Build Your Own - Step by Step ( i7 2600k)

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Bighog I was tempted to push that button !
not yet, will wait making sure everything continues to run smooth.

Nice work on the caps. I took on a soldering project last year when I made a selector switch. I hadn't done electronics in a while and I still had the soldering touch .

Looks like you really know your caps.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2071761


Radio Shacks , locally by me, don't really carry any parts like that anymore.

Used to carry all of that stuff years back now just products like tv' s , cell phone etc.
 
Agree about RADIO SHACK, they were always considered an electronic store when "in a pinch", cheap crap stuff is in their genes.

Times have changed, i can hear some little girl/boy asking a question....... Mommy!! What is a radio?

They should change their name to Cheap Digital Toy Store.

I decided to order some better caps from RUBYCON, good quality stuff, will buy enough to redo both of those monitors. I never lost a motherboard to bad caps or anything else, been lucky for sure. Only bad board was a recall from a bad Intel chipset.

Good work on that build.
 
I occasionally get these high disk usage warnings from Norton for the Firefox browser running.
( only since I have installed an SSD and placed the os and programs on it. when I used an HDD this did not happen )
I took this image of resource monitor comparing FF and IE both open.

why such a difference ? anyone with knowledge of how the browsers run maybe can shed some light on this .

Thanks !

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hey TIKITRADER,

nice thread. when you were going to post the final price and part list can you also provide a link to what you think a comparable pre-built system is (ofcourse comparable only monetarily; minus the satisfaction of building it yourself).


thanks!
-kcgoogler
 
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I occasionally get these high disk usage warnings from Norton for the Firefox browser running.
( only since I have installed an SSD and placed the os and programs on it. when I used an HDD this did not happen )
I took this image of resource monitor comparing FF and IE both open.

why such a difference ? anyone with knowledge of how the browsers run maybe can shed some light on this .
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First and foremost, I'm NOT a geek so this maybe a worthless post. "When I used an HDD this did not happen," on this computer or the old one? Was wondering if you setup the cache in RAM as you posted earlier? No need to answer me but maybe you need to enlarge the cache size? Also maybe it has to do with F Fox running in 32 bit, IE is 64bit right? I'd be tempted to remove the bulb from the "idiot light" (uninstall Norton :) ) I'm an AVG man myself :) .
 
Hey Tiki,

Are you up and running on all monitors? Have you thought about doing a youtube showing the speed, then possibly showing the speed with it on turbo?

Are you running six 22"s?
 
Yes running the six monitors now. Four 22" first level and two 19" top level. No problems and screens look great.

This is a terrible pic from another thread, also the computer in pic is the Antec 900. I will get a better image posted.
I did not give thought to you tube, but maybe that is something to consider. Have not overclocked as of yet, still working on things, but when I do I plan on posting the results.

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First and foremost, I'm NOT a geek so this maybe a worthless post. "When I used an HDD this did not happen," on this computer or the old one? Was wondering if you setup the cache in RAM as you posted earlier? No need to answer me but maybe you need to enlarge the cache size? Also maybe it has to do with F Fox running in 32 bit, IE is 64bit right? I'd be tempted to remove the bulb from the "idiot light" (uninstall Norton :) ) I'm an AVG man myself :) .
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I didn't even see this post until now.
Yes on the old computer I did not run into FF high disk usage problems when I ran Norton. ( which was only for a short time. )
I did use AVG for a long time ( still use AVG for my mobile ) and recently have started to keep MS security essentials running. The cache is setup as I had posted and fooled around with the cache size. Still recieved the norton warnings.
IE is running smoothly and you may be correct here regarding the 64 bit vs. the 32 bit.
I have not a clue so I posted for any advice and appreciate your reply.
LOL... the bulb is being removed very soon. It was installed with the OS and gives the 30 day thing. I seriously considered just removing it from the go, then decided let it run itself out and instal ms sec. essentials.
 
My suggestion:

Remove Norton on your new box. Focus on trading applications and use only "proven" software... which mean's don't use it to browse the internet and prohibit using it to hit any "download" button. Use your other old desktop or laptop for that (run Norton on them perhaps) for "checking things out".

I found that Norton really slows down my systems. With a SSD, the reboot can usually be as quick as under 30 seconds but using Norton it took 3 to 5 minutes, no quicker. Starting software took longer too. I don't know what all it is checking but sure didn't like it. Ditched Norton a while back.

You built a box using one of the fastest processors. And you put on a SSD. Why? Wanted to boost speed I presumed. It seems a waste to have Norton slows things down for you.
 
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