Recent content by Econdoc

You have all been a great help. I am in the process of ordering parts and had the following questions: When I get the i3-2120 CPU, I think it comes with a fan/heatsink. Will it also contain thermal grease or will I need to add that to the order? Will the mobo or the case come with standoffs...

Thanks to all. This has been very educational! I thought that SATA III was capable of 6GB/s transfer speeds and that the WD Blue SATA III drive would fly. Ken g6 made me do some more research. Thanks Ken! And thanks for the suggested parts list for the build. Excellent choices.

DaveSimmons said: “H67 adds SATA 6 Gb/sec ports, but this only matters if you are buying a SSD instead of a regular hard drive.” I am confused. If I get a SATA 3 hard drive, say a Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB SATA III 7200 RPM 16 MB Cache, can't I get the benefits of SATA 3 without a SSD...

Here is the info that the "NOTICE Sticky" in General Hardware asks for: Used for Home/Student work, email, web surfing (No gaming, no video) Budget ~ $500 Country: USA Brand Preferences: I have been looking at ASROCK mobo and Intel i3-2100 CPU, but am not firm on it. Advice is always welcome and...