height clearance, the best tower coolers seem to be a bit to tall for the case(?)
(see also http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums...8d7f3eff2889ab)
Blu-ray-player: LG CH08, seens like a nice drive, is it support by programs that slow down the drive? I would rather not hear it while watching movies.

I plan to attach a 120mm-fan to the GPU, and run it very slowly, maybe around 400 rpm. The CPU-fan should run at about 600 rpm, which is a good level for low noise. The CPU is pwerfull enough with some to spare, but I am slightly concerned about cooling it. I will not be overclocking, suggestions and comments are welcome.

AtW
post #2 of 6
Sounds like a good build and you know what you're doing. I say just pull the trigger and tweak it to see if the temps are okay and the sound levels are low enough for your tastes
post #3 of 6
You didn't mention anything about noise levels / power util so I assume those aren't issues for you. They weren't for me either for the longest time. Also the types of games you want to play can affect your build. I can play cod mw2 fairly well on the 5850 and is smooth for the most part but there are portions of the game where it gets a notch below snappy. Keep in mind cod mw2 isn't the most graphically challenging game either. Hence the question re: types of games you want to play.
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Originally Posted by ymarker View Post

You didn't mention anything about noise levels / power util so I assume those aren't issues for you. They weren't for me either for the longest time. Also the types of games you want to play can affect your build. I can play cod mw2 fairly well on the 5850 and is smooth for the most part but there are portions of the game where it gets a notch below snappy. Keep in mind cod mw2 isn't the most graphically challenging game either. Hence the question re: types of games you want to play.

Well I want the rig to be "silent", that is, I don't want to hear it. Previous experience tell me that this can be obtained with fans that run on 600 rpm or slower. This is my most important consideration. The 5850 could be more powerful, but more powerful variants are more difficult too cool, and it probably will give sufficient power for some time. Thats the reasoning behind my choice, but you would consider a more powerful GPU?
AtW
post #5 of 6
Should check out the Silverstone GD04 as well.
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Originally Posted by ArtosDracon View Post

Should check out the Silverstone GD04 as well.

Thanks for the tip, i did som reading on the case, it looks better, however the clearance for CPU-cooler is very small, especially with an optical drive, beeing limited to 70mm will make it very difficult to get quiet cooling of the i750.

AtW
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