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In all my years I've never used an Intel-branded motherboard and the only time I had a problem was with ABIT (my first build). Biostar, Gigabyte, ASUS, ASRock have all performed flawlessly for me.

 

damn old people and their silly preconceived notions and general inflexibility

 

imo get a small 64gb solid state for your boot drive, your perceived speed of computer will go thru the roof. or get a bigger one and ditch the platter drive all together

 

That's what I run. A 64GB boot drive that runs OS and two games. All storage on an old 320gb drive and the things is blazing fast.

 

I miss $80 2TB drives

 

Alright guys, the time has come. I have a lot of **** to buy this week (another bass guitar, parts from ARtech, blah blah blah) and the computer is one of them.

Tomorrow is the internet shopping day so I figured Cyber Monday would be the ideal day to buy all my computizzle shizzle. I'll remake my master list when I get off work and start finding the best deals online. Hopefully I can get most (if not all of it) from Newegg.

Thanks again, fellas and the occasional woman.

 

You should have started looking for deals last thursday / friday.

 

Too late to worry about that now.

 

So boss. Master list coming soon.

I can't decide:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811139010
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...17C-0007-00002

 

I don't like the Thermaltake case one bit. That Corsair one is sex.

Though, i love my oversized mid tower. For today's stuff, i'd have to get a full tower.

 

I think I'll splurge on the Corsair. I'm pretty much going with all the ATX compatible shizzle that we put together a few pages ago.

 

Yay or nay

Case: Newegg.com - Corsair Carbide Series 500R White Steel structure with molded ABS plastic accent pieces ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Motherboard: Newegg.com - Intel BOXDH67GDB3 LGA 1155 Intel H67 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
CPU: Newegg.com - Intel Core i5-2310 Sandy Bridge 2.9GHz (3.2GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 BX80623I52310
RAM: Newegg.com - CORSAIR 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory Model CMV16GX3M2A1600C11
Hard Drive: Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
DVD Drive: Newegg.com - LG DVD Burner 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model GH24NS90 - CD / DVD Burners
Power Supply: Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power RS600-PCARE3-US 600W ATX12V V2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Power Supply
OS: Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - Operating Systems

 

Ordered. Thanks again guys and a big thank you to Joe Perez. My list is basically a slightly modified version of the one he made above.

I'm excited. Got the case I want and good hardware. If there are any mistakes I don't mind making returns.

After rebates, total is 630-ish bucks.

Edit: ****, I need a keyboard, lol ****.

 

Ram is 1600, but motherboard supports 1333/1066. Hmm Not sure what that means, i suppose it will just retard the timing of your ram. Or only go so fast.

It should work out. Keep us updated as you put it together.

 

Viper you chose in parts confuses me, you bought a flashy case and 16gb of ram with a bunch of slow parts. Is this a video/graphic workstation as that's all I could think of you using this stuff for.

 

Believe it or not that did cross my mind (does that mean I'm learning?). If there is an issue I'll make a return. I should be good, though.

The case is purely to fill my aesthetic needs and just for making me feel giggly when I look at it. 16gb ram was cheaper than 8gb last night, so I figured why not.

Yes, this computer will be used for basic **** like internetting and doing some recording work with my bass guitars using a usb-1/4" adapter and some other hardware.

I will not be playing PC games. At all. But I wanted something that I could continue to update, upgrade and learn on. Hopefully all the pieces work well together. It was a rush job, but that's what I get for working nights.

 

I would pick up a cheap video card in the $50-100 range. The HD 2000 will do a ok job but if you ever want to run more then 1 screen or play some 1080p video while doing anything else as it will use the CPU to GPU calculations and have to use system ram as vram. It's not a that big of deal but can slow things down. I have a HD6970 I'm trying to off load for $150. It's still in the top 20 best GPU chips on the market.

 

I have an 8600 GTS that I'm trying to off load for $free + shipping.

 

Thought watching Fox made you hate free loaders and charity.

Just make sure it's PCIx not AGP.

 

I actually have a GT520 I got for $30, would be willing to let it go for free + shipping. No heatsink = no fan noise. Oh and it is PCI :P