any computer geeks in da house?

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Originally Posted by Kaorte

AMD's are crap lately. 3 years ago they were the best, but intel is outdoing them. :/

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Really? I haven't dealt with a new computer in the past few years, but that has always been the case.

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Originally Posted by dreese88

Really? I haven't dealt with a new computer in the past few years, but that has always been the case.

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Yeah ... Intel is sticking it to AMD ... hard.

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Originally Posted by cuda

Yeah ... Intel is sticking it to AMD ... hard.

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hmm..I guess that's good to know though...My desktop is getting kind of old and I'll probably be building one the next time so I'm glad I know thatnow.

the antec skeleton is all show. has no cooling performance otherwise. open cases can not direct heat away compared to a closed case. and the sliding action of the case is nothing special.

in my eyes for the price you paid for the case i would have bought a second antec 1200 case.

im running this

Processor: AMD Phenom x4 Quad Core 2.3ghz Idle 19oC/Load 41oC
Ram: Kingston 4gb PC2-6400 800MHz Clocks:6.0-6-6-18-25 1.8v
GFX Card: Sapphire OC HD 4870x2 2GB GDDR5 800core Mem 2362MHz OC Idle 33oC/Load 51oC
Hard Drive: :SATA II x2 360gb Seagate 7,200RPM
ROM: LightScribe DVD-RW
OS: Vista Ultimate x64
Monitor: AOC F19

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Originally Posted by flameethrower

the antec skeleton is all show. has no cooling performance otherwise. open cases can not direct heat away compared to a closed case. and the sliding action of the case is nothing special.

in my eyes for the price you paid for the case i would have bought a second antec 1200 case.

im running this

Processor: AMD Phenom x4 Quad Core 2.3ghz Idle 19oC/Load 41oC
Ram: Kingston 4gb PC2-6400 800MHz Clocks:6.0-6-6-18-25 1.8v
GFX Card: Sapphire OC HD 4870x2 2GB GDDR5 800core Mem 2362MHz OC Idle 33oC/Load 51oC
Hard Drive: :SATA II x2 360gb Seagate 7,200RPM
ROM: LightScribe DVD-RW
OS: Vista Ultimate x64
Monitor: AOC F19

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Nice build!

Yes, I know that the having a proper air flow through the case can and does cool better than just forcing air down onto the mobo. I know, but I don't care. I bought the case not for it's cooling properties (though, I am not worried about cooling at all) but for it's looks and it's covienence for taking to LAN parties. Right now I am running a Silverstone TJ-09 (black with). The TJ-09 is an AWESOME case, but lugging it to LANs is such a pain. I wanted to get away from the size of the TJ-09 but I was not willing to give up any of my wants, and this case fit every need I had (large GFX cards, full ATX, multiple HDDs with the hanging cages (which will also come in handy with LANs .. I don't need 6 HDDs at the lan, so I take the extras off and carry the essentials))

I am happy with the purchase, and my boss is jealous. In the end, that is all the really matters. :D

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Originally Posted by cuda

Nice build!

Yes, I know that the having a proper air flow through the case can and does cool better than just forcing air down onto the mobo. I know, but I don't care. I bought the case not for it's cooling properties (though, I am not worried about cooling at all) but for it's looks and it's covienence for taking to LAN parties. Right now I am running a Silverstone TJ-09 (black with). The TJ-09 is an AWESOME case, but lugging it to LANs is such a pain. I wanted to get away from the size of the TJ-09 but I was not willing to give up any of my wants, and this case fit every need I had (large GFX cards, full ATX, multiple HDDs with the hanging cages (which will also come in handy with LANs .. I don't need 6 HDDs at the lan, so I take the extras off and carry the essentials))

I am happy with the purchase, and my boss is jealous. In the end, that is all the really matters. :D

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It is a cool looking case.
Do you plan on over-clocking your processor because that will also increase the heat generated.

I haven't built a personal PC in a couple years but I have built 7 new servers in the last 2 weeks. All IBM ( That is what my company pushes ), both Rack mount and stand alone.

PC ordered (or at least a majority of it)

Case - Antec Skeleton
MOBO - ASUS P6T (X58 chipset)
Processor - Intel Core i7 920
Ram - 6GB of Corsair DDR3
GFX - nvidia GTX 285 ( I know .. I said I wouldn't compromise, but my wallet said otherwise. I will still be very happy with a 285 ... but the 295 would be better)
HDD - 2 Seagate 640s in RAID 0
Extra Storage - 4 Seagate 320's
PSU - PC P&C 750
Optical - dual ASUS DVD Burners (SATA)

There you go .. a kick butt build, that was surprisingly cheap.

1.28TB of space in RAID0 isn't very smart, that's A LOT of information to lose if/when one of those 640's gives out.

I'm getting an iMac:D.

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Originally Posted by AaronP

1.28TB of space in RAID0 isn't very smart, that's A LOT of information to lose if/when one of those 640's gives out.

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I understand that, but I never .. NEVER keep file where my OS is installed. never. Well, at least nothing I am not willing to lose. I have extra HDD's that will be keeping that stuff, so if I corrupt my OS install, its not a big deal to just reformat and go again.

I keep images of my fresh install as well, so I should be good to go.

Trust me, I work in IT. I have seen how unstable RAID setups can be, I come prepared with first hand experience.