March 2011, My Computer

March 2011 it seems to be the time of the year where I decide to build My Computer.
For those wondering what my home computer might look like, this build is going to be exactly what I used.  Yes this ones gonna be a good one.

Initially I was going to use a green edition Western Digital hard drive for a backup drive, however, this changed because the reviews on the green drives as well as longevity seems to be an issue with the size I was interested in.  As a result, it's going to be 2 black edition drives.  One will be my applications, the other will be the backup.

You'll also notice a solid state hard drive in this build.  I use it for a couple of things. First, Windows goes on the drive.  Second, I'll drop a game or 2 on it.  Everything else, little programs, movies whatever else I have for data ends up on the Black Edition Western Digital drive.

TIP! With a computer build like this you won't see a benefit from using Windows Readyboost.

Motherboard - ASUS P8P67 Pro ATX P67

Computer Case - Coolermaster CAC-T05 Centurion 5 with 2 extra 120mm Noctua Fans

CPU - Intel i7 2600k

CPU Cooler - Noctua C14

RAM - G.SKILL F3-12800CL7D-8GBRH Ripjaws

Hard Drive - OCZ Vertex 2 Extended Sandforce 60GB, 2 1TB Black Edition Western Digital Drives

Video Card - ASUS Radeon HD 6850 DirectCU 790MHZ 1GB 4.0GHZ GDDR5

Sound Card - on the motherboard

DVD Drive - LG DVD-RW with Lightscribe

Network Card - on the motherboard

Power Supply - Ultra LSP550 750-Watt Modular Power Supply

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