Machine finally assembled....

I finally was able to assemble my machine on Thursday.  It was a bit of a wait after I picked up all the parts Tuesdays and Wednesday since work was really busy and getting in the way.  In the end I was able to obtain all the parts I wanted. The majority were obtained from the same store, however I had to venture a bit for the cabling and video card. 

I opted for a new case, as the old one wasn’t large enough to accommodate the video card as well as the option to expand in the future. I also wanted a bit more room to work in as my old case could barely fit my hands in after everything was placed inside. 

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Step one of computer...complete....

Today I purchased 2 items on my list of computer parts. The main items I guess one could say, the I7 CPU and the Asus motherboard.  Unfortunately the RAM and power supply was not available at the location I chose, instead I opted to “order” the part and have them bring it in from their other location.  I'm not in too much of a hurry to get this computer set up, I have quite the hectic work schedule this week so I really don't have the time to build and configure the new computer. I have however begun to back up my old computer which is a painstaking process in itself. I may just buy a new hard drive and start from scratch and use the current drives I have in the old box as auxiliary storage. Next on the list of decisions…video card. Does brand matter when the core GPU is the same? Time to do some research.

That's all she wrote....

The other day my desktop finally succumb to old age. It was far from my primary computer (main one is still a macbook pro) but it did serve me well for 7+ years which is phenomenal. It's fate was to be used as a download box and a method of streaming tv for the past couple of years. Not much work did get done it but it served it's purpose. Although it occasionally has a heartbeat, it often just freezes and sits there, waiting for me to turn it off.

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