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My 4yrs old PC died, so a new PC 2011 build is on the way. I ordered the parts on Firday. By this weekend, I would be busy assembling a new PC.

Here is what I ordered:

1 of: ASUS LGA 1155 SATA 6Gbps USB 3.0 Supported Intel Z68 ATX DDR3 2400 Motherboards P8Z68-V PRO [Personal Computers] $199.99
1 of: Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced Full Tower Case with SuperSpeed USB 3.0 - (RC-932-KKN5-GP) [Personal Computers] 151.54
1 of: Cooler Master V8 Nickel Plated Copper Base Aluminum Fins 8 Heatpipes Core i7 1366 CPU Cooler - (RR-UV8-XBU1-GP) [Personal Computers] $48.96
1 of: Intel Core i7-2600K Processor 3.4GHz 8 MB Cache Socket LGA1155 [Personal Computers] $299.99
1 of: Corsair Vengeance Blue 16 GB PC3-12800 1600mHz DDR3 240-Pin SDRAM Dual Channel Memory Kit for Intel and AMD Platforms CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B [Personal Computers] $104.99
1 of: Sapphire Radeon HD 6970 2 GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/Dual Mini DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 100311-2SR [Personal Computers] $359.99
1 of: Vantec NexStar 3 NST-360U2-BL 3.5-Inch IDE to USB 2.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure (Midnight Blue) [Personal Computers] $29.99
1 of: SILVERSTONE SDP08 3.5 to 2 X 2.5-Inch Bay Converter [Personal Computers] $7.99
1 of: OCZ Technology 60 GB Agility 3 SATA III Sold State Drive AGT3-25SAT3-60G [Personal Computers] $103.49
1 of: OCZ 120 GB Vertex 3 SATA III 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive MAX IOPS 6.0 Gb-s VTX3MI-25SAT3-120G [Personal Computers] $267.99
1 of: Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB SATA III 7200 RPM 64 MB Cache Internal Desktop Hard Drive Bulk/OEM - WD1002FAEX [Personal Computers] $79.99
1 of: LG Black 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 12X DVD-RAM 10X BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA Super Multi WH12LS30 LightScribe Support - OEM $69.99
1 of: CROSAIR CX500 (500 Watt PSU $49.99
1 of: Cables To Go 54002 DisplayPort Cable with Latches (3 meters) [Electronics] $12.47

Plus,
1 of: DELL U2412M for $360 (with discount and rewards points was $286)

I only reused a Wireless Logitech Mouse and Keyboard, Oh, I am also using my trusted Dell 2407.
1 of my 120 Gb IDE will be reused as a Net drive( hooked to the CISCO Linksys wireless router) for media streaming to PCs and Media Room TV.

Does it look good?

I am throwing in Win7 x 64 Pro SP-1 (but where I placed that never used MS DVD!??) and of course Ubuntu.

The only thing I would add is a 2-4 tb backup disk. With a disk that big, if you fill it, it will die.

How are you planning on carving up those disks? 60GB SSD, 120GB SSD, and 1TB SATA? 60GB \, 120GB \home, with the 1TB being a backup? Some kind of LVM config?

pbwalker wrote:How are you planning on carving up those disks? 60GB SSD, 120GB SSD, and 1TB SATA? 60GB \, 120GB \home, with the 1TB being a backup? Some kind of LVM config?

It seems you are linux guy ;)

The plan was to 120 GB for Win7/8 OS and Apps, 60 GB SSD is split for 40GB for the HDD Caching (new intel Quick Sync with Z68 chipsetand 20 GB for ubuntu using a WUBI. 1TB for all my data files and media files and games (if any). I have to dump maybe 4-120 GB IDE HDD worth of files on the 1-TB. Then, the fun of sorting and clean all those digital dust (Family Photos and Videos)

Later on, I may get second 1-TB for Backup purposes. I could use the blue ray as backup but with low cost of HDD, why bother.

My PC of 7 years is still going strong. However the motherboard is showing its age. The built in audio stopped working after getting banged around in the car because of Houston traffic. I'm guessing that also caused damage which has finally deteriorated. In a month or so, I'm just going to buy a new motherboard, CPU and RAM. Mouse, keyboard, LCD, case, DVD drive, PSU, graphics, HDDs, etc should still all be good. A computer with quality-made parts that is taken care off will last a long time.

Edit:
One 10,000 RPM drive for XP and Programs with SteadyState.
One drive for personal files.
One drive for downloading/uploading.
DreamHost with CoreFTP for encrypting off-site backups.

No solution in place yet for on-site backups.

Thomas wrote:My PC of 7 years is still going strong. However the motherboard is showing its age. The built in audio stopped working after getting banged around in the car because of Houston traffic. I'm guessing that also caused damage which has finally deteriorated. In a month or so, I'm just going to buy a new motherboard, CPU and RAM. Mouse, keyboard, LCD, case, DVD drive, PSU, graphics, HDDs, etc should still all be good. A computer with quality-made parts that is taken care off will last a long time.

Edit:
One 10,000 RPM drive for XP and Programs with SteadyState.
One drive for personal files.
One drive for downloading/uploading.
DreamHost with CoreFTP for encrypting off-site backups.

No solution in place yet for on-site backups.

External HD on your router. I have a linksys router with a USB port for affixing an external HD drive that can be shared by all on your home network. Something like this allows for hot swaps on your backup drives.

Dragonfighter wrote:External HD on your router. I have a linksys router with a USB port for affixing an external HD drive that can be shared by all on your home network. Something like this allows for hot swaps on your backup drives.

Good idea. Thanks