Few Upgrades

bigsaucybob

bigsaucybob

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I am finally upgrading my brothers crap Dell. It's a:
-P4 LGA775 Prescott
-Dell Motherboard and Case
-SATA 80GB and 300GB
-PCI-e x800xl
-1GB ddr2 sdram 240pin
-Rosewill 550W PSU

So what I want to upgrade is the case, the motherboard, and the heatsink and fan:

Case:RAIDMAX X1 ATX-909WB Black/ Silver SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Motherboard:ECS C19-A SLI (1.0A) Socket T (LGA 775) NVIDIA nForce4 SLI XE ATX Intel Motherboard

1. Just making sure everything is compatible and will fit

2. Can somebody reccomend me a heatsink and fan that will work with the motherboard, dont want to spend more than 60 on it

3. I will be overclocking, so how will that board do?
 
1. I'm pretty sure
2. The thermaltake big typhoon is nice (maybe a bit overkill though) but I'm not sure if it will fit... it looks like it might hit the PSU.
3. It'll overclock, but ECS have never been good overclockers.
 
Well, I'm not getting what you mean by a CPU and heatsink with lights on the fan. So are you asking for the cpu, the heatsink, or the fan, or the whole package? As for that motherboard, I don't know much about them. Although, based on two ratings, it's good ;) I suggest going with a motherboard that has more ratings so that you know it is a good one.
 
spraybottle said:
Well, I'm not getting what you mean by a CPU and heatsink with lights on the fan. So are you asking for the cpu, the heatsink, or the fan, or the whole package? As for that motherboard, I don't know much about them. Although, based on two ratings, it's good ;) I suggest going with a motherboard that has more ratings so that you know it is a good one.
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Sry, I didnt mean CPU and heatsink. I meant fan and heatsink for a CPU.

I am going with Thermaltake Blue Orb II:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835106069

Does anyone know if that fan will fit on this motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813138276
 
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Yup, It will work, see the requirements for the fan says that it requires a Socket T (LGA 775) which your motherboard does have. Oh, and by the way, that fan looks Smoking keke
 
spraybottle said:
Yup, It will work, see the requirements for the fan says that it requires a Socket T (LGA 775) which your motherboard does have. Oh, and by the way, that fan looks Smoking keke
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I know its the right socket type, I just dont know if it will physically fit. There is a fan on top of one of the chipsets that might get in the way.
 
Can you take it out? I'm pretty sure that the stock fans wouldn't be glued on the motherboard... Yeah, I'm pretty sure you'll be able to take it out
 
spraybottle said:
Can you take it out? I'm pretty sure that the stock fans wouldn't be glued on the motherboard... Yeah, I'm pretty sure you'll be able to take it out
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Under the fan on the chipset is a heatsink which I still think might get in the way.
 
spraybottle said:
Dunno what to say now bud... Just get it and hope for the best >.<
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I was hoping for some other peoples advice. But your the only one to respond spraybottle, not that its a bad thing.
 
It looks like the heatsink would get in the way of the capacitors... but seeing how no one else complained, i guess its not a problem.
 
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It looks like the heatsink would get in the way of the capacitors... but seeing how no one else complained, i guess its not a problem.
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Thats true, but would things become unstable if that heatsink over the chipset was removed?
 
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