TY the motherboard said 'micro ATX' is this for a micro case, because I think the one u suggested is standard size.
It'll fit into any size case, any standard case will have plenty of holes for the risers of all size Motherboards so don't worry about that.
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience"
TY the motherboard said 'micro ATX' is this for a micro case, because I think the one u suggested is standard size.
Well my "full" sized cases will mount a Micro ATX board no problem. You just end up with a lot of room around the board is all. Normally there is one set of mounting screws (far right looking into the case) that they don't use as the board isn't as wide.
So it shouldn't be an issue... the only issue would be a full sized board in a Micro ATX case.
No the CPU will come with a stok heat sink fan and the antec 300 has 2 fans for airflow in the case. You might want to also purchase these extra sata cables just incase they don't provide enough with the motherboard.
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience"
Now the fun begins Please post here if/when you run into any road blocks, rarely does it go right without a hitch first time. Also have you downloaded windows 7 RC and burnt an ISO disc yet? That's if you want to use a free 64 bit operating system, if you don't have vista already.
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience"
And what kind of games will it run, any chance with crysis (lol), bad company? Aion?
It will run them all at decent FPS, here is a review click. as you can see it runs everything whilst struggling with crysis (but they all do) so you would have to lower settings when playing that. Personally I think it's a pretty powerfull rig when it comes to gaming, not bleeding edge obviously but it still packs a punch and can deal with pretty much any game.
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience"
One more thing before I buy. I know you said the micro motherboards are compatible with the case, however on Amazo it says, "Supported Mainboards: ATX" on the website there is no micro ATX? are they compatible still
Micro ATX is just a slightly smaller board. All ATX cases supports Micro but not the other way around.
Wait, that link is a Radeon 3870, the 4770/9800GT or whichever you were looking at before is better than that card if that link is to the right item. You should stick with the 4770 or 9800GT.. if you already ordered it you should have time to change the order though.
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It'll fit into any size case, any standard case will have plenty of holes for the risers of all size Motherboards so don't worry about that.
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience"
CS Lewis
So I don't need to buy anymore fans or anything?
Well my "full" sized cases will mount a Micro ATX board no problem. You just end up with a lot of room around the board is all. Normally there is one set of mounting screws (far right looking into the case) that they don't use as the board isn't as wide.
So it shouldn't be an issue... the only issue would be a full sized board in a Micro ATX case.
No the CPU will come with a stok heat sink fan and the antec 300 has 2 fans for airflow in the case. You might want to also purchase these extra sata cables just incase they don't provide enough with the motherboard.
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience"
CS Lewis
Ok i'm all set to buy I suppose
Now the fun begins
Please post here if/when you run into any road blocks, rarely does it go right without a hitch first time. Also have you downloaded windows 7 RC and burnt an ISO disc yet? That's if you want to use a free 64 bit operating system, if you don't have vista already.
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience"
CS Lewis
Ok ty
I will download it
And what kind of games will it run, any chance with crysis (lol), bad company? Aion?
It will run them all at decent FPS, here is a review click. as you can see it runs everything whilst struggling with crysis (but they all do) so you would have to lower settings when playing that. Personally I think it's a pretty powerfull rig when it comes to gaming, not bleeding edge obviously but it still packs a punch and can deal with pretty much any game.
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience"
CS Lewis
TYVM for all the help I will now buy the parts and build it!
One more thing before I buy. I know you said the micro motherboards are compatible with the case, however on Amazo it says,
"Supported Mainboards: ATX" on the website there is no micro ATX? are they compatible still
I'm also upgrading to this card
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00116ZHM8/ref=ord_cart_shr?_encoding=UTF8&m=A17AS5ETPMZ9A1
Micro ATX is just a slightly smaller board. All ATX cases supports Micro but not the other way around.
Wait, that link is a Radeon 3870, the 4770/9800GT or whichever you were looking at before is better than that card if that link is to the right item. You should stick with the 4770 or 9800GT.. if you already ordered it you should have time to change the order though.
WOW that was close ty so much! missed 3 and thought it was a 4 I will need to be more careful!