I was thinking about it, only because 4GB is really the bare minimum you want these days. Also, the on board graphics is gonna steal some of it. 8GB just seems excessive though, even 10 years from now, but they don't make 3GB sticks. The 8GB kit of the same G.Skill set isn't too much more though. And if one stick ever goes bad, reverting to 4GB is a LOT better than 2GB. If I don't have to get an optical drive, like I said, the price would stay the same. Yeah, I think I'll go with 8GB.marurun wrote:Consider 8 GB RAM if you want this to make it 10 years. Software is only going to get bigger, especially for interacting with the web.
That's the problem with online reviews, it's hard to judge. I'm not exactly sold on Thermaltake, though. For a few years, I was using either Thermaltake or Enermax. I had a number of Thermaltakes die, so I haven't been using them.marurun wrote:The PSU looks good, rates well, but I did see a couple comments in the reviews that make me wonder. You can never tell with on-line reviews, though. There's a Thermaltake that's a couple less (before rebate, $12 cheaper after) that's also 80Plus Gold that probably would also work.
Guh, I know. It just went out of stock today. Hopefully it's just temporary, as it's the perfectly cheap case. I don't wanna have to roll the dice on another ~$35 case that I never examined in person before.marurun wrote:I noticed the case you chose is out of stock. Dunno if that means there was a model change or this is a temporary thing.
The price difference just wasn't there. And actually, if you go to NewEgg right now, look under internal WD HDDs, filter New and NewEgg as the seller, and sort by lowest price first, this drive is the cheapest available. Actually, the 250GB version is $3 cheaper, but yeah.marurun wrote:Have you ever considered a slower, 5400 RPM internal drive? They do slow things down a little, but I have found the slower speed imparts a little extra reliability. Then again, they may be harder to find these days for less money.
For some reason, I was finding it really hard to pick out a motherboard. As you were saying about online reviews, they're hard to judge sometimes. For the PSU, they don't scare me off because I know that most people only review when it's bad, and for every one of those there's probably 10 people that didn't have a problem, and SeaSonic has a solid reputation right now. But for whatever reason, those kind of reviews REALLY scare me with motherboards. And EVERY motherboard has those types of reviews.marurun wrote:A Gigabyte motherboard could possibly shave some $$ off the mobo costs. They've switched to solid caps across almost their entire line as part of a focus on improving durability, and they have some nice, simple lower-end options.
Normally, I'd go with a Biostar board (this one looks pretty perfect) but picking out a motherboard this time around became a game of which one has the least amount of bad reviews. EVERY single board has multiple "died in x months" reivews, I've never seen THAT many before. Usually there's at least 1 or 2 boards that have several hundred positive reviews, just overwhelming the negative ones.
