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Posted: **Sun Sep 02, 2012 7:52 pm**

You last visited: 03-16-2008 at 10:51 AM

That's what greeted me on my login today. I can't believe I had been away for so long. I am building a new rig, and remember back to my old rig, which I read up a lot on at this forum.

Hope everyone is well here. I'm still contributing to our Folding@Home group on my PS3.

LTrain

Posted: **Sun Sep 02, 2012 7:53 pm**

Haha, check out that old sig:
P4 2.2ghz - winxp
P2 400mhz - loonicks(dead)
dell lappy
more cars than computers.

I gotta change that up. The P2 is nowhere to be seen, P4 is dead. It was going to be an unraid setup, but it won't boot off USB. Got an alienware m14x laptop, and less cars than computers now. My old rig is the E8400 (oc'd, on water), and the new one is going to be a core i5.

Posted: **Sun Sep 02, 2012 8:25 pm**

Hi,
Look for my thread on that topic in General Hardware. The new PC rocks!
....and a SSD is a must. I'll never buy another HDD with a spinning disc again.

Posted: **Sun Sep 02, 2012 8:29 pm**

Oh yeah, SSD is a must. Here's my build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($47.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: OCZ Vertex 4 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB Video Card ($299.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($85.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($84.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Lite-On IHBS112-04 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Asus VH236H 23.0" Monitor ($158.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1327.89
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-09-02 21:29 EDT-0400)

Posted: **Sun Sep 02, 2012 8:33 pm**

Go with a larger SSD, 256gb. That way c drive space won't ever be a problem

Mine is in this thread,
http://pcabusers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=53097

Posted: **Sun Sep 02, 2012 8:38 pm**

I already ordered the gear. I'm not too worried about the 120gb. I'm going to relocate my my documents folders to the other drive, so I'll have plenty of space .

Posted: **Mon Sep 03, 2012 7:44 am**

Hey, welcome back. Nice rig!

Posted: **Mon Sep 03, 2012 12:23 pm**

At least you are still a member of the messed up avatar club!

Posted: **Tue Sep 04, 2012 7:34 pm**

Yeah, I have been debating on if I want to fix it or not.

Posted: **Tue Sep 04, 2012 8:10 pm**

Welcome back! Avatar uploads are still broken I think but if you want to replace it, shoot me a PM. You can email it to me and I can manually put it on the server.

Posted: **Tue Sep 04, 2012 8:18 pm**

Nah, better this way

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