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Topic subjectRE: New Build, Old Case
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564954, RE: New Build, Old Case
Posted by arr2dee2, Sat Feb-03-18 03:13 PM
My old one is an Antec, it has blue lights like that https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129066 . Got tired of the fans and general loudness (could have replaced, but like you, it's a spare computer now), don't care for the lights (one way or the other, don't hate them either), it was on sale when I got it. I waited for an MATX Fractal to go on sale, I was stuck on them for some reason, it has sound dampening material on the side. Of course it was the one with the window, it was $20 cheaper than the one without at the time, so I got it, because I didn't want to spend as much as I did anyway. I had been waiting a couple months for one to go on sale, got tired of waiting ( https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352065&cm_re=fractal_silent_matx-_-11-352-065-_-Product ) It is very quiet, would be quieter with the regular panel on the side though.... Loudest thing is the Intel fan, but I can set the fan to about 40%, then you can barely hear it. CPU idles below 30 C, I tested some games, did some scans, photos/video, highest I've seen is 45 C so far.

I used an old 2TB hard drive from the old build for storage. Also, I did cheap out on the power supply, it is a 400w Antec Neo Eco I got cheap and had been laying around unused (I tested it for quite a while before use, it was new, just ...old). It should be enough even with a graphics card I'd choose. I did spend some money on this build though. Newegg had buy $100 get $10 through Groupon, so I got a couple of those. Also, Ebates had high cash back a couple places.

One thing with the drive, the one I got is sometimes on Google Express. It's out of stock sometimes so it doesn't display, and stock varies by zip code. It's through Fry's. And if you haven't used Google E before, 20% off for first time up to $20. https://express.google.com/product/8637638234672005030_5821909300542685024_6136318 If not a drive they might have something else, but a lot of their prices are jacked up. I got the ram there on the first order. 8 Gigs was $90, then 20% coupon plus I had a $20 off $50 through Amex card, so the ram was actually "cheap". 250GB budget ssd is cheaper, quality one is higher, and then this would be more of course. The SSDs I got were 120GB HP, 5 yr warranty, less than $40. Worked fine with raid for 240GB total.