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blahblah454 · 06-12-2008, 06:37 PM

So after much deliberation, and research, I purchased most of the parts for my computer.

I ended up going into the store to see if they had a certain case that was not listed on their website, and to buy my mobo and ram (both on sale). They actually had 1 of the cases in stock and I purchased it. Ended up walking out with everything except the graphics card!

The Specs:

The case I got was the Antec Twelve Hundred.

This case is HUGE! And it has tons of fans. 3 120mm up front for intake, 2 120mm exhaust out back, and a 200mm exhaust up top. I also added a side 120mm fan, and another one up front that is 120mm. Every fan has a speed controller on it.

I put the whole thing together myself, minus mounting the processor and giant heat sink onto the mobo. But I did everything else myself.

I have yet to purchase the graphics cards though. The new nvidia GTX260 and GTX280 cards come out on either the 17th or 18th this month and I want to see how they perform, and what they do to prices on the older cards.

There is no onboard graphics with this mobo so there is no way for me to check it out. My current system runs an AGP radeon x800xt and the mobo does not take AGP (that I know of) so I can't even swap this one out. Which kind of sucks as this is still a pretty good card, even by todays standards it still holds its own (it better, I spent 600 on it about 2 or 3 years ago!)

** After all the sales and rebates I got on it, and with the case and a full 2 year IPR (instant product replacement) plan and GST it came to $1500. I really have no limit on the graphics card, I figure while I can I might as well just go nuts with it.

HUGE heat sink and 120mm fan cooling the CPU

06-12-2008, 06:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
blahblah454 Let's put a smile on that face Location: On the road...	Well I bought it (new computer) So after much deliberation, and research, I purchased most of the parts for my computer. I ended up going into the store to see if they had a certain case that was not listed on their website, and to buy my mobo and ram (both on sale). They actually had 1 of the cases in stock and I purchased it. Ended up walking out with everything except the graphics card! The Specs: The case I got was the Antec Twelve Hundred. This case is HUGE! And it has tons of fans. 3 120mm up front for intake, 2 120mm exhaust out back, and a 200mm exhaust up top. I also added a side 120mm fan, and another one up front that is 120mm. Every fan has a speed controller on it. I put the whole thing together myself, minus mounting the processor and giant heat sink onto the mobo. But I did everything else myself. I have yet to purchase the graphics cards though. The new nvidia GTX260 and GTX280 cards come out on either the 17th or 18th this month and I want to see how they perform, and what they do to prices on the older cards. There is no onboard graphics with this mobo so there is no way for me to check it out. My current system runs an AGP radeon x800xt and the mobo does not take AGP (that I know of) so I can't even swap this one out. Which kind of sucks as this is still a pretty good card, even by todays standards it still holds its own (it better, I spent 600 on it about 2 or 3 years ago!) ** After all the sales and rebates I got on it, and with the case and a full 2 year IPR (instant product replacement) plan and GST it came to $1500. I really have no limit on the graphics card, I figure while I can I might as well just go nuts with it. HUGE heat sink and 120mm fan cooling the CPU Last edited by blahblah454; 06-12-2008 at 06:52 PM..