So I'm really happy with my new system. I haven't taken any pics yet though, sorry ;)
However, I got an email from NewEgg a few days ago informing me about the problem with the Sandy bridge mobo that I bought (ASUS P8P67 PRO). I'm sure this is old news for you guys by now, but I'm trying to...
So I did my build the other day using bastage's recommendations and it worked out really really well. I couldn't be more pleased with the results :) Thanks for the help, guys!
I'm close to pulling the trigger on all the parts but I can't figure out what sound card to get. I'm currently running a 2.1 speaker system and I'd like to be able to upgrade to a 5.1 further down the road. Whatever I get will also need to be Windows 7 64-bit compatible. Any ideas?
EDIT: Or...
Thanks, bastage! That all looks really good with very nice prices! And overkill is a good thing IMO :)
I do have a couple of newbie questions though...
Will I need to buy a heatsink for this or will it come with the cpu?
What does a solid state drive do exactly and how do I set it up in...
I'm looking to finally build a new computer after having squeezed every last drop of computing mileage out of my previous rig. Now it's been a while... alright, a long while... since I built that "bad boy", so I could definitely use some guidance in making the choices on what parts to get for my...