Recent content by i8DRM

In case any having my goals come later, I will save you the irritation I have encountered. As my build is nearly ready to begin I will list the components chosen: CPU: i7-4790k Motherboards: MSI Z97 Gaming 5 MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming MSI Z97-GD65 Gaming MSI Z97-G45 MSI Z97A Gaming...

My opinion differs slightly. The current and ever increasing infestation of forums by debate addicts (desperate to relive their glory days on the High School Debate Team) "kicks rocks". As does the marked overabundance of argumentarians (The Argument Culture ISBN#978-0345407511), contrarians...

I blacklisted Amazon like five years ago. Believe it or not, Besos is not the be-all end-all for shopping. It's good for bargain hunting...sometimes, and for the moneyback guarantee...sometimes. As for legacy parts, there are plenty of options on the net and darknet, plus I even have a local...

And you can get a 'latest&greatest' crap rig at Best Buy or Walmart for *drumroll* half the price of a 10th gen rig, but hey, it will have Win 10, and we all know Win 10 can spin straw into gold, so it will surely be every bit as good as the expensive one! I always find it amusing that anytime a...

Legacy parts take time to track down, and cost more than they used to ten years ago, but yes I can find them.

I regret to say I have not gotten that far yet. What I hoped to be a simple thing has turned into a major research project. As it has been years since I looked into hardware, I pretty much had to start from scratch. I do hope to get to graphics cards (and whatever else) soon. This build does...

So as to the OP, I have decided to go with the i7-4790k. If anyone wants to comment on motherboards, I am looking at these options: MSI Z97 Gaming 5 MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming MSI Z97-GD65 Gaming MSI Z97 GuardPro MSI Z87-G55 MSI Z97A Gaming 6 Asus Maximus VII Hero Asus Z97-Pro If you have a...

Thank for the tip...the posts of Joe and Chicken were trees lost in the forest! I have been using MX Linux in LiveCD mode regularly now for over a year, but there is only so much one can do without actual install. I'm expecting it will take at least a couple years after install for me to be...

I like what I'm seeing in reviews: https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/intel-core-i7-4790k It looks superior in comparisons to all the other 3rd to 5th gen i7 CPUs I was considering. Looks readily available, so no need for a massive safari through all my legacy parts suppliers. Under my $300 per...

Right now the choice is between using the gawd-awful expensive CM Storm Trooper case I bought years ago, or sending it to the recycler. I have become aware over the last year of a marked tendency for 'hoarders syndrome', and I am now in the process of getting rid of everything not useful, or...

Still hoping for build advice. After further research I decided to focus on i7 CPUs, in the 3rd to 5th generation range. I'd like opinions on the 'pick of the litter'. Maybe after a CPU is decided on it will make motherboard choice easier. One can hope!

Win 7 is not supported by the 'latest&greatest' components, so you will have to fool with workarounds: https://www.anandtech.com/show/11182/how-to-get-ryzen-working-on-windows-7-x64 ...which I'm not inclined to do, so I will be doing legacy parts.

I'm an XP Pro user. Love it, and been using it for 3+ years, with zero malware problem. I absolutely hate it that due to the crappy browsers, I must upgrade to Win 7. I don't like Win 7, but I dislike it way less than I detest Win 8/10, so I'll be using it until such time as I feel confidant to...

Some years ago I bought a CoolerMaster CM Stormtrooper case for a custom build that I never got around to. I've decided I either need to do it, or send the case off to the recycler. I could use recommendations of parts compatible with Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit. Compatible means I do not want to...

Thanks but XP Pro was only used for surfing the web and streaming movies. With only three browsers (Mypal, Centuary and Firefox) still working, and all of them crapola in one way or another, it's unfortunately time to move on to Win 7...at least until I can teach myself Linux, which could take a...