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Haha, well he did pay for it, but everything was shipped to my house for the build. Daughter asks that her Dad stays away from arranging internet romance, smart kid !!

New rig finished and finally set up on a desk and arranged to my liking !! Seated view Insides Overhead, and building a twin system for my daughter's boyfriend Scout case instead of the Enforcer Innards Work area Thanks for having a look !!

That is bad ass my friend, BTTT !!!!!!

Danny, I've never been to the Micro Center I'm gonna use, if you have been in store, do you think it makes sense to buy those items after going hands on there for some test drives? Also, what do you have that you like for a mouse/keyboard setup? Thanks

MSNY, Thanks for the heads up. Now, being far removed from anything considered a gaming mouse, what am I looking for as minimum specs to compliment my new rig? My thought is this: I see my rig through my monitor, but I touch my rig through the mouse and keyboard. I want to get quality...

Tiraides, you planted the seed, and the more I thought about it, yeah, let's do this right !! I appreciate you telling me early on that there is value spending up, instead of spending down ;) If you can take a more in depth look at the carts I'm sitting on, and want to sharpen it up...

layzie, I jumped the gun there a bit. I was thinking they would port it ala GTA IV. Thanks for the catch !! UPDATE: Rockstar announced a port to PC for the fall . . . . YESSSSSSSSSS !!

Well, I think it was Tiraides who called it . . . if your budget can grow (from $600) you will get a more satisfying build . . . I have rolled Father's Day/Birthday(July 21) into the $600 budget and am now working with a $1500. I will repost my Q&A: 1) What will you be doing with this...

Haha, you have to stop talking to my wife, she is already bracing for a busted budget !! When I think back to my Pentium II Gateway system with 250Mb hard drive that I dropped 3 grand on back in 2000, I wonder why I'm splitting hairs over $600 versus $1000 ?????

Aha, that would explain some of the pricing on the low end . . . Good point. In a perfect world then, a $800 build today could morph into my $600 by the end of summer, if I should be so lucky !!!!

I can wait this out to August no problem. If not for the fall releases of Battlefield 3 and MW3, I may not be even looking to upgrade/build, but I am so geeked up for BF3, I'm willing to build a new rig to play it. They got me right where they want me !!!!!! I was hesitant to throw this out...

To All: Thank you for the input and links to components, I very much appreciate it !! I would say after reading through the replies I need to sit tight until mid august to see where these hardware prices settle down to, and maybe repost my details for a final crack at spec'ing the system...

Tiraides: What resolution are you using right now? 1280 x 720 for MW2 Will you buy a new monitor within the next 12 months? I would if it will enhance what is spec'd for me, otherwise no Can you raise your budget an additional $100 or $200? Yes, I can raise it an additional...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc BF3, MW3, LA Noire, CS3 Suite, CorelDraw Suite 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $600 plus tax and shipping 3) Where do you live? Lancaster, PA 4) What exact parts do you need for...

Well, got the Buffalo in the house. Next question is . . . what is the best method to back up the three systems to the NAS ? My Win7 laptop, I'm thinking of just using the utility in Win7. Not sure for the XP machines. Suggestions welcome, as obviously, I've never backed up systems before...

Ghost6303, That's what I needed, and $20 off to boot. Thanks for the linkage !! Bought. :D

Hey, Looking for suggestions here, first time trying to put network backup plan together after back to back hard drive failures on a laptop and a desktop. Situation: Desktop 1 - WINXP Desktop 2 - WINXP Laptop 1 - WIN7 Laptop 2 - WINXP XBox 360 Home network - Linksys Wireless G...

Ok, got the second hard drive up and running, got a usb/sata adapter and powered up the bad drive, ran GetDataBack, got pretty good results, dropped the $79 dumbass insurance premium, and it looks like I can recover most everything. I'll put the reformatted old drive in at some point as it was a...

Sub Mesa, Thanks for your help !! All I see is that 137Gb size, nothing else. I installed XP Pro from my original disc, then when I built this new rig a few years ago, Danny Bui recommended I get SP1 and 2 on a disc and load that. So I had that disc around and loaded SP1 and 2 after...

Okay. My XP disc is 5 yrs old ish. I installed it, then installed SP1 and SP2. Thats where I stand right now. Would my chances of recovering data improve if I install Win 7 on the new hard drive? Thanks again !!

Hey [H]all, Yeah, as someone else said, " I effed up pretty good" Got home yesterday to my rig stuck in a boot cycle, was booting to XP splash screen, then rebooting instantly, over and over. So the missteps I took, like booting to my WinXP cd and running fixboot from my dos prompt, left...

Please count me in !!

Silent, I am playing my first loaded racing game, RFactor, without any tweaks or OC's, and when I started it up . . . I crapped myself :eek: I went from almost a slideshow framerate with one car and no eye candy to seeing like a blind man given his sight back. in a word . . . stunning...

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Just wanted to post a reply for this build that the order has been made with NewEgg and SVC for the hardware on my build. I took the advice to get the additional Yate Loon case fan as well. With shipping, the total number came in at $683.92 (went C2D e4300) I am more than happy with that...

Just wanted to bump this back up for any other opinions. I will be going C2D for sure now, the advice is very much appreciated. Budget is still tight, but going with this upgrade path to quad looks like the smart thing to do. I'm thinking of waiting for the July price cuts to see if it...

Danny Bui, Man, that was fast. I really appreciate the quick response, let's me know someone is checking my thread !! A few follow up questions for you. - Core 2 Duo system, I would chuck the capture card and the card reader stuff, along with the new wheel controller (all things I can...

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Update - June 28th I have been assembling the new rig over the last week and getting it up and running. I will try to post some pics later and some gotcha's I ran into, but for now, my highlites are: - Coolermaster Case is quiet, and I added the Yate Loon rear fan - Temps are very...