Need to buy a new comp

[Ji]

they are amazing, very much worth it.
just put windows on it and any important games

[Novaa]

Not worth the expense right now in my opinion.

Do you get any employer or student discounts from work/school, Const? My firm has a discount with Dell and Apple, so I use the employee discount - every little bit helps.

[Paperplate]

SSD FTW. As mentioned in another thread, I bought a 128GB SSD drive. It's fast as heck. I have my OS on it, WoW, and a few other things. Everything else lives on my old hard drive.

They're just super pricy and if you have kids or something probably best that money goes towards their college fund.

Also, Windows 7 is great!!! Well worth the upgrade (only recently upgraded myself).

Currently sitting with 8GB of ram, that SSD, and Windows 7 64bit. That windows 7 scoring thingamajig rates my computer 6.6. And the only major change was faster ram and HD (It was 5.5 prior).

[Paperplate]

Edit:
Here's the drive I bought. I also bought a converter so it'll fit in a regular 3.5 hard drive bay:

Drive (note: It was cheaper when I bought it a couple weeks ago. Must have been on sale)
Converter

[Sarina]

why are you so sure its the motherboard?
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T3h tree!

[Constiany]

I had RAM last less than 2 years on me, and now I am having problems with RAM I have had less than 6 months. My luck is shitty but I can't believe this is a coincidence

if I did go SSD would 80 gigs be enough for Windows and Wow? anything else I'd just put in an extra drive, got tons laying around

[Ji]

pretty sure 80gigs would do it

[Constiany]

I'm starting to re-evaluate building it myself vs buying a pre-built one, I'm just afraid to fuck up again

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167023

how is ^ for a SSD?

[Constiany]

This is what I am thinking about doing, how does it look?

Chassis Model: Cooler Master HAF 922 (Black OPS Edition)
Processor: Intel Core i7 930 2.8GHz (Quad Core)
Motherboard: EVGA X58 LE Edition SLI (Intel X58 Chipset) (Supports SLI or CrossFire)
System Memory: 6GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 750W Digital Storm Certified (Dual SLI Compatible) (Silent Edition Recommended)
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (128GB Solid State (By: Corsair) (Model: CMFSSD-128GBG2D)
Optical Drive 1: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 22x / CD-Writer 48x)
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 1GB (Includes PhysX Technology)
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 2: Asetek Liquid CPU Cooler (120mm Radiator)
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Blue)
Boost Processor: FREE: Stage 1: Overclock the processor between 3.3GHz to 3.9GHz (Requires Air Cooling Upgrade)
Boost Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
Boost Memory: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory
Boost OS: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-Bit Edition)
Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based)

Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty

[Paperplate]

That would easily blow my system out of the water. And I don't have any performance issues with WoW. (Same video card btw)