Recent content by Finneal

FYI, ordered everything you suggested except the fans the the DVD drive. If I notice issues with them when I am building/configuring the box, I will pick up replacements. Thanks again for all your help!

This is all great information tiraides. I really appreciate the time you spent responding to my questions. This isn't the first time you've helped me over the years. I will probably purchase the parts you recommended soon. I will have to research whether the case fans can be replaced so easily.

Ok so I looked it up and the case is 6 years old. Here's a link. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112130

ONe more question, I've never used a micro-ATX motherboard. Will this form factor fit ok in an 8 year old Lian Li tower case?

I've got absolutely no issue with buying all the components online (In fact I'd prefer that over the long drive). In my history, I've purchased way more from the egg than I have for microcenter. Thanks again for all your help.

Thanks a bunch for the response. Any chance you could provide an Intel build as well. I've had a bad experience with AMD processors in the past and have opted for Intel ever since.

All, My monster-in-law has been hounding me to build her a new rig. The last one I built her is probably 6-8 years old. 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc She does loads of social media (facebook), email, MS Office, basic video transcoding (for...

Woot, made some purchases today. I went to Microcenter and picked up the CPU/mobo combo you suggested which was 379 including tax (I have a 10 dollar MIR for that). Also picked up the HSF you recommended from Amazon for 29.99. I also picked up the Samsung Evo SSD you recommended for...

So are you confirming that my current memory will work with the new cpu/mobo? Also, can you recommend a HSF for the new CPU?

I have already purchased the case and PSU for my kids machine.

I will have to buy an additional Windows 7 license for sure. I bought my current cpu/mobo combo at Microcenter and it has worked great. It's about 45 minutes away and I wouldn't hesitate to go there again. I will follow your advice on the video card. Since I paid so much for it when I bought...

Thanks everyone for the advice. Let me give you a little more background on my situation. Before I got married, I upgraded my computer constantly and always enjoyed having top-end gear. After a couple of years of that, my wife imposed a compromise :) Now I get to upgrade my computer every...

I do raiding, mostly LFR but I dont think that makes a difference CPU-wise vs. normal raiding.

Sorry , it's 1500. That was a typo. I revised the post.

All, I'm going to be purchasing components for my (once every two years) computer upgrade over the next couple weeks and would love some of your [H]ard advice. You guys have helped me for a decade with build advice and I can't tell you how much I appreciate it. Here's a link to my last build...