I just built pt. 2...

masteen · Post by **masteen** » February 6, 2004, 1:45 pm

my friend a new computer as my Birfday present to him.

MSI Neo 2 mobo
Intel 3.0 GHz P4
1 gig PC3200 DRAM
ATI Radeon 9800 XT
Dual 36.7 GB WD Raptor SATA drives in a RAID 0 config
DVD ROM/CD-RW combo drive
CoolerMaster Praetorian case w/ dual fan 480 watt power sup

The CoolerMaster Praetorian (used to be the 201 IIRC) is easiyl the sweetest case I've ever laid hands on. All aluminum, removable mobo tray, room for 4 HDs in the drive cage, blowhole exaust fan, dual intakes that I replaced with violet LED fans. Oh yeah, the power sup has lighted fans too. Talk about an ominous glow!

The front intake has a filter, and a good thing, because there is some serious airflow happening there. The front, sides, back and even the tray have a consistent brushed aluminum finish. It's SO fucking nice not to have to flip the entire chassis around when installing the mobo components.

Post by **Sylvus** » February 6, 2004, 1:50 pm

How much did this config end up running?

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » February 6, 2004, 2:05 pm

is the case loud?

masteen · Post by **masteen** » February 6, 2004, 2:32 pm

$1800

No, even with all those fans, it's very quiet.

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » February 6, 2004, 8:24 pm

You bought your friend and $1800 computer for his birthday? If so, hey, need another friend? Or did you just put it together for him and he shelled out the cash?

Marbus · Post by **Marbus** » February 6, 2004, 11:33 pm

My Antec 1080 has 5 case fans and is SUPER quite. The True Power PS monitors the heat of the MB and increases or decrease fan speed based on need. 99% of the time it's at a whisper.

Marb

masteen · Post by **masteen** » February 9, 2004, 1:46 pm

They pay, I build. I end up doing tech support for these shitheads anyway, and I'd gotten really sick of trying to upgrade Dells and Gateways.