Iseriously need to upgrade my computer.
Running a P4 HT just doesn’t cut it at this day in age with everything that I need to get done, between work, school, gaming, and HD content… I need to upgrade. Well, I might as well just jump a few generations of processors and go straight for the Core i7 right? Exactly.
So I have my NewEgg Wish List completed with pretty much everything I’d like to get in this build. I have a Cooler Master CM 690 Case already, that I picked up from Micro Center. A few things on that list I KNOW I can get for cheaper at MicroCenter, like a power supply (not on the list though) They generally have 800W PSU’s that are modular for about $100. I’m also probably skipping that EVGA GeForce GTS 250 SC for now, as a friend of mine (Mike Rziemkowski) is going to sell me a PNY GeForce 8800 for a great price, cutting more than $100 off the total build price (for now). The Core i7 processor is also on sale at Micro Center for around $230 rather than the $288 NewEgg wants to charge. My ideal plan is to slowly build this over the next two months or so. If I time rebates and special offers/sales correctly, I think I can come in at roughly $1,000 total. This does not include a monitor. I have a 19″ Acer 4:3 LCD screen that’s just going to have to do for now. I’ll upgrade to a 24″ widescreen model sometime in the future, I just can’t afford one now. I have to purhcase a HDD today, probably the Samsung model (32M cache) in the Wish List, and it has to be today because NewEgg is offering 10% off on any HDD, so I can get the drive for $89.99 with free shipping. Not bad for a Samsung drive. You’d expect that price for the Hitachi drives that are famous for failing.
Anyhow, I’ll for sure be creating a Flickr collection about the new build, and I’ll be posting photos here as well as the system comes along.
PS. One thing I forgot to mention. I already have a legitimate copy of Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 x64 that I… obtained. No really though, it is fully legal. Microsoft ran the “Live Search Club” back when the Live search was just launching. Me and a few users of some underground forums built macro programs to basically play the games on the site for us, and win points. We just sat back, went to work/school, and came home to order legitimate copies of Vista… However most of our accounts were blocked/banned and our points reduced to zero and locked. Well… after what must of been some court dates for Microsoft and the Live Search Club, they (without notice) started sending out the prizes to the people who’s accounts had been banned. I can’t complain, I ended up with four copies of Vista Ultimate SP1 and some wireless 360 controllers as well.
Well, I’m sure this will be the first post of many in my Core i7 build stories.
Frustration entries are sure to ensue.
Corey DeGrandchamp on March 13th, 2009 at 12:36 PM says:
Test comment on a new theme?
[Reply]
Corey DeGrandchamp Reply:
March 13th, 2009 at 12:37 PM
@Corey,
and a test reply.
[Reply]
Corey DeGrandchamp Reply:
March 13th, 2009 at 12:37 PM
@Corey,
triple nested reply.
[Reply]