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Prisoner_Number_Six

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Wed Mar 5, 2014, 10:18 PM Mar 2014

I really went and did it this time. [View all]

Over the last 3 months I've been slowly gathering the parts and pieces for a new computer. That's just how I do it- I don't BUY 'puters, I BUILD 'em.

Well, I ordered the final part last weekend- a $200 Asus motherboard, and it appeared upon my doorstep yesterday. Since I had already backed everything up in anticipation of the Grand Event, I opened up The Beast last night and stripped its guts out and started building the new one. It took about an hour all told (not bad at all), and before I went to bed I had Windoze (7, not 8. Never 8!) installed and updated. This morning I started restoring all my cool junk and reinstalling all my software, and by noon I was pretty much done with The Project!

Now for the geekspeak: it's an Asus Maximus VI Hero DDR3 2800 LGA 1150 Motherboard with a 4th Generation Intel Core i7 processor. I'm starting it out with 16GB of memory, plus a shiny new 1TB hard drive. (My first computer was a 486/SX with 4 MB of memory, a 240MB hard drive, and it had DOS 6.2 and Windoze 3.1. Two weeks after I bought it I had taken it apart and put it back together just for the hell of it.)

Although it's a gamer's board, I'm not a gamer- I bought it for the speed and flexibility so I could more easily work on my computer art. I simply wanted the latestgreatest, and dammit I GOT it.

Damn, I'm good.

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I really went and did it this time. [View all] Prisoner_Number_Six Mar 2014 OP
My dear Prisoner_Number_Six! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2014 #1
Congrats on the new toy! Paulie Mar 2014 #2
Yeah, 32gb is the upper limit for Windoze too. Prisoner_Number_Six Mar 2014 #3
According to M$ it's 192 GB with the right version jakeXT Mar 2014 #8
You're right Prisoner_Number_Six Mar 2014 #12
I had to look it up, but a jump from 4 GB to 32 GB seemed to low jakeXT Mar 2014 #17
Yes, you are - frighteningly good. IrishAyes Mar 2014 #4
Actually the assembly is really easy these days csziggy Mar 2014 #7
You learned a lot from those early experiences. Perhaps most of all, IrishAyes Mar 2014 #9
I'm bad at picking between two things - so wiring lamps is not easy csziggy Mar 2014 #24
Not so much a talent as it is a skill. Prisoner_Number_Six Mar 2014 #13
Good for you. Would you like to come rewire my house next?? IrishAyes Mar 2014 #22
Yes, it is decidely a learned skill - and it has to be kept in practice csziggy Mar 2014 #25
Well, I read your OP and all the responses, and..... R B Garr Mar 2014 #5
January I ordered the parts for my new computer csziggy Mar 2014 #6
That sounds cool My Good Babushka Mar 2014 #10
Sounds like a worthy project. Prisoner_Number_Six Mar 2014 #14
How about setting up a distributed computing project that runs in the background ? eppur_se_muova Mar 2014 #11
I used to do SETI@home Prisoner_Number_Six Mar 2014 #15
GIMPS has a number of options which allow you to fine-tune the load ... eppur_se_muova Mar 2014 #26
I. on the other hand, wouldn't dare. malthaussen Mar 2014 #16
My first computer was an HP, with DOS. Slow as molasses and cost $1200, but back then IrishAyes Mar 2014 #23
That's the way you do it.. sendero Mar 2014 #18
I want my MTV! Prisoner_Number_Six Mar 2014 #19
Try not to.. sendero Mar 2014 #21
Enjoy the new toy! mnhtnbb Mar 2014 #20
I finished one last week NutmegYankee Mar 2014 #27
How's that solid state drive performing? Prisoner_Number_Six Mar 2014 #28
Ultra fast! NutmegYankee Mar 2014 #29
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