[Pc_Support] Re: Want to sell: Antec SX1000 case + Biostar M7VIW mainboard

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 09:56 -0500, Bryan J. Smith  wrote:
> I can't remember if that system has a 465W ATX 1.0 Enermax
> (and that will go to the new case, being that my new MicroATX
> it's not a ATX 2.0 mainboard, so the 300W ATX2.0 with split
> +12V might not be useful in the new case) and I have the original,
> 400W Antec laying around (which is still very good -- especially
> on the 3.3/5V lines for Athlon XP), or if I only have a 350W or
> some other, cheaper 300-400W PS extra laying around.
>  ...
> P.S.  I actually have a 2nd Antex SX1000 case without PS that
> you can have.  It's missing a foot (stupid plastic PoS), and I think
> I cut the sides of it with 80mm intake fans -- can't remember.
> I'm more than willing to give that one away with it too.

Okay, I decided since my wife's mainboard is an ATX 1.0x, I'd go for the
Aspire X-QPack with an ATX 1.0x power supply:  
  http://lists.leap-cf.org/pipermail/pc_support/2005-July/000478.html  

Instead of the Chenming 118 with an ATX 2.0x power supply:  
  http://lists.leap-cf.org/pipermail/pc_support/2005-July/000469.html  

So I can leave the existing power supply in the Antec case with the
mainboard.  Should be no power issues for you because that power supply
is already driving both an Athlon XP2600+ (older Model 6, more power
sucking than newer Model 8 and 10, the greatest power gulper that will
go on this mainboard ;-) as well an original nVidia GeForce 6800GT 256MB
DDR3 (100W power sucker, only the 6800 Ultra sucks more).

So here's the deal ...
  Antec SX1000 tower case
+ ATX 1.0x power supply (original Antec 400W or Enermax 435W)
+ Biostar M7VIW ATX mainboard

As always, it's a "try before you buy" deal, so you take it home, get it
running, kick the tires, etc...  I'll be in town next weekend (July
23rd-24th), so we can hook up then.  Sunday would be best, so I have all
day Saturday to finish off my wife's new system.

I'll also let everyone here know how the Aspire X-QPack compares to the
Chenming 118 series.  I recommend the latter for ATX 2.0x mainboards
with split +12V, the former for older ATX 1.0x mainboards.  Unless, of
course, you're going to put your own ATX power supply in (which is an
option, it takes a _full_ ATX power supply, despite only taking a
MicroATX mainboard).


-- 
Bryan J. Smith                                     b.j.smith at ieee.org 
--------------------------------------------------------------------- 
It is mathematically impossible for someone who makes more than you
to be anything but richer than you.  Any tax rate that penalizes them
will also penalize you similarly (to those below you, and then below
them).  Linear algebra, let alone differential calculus or even ele-
mentary concepts of limits, is mutually exclusive with US journalism.
So forget even attempting to explain how tax cuts work.  ;->