i am building a new computer and have pretty much decided upon my specs untill i was reading the thread "power supply upgrade- need some recomendations" i used a power supply calculator to try and figure out how big of a PSU/cooling i needed in the new case (note: i know nothing about cases and have been having a hard time finding somethign i know will work). to make a long story short my specs said i needed 700w on my psu, and i dont know what type of cooling i should be using or any websites to find a tower that will work and include cooling/psu. having a few concerns about finding a tower and if i should downgrade (from quad to dual processor) because of my high PSU needs(had a hard time with exact power needs because i am not sure if my motherboard is high end, and other little things like that). anyone who can provide information as to a tower with a good enough PSU/cooling/proper number of ports, etc, can tell me how much power i actually need or recommend a tower would be great. here are my computer specs:
*gigabyte ga-p35c-ds3r motherboard (p35 intel chipset)
*intel core 2 quad q6600 2.4ghz processor
*2 dimms of 1gb ddr2 6400 dual channel RAM
*geforce 8800 gts (320 or 640mb) video card, havent decided but calc didnt change much between the 2.
*i am using my old drives for the time being, floppy drive, dvd drive, and cd+rw drive, 5400 assuming IDE harddrive and am not using any USB or other divices such as external drives.
*not sure on the fans/cooling aspect because i do not have a tower for it yet
*is there anything i am missing that will make it easier to figure out? i couldnt find a thread that talked about cases so i figured cooling was an appropriate place to put this thread, if not, plz let me know and i will repost in the proper forum, your help is much appreciated,
Swen
*gigabyte ga-p35c-ds3r motherboard (p35 intel chipset)
*intel core 2 quad q6600 2.4ghz processor
*2 dimms of 1gb ddr2 6400 dual channel RAM
*geforce 8800 gts (320 or 640mb) video card, havent decided but calc didnt change much between the 2.
*i am using my old drives for the time being, floppy drive, dvd drive, and cd+rw drive, 5400 assuming IDE harddrive and am not using any USB or other divices such as external drives.
*not sure on the fans/cooling aspect because i do not have a tower for it yet
*is there anything i am missing that will make it easier to figure out? i couldnt find a thread that talked about cases so i figured cooling was an appropriate place to put this thread, if not, plz let me know and i will repost in the proper forum, your help is much appreciated,
Swen