What are you doing right now, (keep it clean)

[HauntedMyst]

Is that a steamer? Steam is a wonderful thing (even outside our vapor!) It's amazing, we've spent billions on special coatings for cooking pots and pans to make them easier to clean (and which make us sick) yet steam and a steel wool on a properly seasoned pan cuts through everything.

(Ignore, I just read it's a dryer!)

 

[Cucco]

Is that a steamer? Steam is a wonderful thing (even outside our vapor!) It's amazing, we've spent billions on special coatings for cooking pots and pans to make them easier to clean (and which make us sick) yet steam and a steel wool on a properly seasoned pan cuts through everything.

(Ignore, I just read it's a dryer!)

No, it's not. But, I do have a wonderful professional steam cleaner. It is a motorcycle dryer. Forced filtered heated air. Have to hold onto the gear good! But she dries out all the nooks and crannies!

 

[Riverboat]

Thinking about building a new computer............. Any tech guys out there? What do you think about this configuration?




CUSTOM BUILT INTEL I7-4930K COMPUTER SYSTEM
•Intel Core i7 Processor i7-4930K 3.4GHz 12MB SIX CORE
•INTEL COPPER HEAVY DUTY LGA 2011 COOLING FAN
•ZEROtherm Advanced ZT100 Thermal Grease
•PROFESSIONAL WIRING
•ASUS Sabertooth X79 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Intel Motherboard
•G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9Q-16GBXL
•(4X) MEMORY HEAT SPREADERS
•LG 14X BLU-RAY DISK BURNER DVD-RW COMBO DRIVE w/3D Feature
• INTEL 480GB Solid State Drive SATA III (READ/WRITE 550MB/520MB)
•nVidia GeForce GTX780 Ti 3GB DDR5 2DVI/HDMI PCI-EXP Video Card
• REALTEK 10/100/1000 Gigabit Network Card (onboard)
•REALTEK 10/100/1000 Gigabit Network Card (onboard)
•Asus Wireless-N 300Mbps Internal PCI-Express Adapter
•Corsair Obsidian Series 650D (CC650DW-1) Black Steel structure with black brushed aluminum faceplate ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
•GOLD COOLING PACKAGE – ULTRA-QUIET CASE COOLING FANS
•VANTEC DELUXE CASE COOLING SYSTEM
•CORSAIR AX860W PLUS PLATNIUM CERTIFIED FULL MODULAR ACTIVE PFC POWER SUPPLY
•INTERNAL ALL IN ONE DIGITAL CARD READER/WRITER
•Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit....or Windows 8.1 Professional 64-bit?

 

[rbeckys8]

I need to figure out what to do today..guess I better dust while I'm vaping!!

 

[rojo]

Thinking about building a new computer............. Any tech guys out there? What do you think about this configuration?




CUSTOM BUILT INTEL I7-4930K COMPUTER SYSTEM
•Intel Core i7 Processor i7-4930K 3.4GHz 12MB SIX CORE
•INTEL COPPER HEAVY DUTY LGA 2011 COOLING FAN
•ZEROtherm Advanced ZT100 Thermal Grease
•PROFESSIONAL WIRING
•ASUS Sabertooth X79 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Intel Motherboard
•G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9Q-16GBXL
•(4X) MEMORY HEAT SPREADERS
•LG 14X BLU-RAY DISK BURNER DVD-RW COMBO DRIVE w/3D Feature
• INTEL 480GB Solid State Drive SATA III (READ/WRITE 550MB/520MB)
•nVidia GeForce GTX780 Ti 3GB DDR5 2DVI/HDMI PCI-EXP Video Card
• REALTEK 10/100/1000 Gigabit Network Card (onboard)
•REALTEK 10/100/1000 Gigabit Network Card (onboard)
•Asus Wireless-N 300Mbps Internal PCI-Express Adapter
•Corsair Obsidian Series 650D (CC650DW-1) Black Steel structure with black brushed aluminum faceplate ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
•GOLD COOLING PACKAGE – ULTRA-QUIET CASE COOLING FANS
•VANTEC DELUXE CASE COOLING SYSTEM
•CORSAIR AX860W PLUS PLATNIUM CERTIFIED FULL MODULAR ACTIVE PFC POWER SUPPLY
•INTERNAL ALL IN ONE DIGITAL CARD READER/WRITER
•Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit....or Windows 8.1 Professional 64-bit?

That's a nice system, definitely. I have only one reasonable recommendation for improvement. Instead of a 480 gig solid state drive, consider getting something smaller, like 120 - 128 or 256 gig SSD (depending on what's on sale) to use as a fast boot drive, then a larger 3 or 4TB platter drive for storage. You can re-map your libraries (My Documents, My Music, etc) to use the large drive. You'll end up with tons more storage and probably save a little money at the same time.

Otherwise, this configuration screams, "I have no girlfriend." Do you play a lot of games? Do you do 3D modelling? If not, then you'll probably never use all the horsepower this config boasts, and I recommend going with something less shiny.

Re: Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, definitely go Windows 7!

 

[raqball]

Re: Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, definitely go Windows 7!

Unix or Linux for me please!

Seriously though that IS a killer setup Riverboat!

