Computer Acquisition Syndrome!
During the last month I have acquired two new(*) computers.
HTPC in the living room sitting next to an xbox which makes so much more noise it's almost ammusing
Intel G850 Processor
Gigabyte H77N-Wifi Motherboard
64gb SSD from Sandisk (seriously fast and seriously cheap, check it out if you've for a SATA computer you want faster!)
2gb 1333 DDR3 RAM (was 4 but secondhand RAM isn't as reliable as you'd hope!)
Fractal Design Node 4 case
Corsair 420W Modular PSU
If you're wanting a small-ish computer for internetting, movie watching and emails then I seriously recommend a set-up like this all in was less than £300 monies I think, and while I got the chip second hand, and it's far from top of the line, it's been capable of running a couple of video bench marks albeit at speeds that don't translate to awesome game play - but plenty for film watching.
Cables could have done with being a little longer so they could be more neatly routed away into the very nicely made frame - but half of that issue was down to the PSU cables being the length they are, so I'll rectify this when I get some time/money
Aaand a gaming PC
Intel i7 3770k CPU - top end of the 1155 consumer CPUs running at 3900Mhz with 4 cores and Hyperthreading - virualisation hoooo!
Asus P8Z77 - M Pro - mATX motherboard for overclocking features
Corsair 8GB 1866Mhz DDR3 - by chance colour coordinated with the motherboard
XFX 7950 3GB GPU. - Farcry 3 Blood Dragon at 1080p on Ultra with 4x AA and still runs great - plus these cards are supposed to overclock REALLY well.
Corsair 620W Modular PSU
Asus V247H 24" LED Monitor
Now, currently it's in an old tower case I had laying around. there's a LOT of wasted space, so I really want to try making a case that's much smaller and neater... and with fans - this case has no working fans left... the bearings had ground down to nothingness and they wont even turn... so in order to keep things cool the side is off and a 12" desk fan is assisting.
All but the RAM arrived last week on Friday - in three separate deliveries which added up to
(edited out the Sofa That Time Forgot... )
And then on Tuesday (just 5 days after the delivery estimate!)
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I've mentioned on other threads that I had "issues" with the gigabyte board - still recommend it if you're building a small livingroom PC. mITX is TINY! And this thing has so may connections it's fantastic... if however you see a P8Z77 - M Pro board on ebay for £35 you really should go for it and wont be dissapointed at all! (I wasn't!)
Then among all the CAS there was BAS (Book Acquisition Syndrome) so now my Nerd Learning Library looks more like this
(*)One has a second hand cheapie CPU and RAM
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just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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Offset "(Emp) - a little heavy on the hyperbole."
Otherwise we're back to Voodoo and "Hit it wiv a 'ammer"
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