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<blockquote data-quote="PabloTeK" data-source="post: 180042" data-attributes="member: 56369"><p><strong>Concept:</strong> Well my idea started about a month ago when I needed a PC to control my model railway at my grandparents up North so we first looked at laptops but the power was limited and so was the upgradability because they were mostly used laptops that were any good, the newer ones had Vista and about 1 bit of RAM.</p><p></p><p>So I looked at building my own; I already had done on one occasion with the computer I'm typing this on with success and the ability to upgrade and so it was born...</p><p></p><p><strong>Specification:</strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It must be compact</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It must be less than £300</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It must have Windows XP</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It must be well-cooled yet quiet</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It must have at least a 160GB HDD (For all the music)</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong>Components:</strong></p><p></p><p>So I have a list of components which are:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">AMD Athlon64 3200+ (AM2)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Asus M2A-VM HDMI</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Corsair XMS2 1GB DDR2 PC-5300</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JS</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">LiteOn DH-20A3P-12C</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Coolermaster 330 Elite</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Arctic Cooling Alpine 64</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">2x Hiper 120mm Case fans</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Akasa Fan Controller Jr.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">D-Link AirPlus G</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sumvision 2-port KVM Switch</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Jeantech Arctic 600w PSU</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Windows XP Home Edition</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ebuyer 1M HDMI cable</li> </ul><p></p><p>Anything I could change? I need the KVM switch for when it's running as a server baring in mind...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PabloTeK, post: 180042, member: 56369"] [B]Concept:[/B] Well my idea started about a month ago when I needed a PC to control my model railway at my grandparents up North so we first looked at laptops but the power was limited and so was the upgradability because they were mostly used laptops that were any good, the newer ones had Vista and about 1 bit of RAM. So I looked at building my own; I already had done on one occasion with the computer I'm typing this on with success and the ability to upgrade and so it was born... [B]Specification:[/B] [LIST] [*]It must be compact [*]It must be less than £300 [*]It must have Windows XP [*]It must be well-cooled yet quiet [*]It must have at least a 160GB HDD (For all the music) [/LIST] [B]Components:[/B] So I have a list of components which are: [LIST] [*]AMD Athlon64 3200+ (AM2) [*]Asus M2A-VM HDMI [*]Corsair XMS2 1GB DDR2 PC-5300 [*]Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JS [*]LiteOn DH-20A3P-12C [*]Coolermaster 330 Elite [*]Arctic Cooling Alpine 64 [*]2x Hiper 120mm Case fans [*]Akasa Fan Controller Jr. [*]D-Link AirPlus G [*]Sumvision 2-port KVM Switch [*]Jeantech Arctic 600w PSU [*]Windows XP Home Edition [*]Ebuyer 1M HDMI cable [/LIST] Anything I could change? I need the KVM switch for when it's running as a server baring in mind... [/QUOTE]
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