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Old 12-31-2009, 11:58 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Hi,

There is NO WAY you need a 750watt PSU -- save your money and buy a 300-500watt unit. I am a moderator over at Silent PC Review, and they have recently reviewed a couple that fit the bill: Nexus Value 430, and the Nexus 5000; and SeaSonic and some Fortron Source units are high efficiency, quiet, and plenty powerful enough.

A Scythe Mugen 2 is an excellent CPU heatsink, that comes with a bolt-through mounting kit, and it fits most sockets -- and it costs about $35 at NewEgg.com.

I'd get 2X 2GB sticks of RAM, and I'd get an Antec Solo case. The cooling air flow is very good, and the hard drive options are also unique.

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