Hiya,
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Originally Posted by XLR8A
If i was going to build this computer for myself: i'd replace the Zalman CPU fan with a passive fanless heatsync like Scythe Ninja or Thermalright SI-128I
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The Ninja was also on my shortlist. The reviews are excellent. I'd still be tempted to place a large (120mm), low speed fan on it, though.
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and the Nzxt Lexa case with Antec P182 or the Antec P150 that already includes an ultra silent fans and a decent quality PSU.
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The Antec P180 is also a favourite for audio builds as it has acoustic sound proofing panels, and a heap of other features. I fanced a bit of fun, so chose the Lexa. It has the equivalent air-flow, but might be slightly louder. If the fans are a tad noisy I'll just replace them with whisper quiet ones.
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i'd replace the graphics card with any fanless card, even one with 128mb video memory would be more than enough to run a dual 19' display setup at 1280/1024 in 32bit mode. As long as i'm not running heavy games on my studio pc of course.
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Definately. There are plenty of passive 256mb nVidia 8600 graphics cards which would have been my first choice if I didn't intend on doing a little gaming or 3D graphics. The 8800GT can be passively cooled if care is taken with regards to airflow within the system.
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RAM, i'd go for lower Cas Latency, preferably CL4 or even lower if possible, from a known manufacturer like Corsair or Kingston etc...
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Unfortunately that's one of the limitations with the DP35DP motherboard, but yes Corsair and Kingston are the manufacturers to go for. Corsair also uses a helpful "Memory Configurator" gadget on their website which is good to see which RAM modules are compatible.
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Also, i'm not quite sure regarding the quality of the current Intel mobos, i'd go for an Asus equivalent instead... I could be wrong thou, but i see way too many faulty Intel mobos all the time.
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The DP35DP is raved about on the SoS forums, literally everyone's been using them for many months and there have been no sob stories yet. I think the Asus would be better for overclocking, though, but costs a lot more than the Intel board.
Thnx