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Originally Posted by Manic!
Go with a lower priced PSU and use shopbot.ca to price match.
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Recommendations? Reliability and noise are my criteria on evaulating PSUs right now.
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Originally Posted by illicitstylz
I use the antec 300 case ( look into it ) and a coolermaster hyper 212 plus which is arguably the best bang for the buck cpu heatsink.
Processor idles 23c and 29c at full load oc'd to 3.6ghz
Antec 300 case has a 140mm and 120mm x2 exhaust, and 120mm x2 intake fans, plenty of cooling and quiet too.[/size]
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The 300, while great value, is missing a lot of the options I'm looking for. The fan placements are in excess, as I plan on having max 2 fans in the case (not going to OC), neither of which will be 140mm. So the open fan grills will just be noise outlets. Also, I'm looking for some cable management as I don't want to fork out for a modular PSU. Do you have pics of how you tidied up your 300? I want to see if it can be managed well.
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Originally Posted by Ferra
are you ocing? if not, do you REALLY need an aftermarket heatsink?
All my stock heatsink from AMD has worked extremely well.....they are very quiet except when gaming or under load (less nosie than a 800rpm 120mm case fan)
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Which processor do you have? Recently, AMD started shipping AM3 CPUs with a different heatsink, which apparently is louder and less efficient than the previous AM2+ heatsink.
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Originally Posted by impactX
What are you using this for?
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Mostly day-to-day stuff, multimedia less of the time. I'll be running at least 3 of the Adobe Creative Suite programs at a time (PS/DW/IL/FW) + many many windows in my web browser - I have 15 open right now haha. Audio encoding, HD video playback, and light to moderate gaming. I realize the video card isn't the best, but my friends are playing Battlefield: BC2 on worse, so I figure it's all I need, really.
btw: I'm now thinking of getting a Lancool PC-K56 instead of the P183. CPU heatsink is less of an issue. I might just go with the 212+ and buy a quieter fan if I think the fan is too loud.