Comments on: The building begins in earnest

By: Nathaniel Bailey

Nathaniel Bailey — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:54:03 +0000

I know this post is a little old now, but if I wanted to build a new Asus rig rather then Intel, which would be the best mobo for online gaming?

By: Help me choose my next PC case | PC Pro blog

Help me choose my next PC case | PC Pro blog — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:23:52 +0000

[...] bear in mind, though, that I’m not going to resort to anything that looks as outlandish as the Eye T Warrior that I used for The £250 Challenge, seeing as I’m actually going to be using my PC every [...]

By: james

james — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:25:47 +0000

please do not publish mail address,
ref £250 pc diy build- Where is the power supply !

james

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:43:25 +0000

Seeing the insides of yet another PC makes me go a bit potty. Could we please start a campaign to have one single, standard, unform block conenctor that fits only one way around a la SATA, IDE, USb for the front panel connectors?

Is there a reason why each must be different to the point of frustration? Surely it would be easier for case builders and motherboard makers to have one single standard connector type for all front ports, power buttons, drive lights, power lights – heck everything “standard” to almost every case?

By: Finally - the self-build PC lives | PC Pro blog

Finally - the self-build PC lives | PC Pro blog — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:00:04 +0000

[...] week I finally put together a specification I was happy with and ordered my components, and it was soon time to start building. A somewhat slap-dash assembly [...]

By: nathan

nathan — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:24:08 +0000

a system like this is not gonna produce that much heat. you have quite a large case so the components are not to crammed together. i personally wouldnt bother with 3 fans. just get rid of one of the 3 you currently have and spend the extra money on a new CPU heatsinc/fan. the stock intel fans are way to loud. get rid of it for one with a nice big 120mm fan, this will help with the overclocking potential and the noise level.

By: Lex Easthope

Lex Easthope — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:03:43 +0000

If you haven’t thought of a name yet, how about the WARRIOR 300 ? A lot of PC’S nowadays are named after the case part of it and the 300 fits nicely into the price range.

By: Mike Jennings

Mike Jennings — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:18:14 +0000

Grimer – I’ve had a word with Clive, Reviews Editor of Custom PC, and he agreed that the fan setup in my chassis – two at the front, one at the side – is very strange way of doing things! I think that I’m going to use a more traditional arrangement – front, back and sides – when my replacement fans turn up.

By: Claave

Claave — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:52:51 +0000

Yo Grimer, it’s the other way round actually – exhaust fans are the most important for hot systems as you just want to get the hot air out of the case as quickly as possible.

By: Grimer

Grimer — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:22:49 +0000

I think I read in Custom PC that exhaust fans do very little and it is actually the fans blowing into the case that do the most for cooling. It might be worth having a word with those guys to find out the best setup.