Hey Joey, Be nice to yourself and invest an extra $100 on a solid-state drive. Even just a small one as your system drive. You will not regret it.
-J'n On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 2:27 PM, JMJ <roadr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings, > > It's time to start looking to replace my current system, so I'm shopping for > parts to complement the parts that I already have. Before I work up an > order at Newegg, I figured I would check to see if any of you have some of > these items (or similar) sitting around and want to get rid of it. No need > to buy new when something "previously loved" is gathering dust, right? :-) > > So, here's what I'm shopping for: > > CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($190.98 @ Newegg) > MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($178.98 @ > Newegg) > RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($66.98 @ Newegg) > VIDEO CARD: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($213.98 @ Newegg) > POWER SUPPLY: Cooler Master VSM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX > Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg) > > This parts list can be found at: > http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2vW8CJ > > I've already got a case, mouse, keyboard, hard drives, DVD drives, etc. > > CONSIDERATIONS... > > 1) I prefer to use one merchant if possible, and I've had good luck with > Newegg. > 2) I chose only items that had 4 or 5 star ratings > 3) I chose an SLI MB in case I ever wanted to add a 2nd video card. > 4) I'll be doing a little bit of gaming, and occasionally visiting Second > Life. Any other usage would be generic, non-demanding stuff. > > Feel free to reply off-list. That's probably what the rest of the list > would prefer anyway. heh heh :-D > > Thanks for your time! > > JMJ > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.