Well everything is ordered. Thank you all very much for the advice and comments. Now I just have to wait for it, put it together and hang it on the wall. Final parts list CPU: Intel i5-4430 $175 MB: Asus H87M-E $97 Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S $70 PSU: Seasonic SS-400FL2 $120 RAM: Crucial Ballistix Tactic...

Here is an example for the syntax: "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" https://www.google.com/webhp?source=search_app --new-window --disable-new-menu-style --user-data-dir="D:\GoogleStuff\Stuff" This one uses 3 switches. The path to Chrome may be different. The first part in quot...

You could try --user-data-dir Do something like this: C:\{path to Chrome.exe} --user-data-dir="D:\{path to your stuff}" Or use --disk-cache-dir to only change the cache directory, but it seems you want to move more. These switches aren't perfect because they only work when you start Chrome using tha...

Your point is valid and I was being a little tongue-in-cheek about wearing it out. I even said I doubt if I ever would. However I do like the idea of the cache going away every time I reboot, which is typically about once every couple weeks. It is very little bother to send the cache to a RAM drive....

Hi, I want to thank you for that advice. I feel good about the CPU. The more I read about fighting the 'Haswell heat', the more I wanted to avoid it. I just want it to be quiet and not too hot. I already ordered everything except for the RAM and the OS and I will do that soon. I think you are right ...

Wow, the Qualified Vendors List of memory for Asus H87M-E does not give a lot of confidence in their data. They only have 5 listings for 16GB of DDR3-1600. Two of them from Kingston and three from AData. I can't believe there are not others. They also have one choice for 64GB of DDR3-1866 that uses ...

After reading more about overclocking the Haswell and the hassles involved I am going to listen to ggumdol and go with the i5-4430. Now the parts list looks like this CPU: i5-4430 CPU cooler: Noctua NH-U12S PSU: Seasonic SS-400FL2 MB: Asus H87M-E SSD: Samsung 840 Pro or EVO 256GB RAM: I need educati...

Thanks for the ideas. PSU - the place I was looking at had the 560 watt one as their smallest one but I see there is a 400 watt fanless one by Seasonic so that looks good to me. Motherboard - great idea, I'm going to go with a mini-ATX. I guess I picked a full ATX because I always have, not a good r...

Thanks for the reply. I will consider the i5-4430. The stock performance is actually pretty similar but it would mean giving up the possibility of overclocking of course and it is only $30 cheaper and it looks like both the 4430 and the 4570K have a TDP of 84W. The main savings appear to be in the m...

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Hi. I'm going to build a quiet PC and would like to do a sanity check here. I used to build computers for myself and friends but that was years ago and I am seriously out of date on current components. I didn't care about quiet back then either but now I do and it is a new concept to me. I just want...