{"id":9244,"date":"2012-06-18T11:58:42","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T11:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=9244"},"modified":"2012-06-18T11:58:42","modified_gmt":"2012-06-18T11:58:42","slug":"project-building-a-new-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=9244","title":{"rendered":"Project: Building A New PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most popular series of articles on this blog is the one where I detailed my <a title=\"How To Build A Kneeling Chair\" href=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=2008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><font color=\"#800000\">DIY kneeling chair<\/font><\/a> project. Other popular articles relate to some of the <font color=\"#800000\">Computers &amp; Tech<\/font> posts &#8211; particularly ones which identify a problem or provide solutions. In fact, come to think about it the rest of the blog is most often found by people wanting answers to something.<\/p>\n<p>I always build my own computers, and the one I\u2019m using at the moment is a bit out of date. I built it back in 2009, and it was a fast machine then. However, I\u2019m like every computer I have ever had, you start to notice that it isn\u2019t as fast as the newer ones after a while. The old machine spec is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><font color=\"#393e37\">Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#393e37\">Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 CPU<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#393e37\">Intel D975XBX2 motherboard<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#393e37\">4GB DDR2 RAM<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#393e37\">nVidia GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB graphics card<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#393e37\">4 x Western Digital 500GB HDD<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#393e37\">2 x Optiarc DVD RW SATA drives<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#393e37\">Sigmatel HD Audio 64-bit on motherboard<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is housed in a limited edition mirror-finish Japanese Steel Antec ATX case.<\/p>\n<p>So, it\u2019s time for a new one! And I\u2019m going to detail the building of it on here.<\/p>\n<p>First of all, there is nothing wrong with the case or the DVD units, so I am going to use those in my new one (as well as Windows 7). The spec for the new PC will be as follows (provisionally):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Intel Core i7 3770K CPU<\/li>\n<li>ASUS P8Z77 motherboard<\/li>\n<li>16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz RAM<\/li>\n<li>nVidia Gigabyte GTX 570 Windforce 3X 1280MB graphics card<\/li>\n<li>1 x OCZ 256GB Vertex 4 SATA III SSD<\/li>\n<li>3 x Seagate or Samsung 1TB HDDs<\/li>\n<li>Realtek 8-channel HD Audio on motherboard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font color=\"#2a2e29\">I say \u201cprovisionally\u201d because the motherboard might yet change, as may the graphics card and specific SSD unit. But the core spec will remain the same.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#2a2e29\">The new machine will boot from a solid-state disk (SSD) and use standard HDDs for storage.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#2a2e29\">I will keep this thread updated as I put the device together. To be honest, once you have all the parts the actual construction only takes an hour or so &#8211; installing the OS and all your software is the hard part!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most popular series of articles on this blog is the one where I detailed my DIY kneeling chair project. Other popular articles relate to some of the Computers &amp; Tech posts &#8211; particularly ones which identify a problem or provide solutions. 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