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[Warsaw]

I use a 1080W HEC PSU that cost me around $80. I have always skimped on PSUs. Want to know how many times I've had to actually replace one? Twice. After many, many years of service each, and I suspect that thoroughly vacuuming one of them would have fixed it right up.

[Dwood]

I got a Corsair 850W Semi-Modular for about $100 (gold rated, mind) the ASRock 990 FX, and the ATi 7970, as well as the AMD FX 8-core ("Vishera") Even though I'm more partial towards less cores, faster clock (If it weren't for a deal i made with a friend, i'd be using a 6-core just because I'd rather have the higher clock benefit each core more).

Currently not going to install Windows onto the machine. An Ubuntu 13.04 iso is currently downloading. While i'm not a fan of the new ui, it is what it is. A 120 GB TLC SSD is on its way. I've got a 250 GB HDD for the mass storage (I honestly don't use that much data. Maybe steam will fill it all up? lol)

I know this is completely ridiculous, but I am honestly eyeing either the Asus pq321 or a Cintiq I know, you might say they're overkill, but I refuse to be stuck with these crappy lcd monitors. It will take some saving, but I will get one.. ONE DAY. EDIT: the 13" cintiq isn't a bad idea, either, actually.

I'm totally Scrimping on the case, though. Just re-using an old one my parents have lying around.

EDIT: UBUNTU is a pain in my rear, and doesn't have support for my gaming mouse. Sorry guys, but picking up a non-sucky os. I'll still dual boot Ubuntu, but I don't have any desire to run into the support issue over and over again. Bye bye yet another $200. (win 7 pro - 16 gig ram limit? You gotta be kidding me) I'm picking up a quieter fan for 30 bucks on top of it as well.

[PlasbianX]

Anyone know of any reasonably priced monitors? Looking into getting two new ones because im using a TV as my primary and it sucks :/

[Btcc22]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/QNIX-QX271...item19dcc63b9c

Korean 27" 2560x1440 monitors. Research 'em.

[Warsaw]

Uh, Dwood, Windows 7 Pro 64-bit has a 192 GB limit...yeah...

Anything else is a hardware limitation...or Home Premium. Don't get Home Premium.

[Dwood]

I meant home prem. getting pro.

[ThePlague]

Lol pro. ULTIMATE ALL TEH WAI

[Warsaw]

I got Pro for free. Not complaining.

[Dwood]

Had win7 free legally once but lost the cd key. :/ Win7 is worth it. Not paying for win8, nor am I even going to pirate it. Not worth either.

Also, don't diss- I'm not going to be staying stuck with 16 GB's of RAM. As soon as there are larger single sticks than 8GB, that's what i'm going for. I'd spend $200 for two 16 GB sticks. Heck, id spend 100 for one 16 gb stick.

[Warsaw]

Or you could save yourself the trouble and buy into a platform with 8 DIMM slots...not that you'll ever need it.