Home PC bit the dust. I've played around for a week or two with configurations and have landed on the following. Last time I did a build (2006?) I had a hell of a time getting the memory timing correct with an ASUS board (memory hole fixed in later bios rev).
I'm not doing any gaming or overclocking, mostly surfing and light programming. Run a few VMs from time to time. I've steered toward the I7 for VMs and performance. Don't need OC or power save.
Reusing my old case. Also have 2 data drives Raid 1 that I'll be moving over.
Added video card for dual monitor and TV out.
Looking for last minute opinions or compatibility issues. Thanks!
ASUS GeForce GTX 650 Ti GTX650TI-OC-2GD5 Video Card
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX Intel Motherboard
Thermaltake SMART M Series SP-850M 850W Power Supply
5 x OKGEAR 18" SATA 6 Gbps Cable, Straight to Right Angle W/Metal Latch, UV Blue
ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS
SAMSUNG 840 Series MZ-7TD250BW 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
BYTECC Bracket-35225 2.5 Inch HDD/SSD Mounting Kit For 3.5" Drive Bay or Enclosure
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory
Intel Core i7-3770 3.4GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 Quad-Core Desktop Processor
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TV - I've wanted another digital box but don't want to pay Comcast $20/mo. Buddy at work described his setup with a Ceton card, so I'd like to give it a try. 4 Channel card and dedicated 1tb drive:
Ceton InfiniTV 4 Quad-tuner Card for Watching Digital Cable TV on the PC, PCI-Express x1 Interface
Western Digital WD Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"
I'm not doing any gaming or overclocking, mostly surfing and light programming. Run a few VMs from time to time. I've steered toward the I7 for VMs and performance. Don't need OC or power save.
Reusing my old case. Also have 2 data drives Raid 1 that I'll be moving over.
Added video card for dual monitor and TV out.
Looking for last minute opinions or compatibility issues. Thanks!
ASUS GeForce GTX 650 Ti GTX650TI-OC-2GD5 Video Card
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX Intel Motherboard
Thermaltake SMART M Series SP-850M 850W Power Supply
5 x OKGEAR 18" SATA 6 Gbps Cable, Straight to Right Angle W/Metal Latch, UV Blue
ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS
SAMSUNG 840 Series MZ-7TD250BW 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
BYTECC Bracket-35225 2.5 Inch HDD/SSD Mounting Kit For 3.5" Drive Bay or Enclosure
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory
Intel Core i7-3770 3.4GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 Quad-Core Desktop Processor
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TV - I've wanted another digital box but don't want to pay Comcast $20/mo. Buddy at work described his setup with a Ceton card, so I'd like to give it a try. 4 Channel card and dedicated 1tb drive:
Ceton InfiniTV 4 Quad-tuner Card for Watching Digital Cable TV on the PC, PCI-Express x1 Interface
Western Digital WD Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"
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