Ordered my new machine today!

[=JHF= JimmyT (CDN)]

Good part about this - its going to be here in about a week.  Bad part...  I can't use the excuse of my computer being old.     Mixed feelings obviously.   

-  Antec Nine Hundred Mid Tower ATX Gaming Case   
-  Antec Truepower Trio 650W Power Supply
-  Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Dual Core Processor LGA775 3.16GHZ Wolfdale 1333FSB 6MB
-  EVGA E-GEFORCE GTX 280 Ssc 648MHZ 1024MB 2.322GHZ GDDR3 PCI-E
-  Logitech Internet 350 Desktop Keyboard & Optical Mouse Black USB OEM
-  Zalman CNPS9700 LED Copper CPU Heatsink 110MM Fan LGA775
-  Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 3.5IN 500GB SATA2 8.5MS 7200RPM 32MB Cache NCQ Hard Drive
-  ASUS P5QL-E ATX LGA775 P43 DDR2 PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 3PCI SATA2 Sound GBLAN 1394 Motherboard
-  Corsair XMS2 DHX TWIN2X4096-6400C4DHX 4GB DDR2 2X2GB PC2-6400 DDR2-800 CL 4-4-4-12 240PIN Memory
-  LG GH22NS30 Black DVD+RW 22X8X16 DVD-RW 22X6X16 DL 16X/12X 2MB SATA

 

-- JT

[=JHF= HaveSocks]

Looks like it will be a nice rig.  The case is the same one I use and its great.  My only complaints is that it gets dusty on the outside easily, and that with some desks it will not sit on the platform and fit under the desk due to the location of several of the plugs on the motherboard.  Trade off is that I'm running overclocked and still runs really cool.

[=JHF= JimmyT (CDN)]

My only complaints is that it gets dusty on the outside easily,

Ever hear of dusting? 

Picked up my new machine yesterday and that really is a good case.  I initially thought it was funny that there was a manual for it but then I started installing HD's from my old machine and the slide forward drive bays were a mystery without it.  Much nicer than trying to thread a HD through all the wires in my old case.    With that many fans I thought it might levitate but I guess not. 

-- JT

[=JHF= Madindian]

That's a nice rig Jt, and that slide out seems like a cool feature.  Are the fans loud?  Maybe now you'll play some more COD 4. lol

[=JHF= JimmyT (CDN)]

That's a nice rig Jt, and that slide out seems like a cool feature.  Are the fans loud?  Maybe now you'll play some more COD 4. lol

It has been running things pretty nice.  AOC can run at max settings with about 30 something fps most of the time, and COD4 can run at max at about 60fps (think thats where its capped). 

As for the fans, the case comes with 2- 120's in the front, a 120 in the back and a 200 on the top.  I put an additional 120 on the side window to blow right at my vid card.  The only fan that really makes any noise is the CPU cooler fan - though I have now got it to shut up finally with some bios tweaking (was going full bore before, now regulates itself with temp).  Everything on this case seems fantastic but of course this is coming from someone who bought one for 40 bucks 3 years ago with a PS bundled.  Not as good a case (read: crapola)! 

And yes, probably will be playing more cod4.  Not sure I'll be any better, but it will be prettier scenery when I die. 

-- JT