 

[Riverboat]

That's a nice system, definitely. I have only one reasonable recommendation for improvement. Instead of a 480 gig solid state drive, consider getting something smaller, like 120 - 128 or 256 gig SSD (depending on what's on sale) to use as a fast boot drive, then a larger 3 or 4TB platter drive for storage. You can re-map your libraries (My Documents, My Music, etc) to use the large drive. You'll end up with tons more storage and probably save a little money at the same time.

Otherwise, this configuration screams, "I have no girlfriend." Do you play a lot of games? Do you do 3D modelling? If not, then you'll probably never use all the horsepower this config boasts, and I recommend going with something less shiny.

Re: Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, definitely go Windows 7!

I am partial to Windows 7 also.... Now the hard drive configuration....If I use 2 then do I need a RAID set-up?
I know this is a gaming set up...but I am a overkill kind of person... I am looking for a set-up that will last for 5-7 years without getting out dated......My Son plays some games I guess with this set-up I will have to get one......

 

[main35tainer]

Unix or Linux for me please!

Seriously though that IS a killer setup Riverboat!

I second the *nix OS.

BSD for raqball perhaps?

 

[raqball]

My main computer is a Macbook (unix under da hood ya know) then I have an older laptop running BSD and a desktop running Ubuntu..

 

[Cucco]

I am partial to Windows 7 also.... Now the hard drive configuration....If I use 2 then do I need a RAID set-up?
I know this is a gaming set up...but I am a overkill kind of person... I am looking for a set-up that will last for 5-7 years without getting out dated......My Son plays some games I guess with this set-up I will have to get one......

I too am an 'overkill' kind of person. Whenever I build a system, I do overkill. I hate changing computers! I build the best money can do, within reason(kinda), and keep it for many many many years. My IT counterparts used to be shocked at the systems I would build, and the cost. But, they were all buying new systems annual. Mine would keep me happy for a very long time.

I tried Windows 8, and hated it. I would say 7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[rojo]

I am partial to Windows 7 also.... Now the hard drive configuration....If I use 2 then do I need a RAID set-up?
I know this is a gaming set up...but I am a overkill kind of person... I am looking for a set-up that will last for 5-7 years without getting out dated......My Son plays some games I guess with this set-up I will have to get one......

No, you wouldn't set the drives up as a stripe or a RAID mirror. You'd simply have your solid-state drive as drive C:, and your storage drive as drive D:. Keep all your music, movies and pictures on drive D:

 

[jj2]

Trying to convince myself to get off my .... and go do something.

My normal for this time of day.

 

[Cucco]

Trying to convince myself to get off my .... and go do something.

My normal for this time of day.

I know that feeling! So much to be done! So little desire to do it!

 

[Riverboat]

I too am an 'overkill' kind of person. Whenever I build a system, I do overkill. I hate changing computers! I build the best money can do, within reason(kinda), and keep it for many many many years. My IT counterparts used to be shocked at the systems I would build, and the cost. But, they were all buying new systems annual. Mine would keep me happy for a very long time.

I tried Windows 8, and hated it. I would say 7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Me too that's why I build a system that's overkill so it will keep me happy for a long time I have been talking to several online builders anyone have a recommendation on who builds the best with great customer service?

 

[rojo]

I've never heard anyone say anything bad about Tiger Direct. Sometimes their deals are meh; while other times they've got some amazeballs bargains. They might be worth checking out, especially on Black Friday / Cyber Monday. *shrug*

 

[raqball]

Also look at Newegg

I've gotten really good prices on motherboards there before.

 

[Nicblazer]

No, you wouldn't set the drives up as a stripe or a RAID mirror. You'd simply have your solid-state drive as drive C:, and your storage drive as drive D:. Keep all your music, movies and pictures on drive D:

In 7 years of building computers, I've never set any hard drives in RAID. Only used one, or two as mentioned in the same exact setup as rojo. 80% of my parts came from Newegg, with TigerDirect being a close second. Love both of them, and never had any problems with either.

River, your setup is absolutely gorgeous. I'm jealous. . Since I have to keep being reminded that a good junk of us are geeks, I have a little project that should be done by the end of this weekend. Geeks should love this. I'm transforming my Macbook Air into a very decent gaming laptop thru an external egpu (Nivida GTX760). Hopefully Ill post some pics on the off-topic sub if everything goes according to planning.


Nic


PS- Rojo, you gonna love this

 

[snork]

In 7 years of building computers, I've never set any hard drives in RAID. Only used one, or two as mentioned in the same exact setup as rojo mentioned. 80% of my parts came from Newegg, with TigerDirect being a close second. Love both of them, and never had any problems with either.

River, your setup is absolutely gorgeous. I'm jealous. . Since I have to keep being reminded that a good junk of us are geeks, I have a little project that should be done by the end of this weekend. Geeks should love this. I'm transforming my Macbook Air into a very decent gaming laptop thru an external egpu (Nivida GTX760). Hopefully Ill post some pics on the off-topic sub if everything goes according to planning.


Nic


PS- Rojo, you gonna love this

Well hiya Nic, I was just talking about you!

 

[Nicblazer]

Ha, never mind. THIS is the off topic sub :face palm:.


Nic

 

[Nicblazer]

Well hiya Nic, I was just talking about you!

Haha, hope all good .

Nic