@c303a: Thanks. And I'm in the same boat!
@Z: True enough though they are still less noisy then Radeon GPU fans...
@Slicker: I feel ya. As often as I reboot my desktop, an SSD would save me a LOT of time. One of these days I'll move fully into the 21st Century.
++1Originally Posted by Fire$torm
You mentioned a $1000 budget. If you'd like to get a little closer to that, you could get this EVGA GTX 660 ($229.99 + free shipping) instead of the Gigabyte 630. Would give you a bit more oomph and you still come in under $1000, even after paying for Windows
By all means go with a SSD. I put one in 2 of my boxes and the difference in boot time is significant. I have 1 more that I am going to change over as soon as I get a chance. I did do a complete reload of the computer but if you are building a new one you won't have that problem.
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You mentioned a $1000 budget. If you'd like to get a little closer to that, you could get this EVGA GTX 660 ($229.99 + free shipping) instead of the Gigabyte 630. Would give you a bit more oomph and you still come in under $1000, even after paying for Windows
Thanks ! That was my next question on bumping up the vid card.
That 680 gtx looks good !
$963.92 is what all this comes out to so far.
It looks like a winner as far as I can tell.
Great advice guys !
If you were going with a 1 TB sata drive, which one is good ?
That size is fine for movies, camera pictures and videos with plenty of open space always.
Also, any advice on a mouse ? I like the trackballs, wired if fine.
I don't see the one I have now on newegg but those are really kool.
Lastly, any suggestions on a monitor or on anything else before the order is placed ?
One order all from newegg will be just fine and simple.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16826104407
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16823126076
These are the mouse and keyboard I use. If you go to the Eggs site the also have both in a refurbished state. You would save close to $15.00 on each one. Also both are wireless and work great.
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1TB hard drive
Also something i didn't know about:
WD Acronis TrueImage, available as a free download on the WD Support site, enables you to copy all your data to a new drive so you don't have to reinstall your operating system to get all the benefits of a new drive.
Last edited by John P. Myers; 11-07-12 at 10:25 PM.
That's pretty common these days. I've used solutions like that with WD, Seagate and Maxtor. Free download, but only works if at least *one* of the drives is from that manufacturer. Even though, in one case, I was using the tool to get data *off* the vendor in questions drive.
! This hard drive is currently on special for the Shell Shocker deal which will not last very long. It's now only $80. Hurry if you want it
Men I would like very much to know what are you talking about.
Because I really wanted to be of some help but go for it, seek and you shall find...
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Shell Shocker deals are from Newegg and only last a couple of hours or less if they sell out quickly.... They have deals that start different times of the day so you have to check on there site several times a day to see what they are offering... very smart on their part...
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