ces wrote:What problems did you find people having?

Lots of people had trouble with SSDs and some had weird boot issues, there was other stuf as well but I don't remeber. You might want to skim through this thred.

ces wrote:

cyreb7 wrote:Asus (too many bios problems).

What bios problems?

Well... I soupose there is no "bios" and so no "bios" problmes...
Any way, people have been having MANY problems with the new P67 Asus boards (do a search), some have been fixed by updates but I don't want to be caught by a unfixed bug.

After many hours of research, I have decided on my final specs! Case: Antec P183 V3 $140. The Solo will fit my build, but the P183 provides better cooling and future upgradability. Motherboard: MSI P67A-GD55 (B3) $160. After looking at Asus (too many bios problems), Gigabyte (need FireWire), and ASr...

Why don't you restate where you are with your configuration at this point? No problem, I updated the first post with my current ideas. Basically I am still thinking about the case and motherboard. Small? You may not like it (even if according to someone your proposed rig seems well suited right for...

No problem, the more suggestions the better :D I am kinda over my target budget as it is... so RAD is out for the moment, but I do regular backups so I am in good shape for now. And I never did look at the Solo, but taking a quick look it seems kinda small for everything I plan to cram into it, and ...

Perhaps I was not clear, I am still getting the RAM and case, I only listed things I was changing, not the complete build. (I will be updating my initial post with the updated build) And what is all this talk about a rad boot set up? I decided to use the SSD for a boot drive and commonly used progra...

Microcenter has a rebadged Vertex Sandforce SSD for $99. http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0351760 :shock: One SSD for me. (it looks like AData, not Vertex) So here are the updates to the plan: Micro Center 64GB SSD for Windows and my commonly used programs I'm swit...

500W would be "a lot" for this computer. I understand that actual power levels are unlikely to go much above 200W, but my current computer has MAJOR stability issues and I am not willing to risk anything not working in this build. I used an online PSU calculator and worst case (with possible future...

Suspend the hard drive if you can, it'll help a lot with vibrations. I will definitely excrement with suspending the hard drives. Noctua NH-C12P SE14 != Noctua NH-C14 Whops, I got mixed up between the NH-C12P SE14 and Noctua NH-C14. It looks like the NH-C14 will be better for my needs. 1) You can s...

It is time for me to FINALY wish my loud and unstable custom built computer (built by a local store, not by me) good riddance, and now I am taking the plunge and building a replacement computer myself. :D I have done lots of research over the past couple weeks looking at review sites and forums, and...