Tguyus opened this issue on Feb 27, 2007 · 43 posts
Jim Burton posted Thu, 01 March 2007 at 9:44 AM
I'd skip the CPU fan, as I mentioned the Core 2 Duos seem to run pretty cool, and the retail box version's included fan/heat sink isn't too bad, nice and quiet too. Plus most of the cases these days seem to have a vent and pipe to bring cool air directly down to the CPU.
I'd add a front case fan though, unless your new box already comes with one (mine did). They help to cool the drives.
I also went with the Corsair matched memory and the 7200.10 drives, which are supposed to be faster than the 7200.9 ones, a little harder to find, though.
The Lite-on DVD burners you had in your original spec are fine, incidently, I've got two of 'em. I suspect all the DVD burners come from the same factory in China these days, they only change the front plate to make 'em Sonys or whatever... ;-)