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Caleb:
Excellent.
So basically everything is set. I am getting two promotional code discounts that I will have to remember to use.
All I am going to do now is wait a bit until the 27th and see if they get the WD Caviar Black 500 GB hard drives back in stock because they are on sale.
Also I noticed that the Hard Drive I picked out was 3 Gb/s per second and a bare drive for the same price was 6 GB/s
Also the cache on this one was 64 instead of 32. Should any of that make any difference? Again bear in mind this computer is mostly going to be used for gaming and some video editing.
Drive I picked out
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136786
Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533
Caleb:
Ugh. Newegg is the best AND the worst.
There seems to be a period of three days here where the new set of promo codes and the old set are both active.
This means I gotta make some MORE quick choices about what I want to do!
Video Card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150521
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130610&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL102511&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL102511-_-EMC-102511-Index-_-DesktopGraphicsVideoCards-_-14130610-L0B
Power supply seems to be a no brainer.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171037
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139025&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL102511&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL102511-_-EMC-102511-Index-_-PowerSupplies-_-17139025-L05C
Multiple promo codes on the Corsair model making it much cheaper. But people were complaining about the cables being non-modular. Which might be a concern since I am getting a mid sized case.
Also there is a better Case on sale.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129066
It has a cable management system so that might help with the non modular power supply cables?
Complete list of my Stuff
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=13803534
bicostp:
--- Quote from: Caleb on 25 Oct 2011, 07:08 ---Also there is a better Case on sale.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129066
It has a cable management system so that might help with the non modular power supply cables?
--- End quote ---
I just stuffed all of my extra power supply cables in the space between the motherboard-side wall and the 3.5" drive cages. You can also hide some of the cables between the motherboard tray and the side cover.
Caleb:
OK I got all my parts.
So far I have knocked out the OI faceplate that came with the case and put in the one that comes with the motherboard.
The Hard Drive and the DVD player that I got are both SATA OEM so I dunno if the motherboard will come with enough SATA cables.
In fact I don't really know what the cables that came with the motherboard are actually. I know I got at least one SATA cable.
This weekend I am going to get everything opened and then start putting stuff together.
I am going to touch the heater before I work and use the wrist strap thing connected to the bare metal of the computer case. To avoid Static shock. I am also going to wear 100% cotton and not wear any socks when I am working on it.
Wish me luck.
pwhodges:
Anti static precautions are prudent and good; but I will admit to never having used an earthing lead in forty years of doing work from time to time on computer hardware, and never having had a problem that could be traced to that. Good luck, and don't worry - it's really not hard.
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