Journal #6785

didnt you just get one last year?

Yeah Satch didn't you just get a new rig? You shouldn't be needing to upgrade very much, let alone get a whole new one.

He's rich, dawg. On that note, you should buy all of us gaming rigs.

Thats pretty close to the one I was putting together for a possible buy in the near-ish future.

I went with a TB hard drive with a pretty decent RPM.. Oh.. and for 10 more bucks you can get an "Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor BX80601950"

Get the faster CPU. Speed > cores.

I have the same PSU. It's nice.

There is absolutely no need for a new computer at this point.

You only need to upgrade every 4-5 years.

On a side note, you planning to get rid of the old parts?

Guys, he stated previously that it's tax deductible. So while he doesn't need one, it means he pays less taxes, so he's actually SAVING money doing it.

Cool. You can probably donate your current system to one less fortunate fellow from TWHL ;).

I suggest you get a bluray drive instead of a dvd one. And you forgot an HDD(correct me if I'm wrong, I didn't see one), as SSDs are used more as boot-drives...

satchmo I'll take your old pc if you don't need it :>.

I intentionally left out a traditional HDD. I plan to get the 120 GB SDD now and buy another SDD in six months. Magnetic HDD is obsolete technology, and I don't see any reason to stuff my new build with old parts.

I did not get the i7-950 because it requires a 1366 motherboard, which boosts the cost even more. The 1156 mobos afford me much more options when it comes to selecting a CPU. The motherboard I picked up supports both SATA 3 and USB 3, and SATA 3 is crucial because I do not have a traditional HDD.

My current rig was built in 2008. It has been almost three years since my last build.

Sorry to disappoint you guys, but my brother will probably get my old rig when I build the new one. He has a PC that he bought circa 2002.

well when this one is obsolete you could donate it to the next compo winner, or just give it zeeba because he will probably win next time too

Oh stop the begging. It's not even funny.

Hahahaha yes it is. Poor saps.

For 80 more bucks I like the idea of the processor + GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R better, but maybe I dont fully appreciate the value of money yet, heh.

I thought buying from a custom building company would actually be cheaper, since they buy in bulk. But it's not the case.

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Gamer Paladin E870
Case ( CoolerMaster HAF 922 Gaming Case - Black )
Case Lighting ( None )
iBUYPOWER Labs - Noise Reduction ( None )
iBUYPOWER Labs - Internal Expansion ( None )
Processor ( Intel? Core? i7 870 Processor (4x 2.93GHz/8MB L3 Cache) )
iBUYPOWER PowerDrive ( None )
Processor Cooling ( Liquid CPU Cooling System [SOCKET-1156] - [Free Upgrade] Standard 120mm Fan )
Memory ( 4 GB [2 GB X2] DDR3-1333 Memory Module - Corsair or Major Brand )
Video Card ( NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 - 1.2GB - Single Card )
Video Card Brand ( Major Brand Powered by ATI or NVIDIA )
Motherboard ( Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 )
Motherboard USB / SATA Interface ( Motherboard default USB / SATA Interface )
Power Supply ( 650 Watt -- Corsair CMPSU-650TX )
Primary Hard Drive ( 60 GB Corsair Force Series F60 MLC SSD - Single Drive )
Data Hard Drive ( 1 TB HARD DRIVE -- 16M Cache, 7200 RPM, 3.0Gb/s - Single Drive )
Optical Drive ( 24X Sony Dual Format/Double Layer DVD?R/?RW + CD-R/RW Drive - Black )
2nd Optical Drive ( None )
Flash Media Reader/Writer ( 12-In-1 Internal Flash Media Card Reader/Writer - Black )
Meter Display ( None )
Sound Card ( 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard )
Network Card ( Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100) )
Operating System ( Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium + Office Starter 2010 (Includes basic versions of Word and Excel) - 64-Bit )
Keyboard ( iBUYPOWER USB Keyboard - Black )
Mouse ( iBUYPOWER Internet Mouse - Black )
Monitor ( None )
2nd Monitor ( None )
Speaker System ( None )
Power Protection ( None )
Headset ( None )
Video Camera ( None )
Warranty ( Standard Warranty Service - Standard 3-Year Limited Warranty + Lifetime Technical Support )
Rush Service ( Rush Service Fee (not shipping fee) - No Rush Service, Estimate Ship Out in 5~10 Business Days )

$1,637

Magnetic HDD's are not obsolete, and will not be in the near future. Find me an SSD that would have 2TB of space and not cost a fortune. Magnetic discs are used for data storage, this you should already be aware of. And currently there's nothing better in the market for the job.

You're getting a gtx 470?