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Hm... *Inspect my CD-collection* Yup, there is a CD with music composed for a mission to Mars in 2000 - not that THAT mission left the ground either. Definitely exciting, but I'll start believing when I see the rocket passing gas on the pad. Or pictures of it, anyway.

Good to know my P4 will last for a while longer, but it makes me feel like a bigger ass just throwing it away... I'll have to see if I can sell it on. (I kept the old gear.) Diamond isn't in stock in my town. They have good advice on their site, though.

Myself! This'll be my... hm... fourth build already? Double-check... First home-built was a P4 etc., overheated the GPU and replaced it, then came the Athlon X2(?) 4400 or so (complete upgrade), then as a net result I upgraded that with a new GPU and sticking an Athlon X2 6400 BE in it, and now...

As long as it works, I'm agnostic. But since I'd quite like durability and power-efficiency and such, it seems I have to aim for a fair degree of design-quality no-namers might not provide.

... I should've thought of that last bit... :o I'll do precisely that. And I see ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, Shuttle, Zotac, VIA, Asrock, Sapphire, blablabla, but no EVGA. Only ASUS, MSI and Gigabyte are available for AM3, though. (Maybe Asrock too, but I filtered those out.) I should be safe, then...

Hey-ey, I do know the difference between Intel- and AMD-chipsets. :p And I was hinting at the difference in price, nothing else. But you raise a good point: Quality motherboard-manufacturers. I know absolutely nothing about that. Which are the good ones? From your posts so far, I take it...

Worf: Hm... That would mean the D2/X - the Essence has "only" stereo-output on the analog side. Or so I've come to understand. Then I could hook up the D2X using both connections, and just not have to bother poking around with different cables. Meets my approval. [Edit] Uh, wait... I don't need...

Worf: No, not a HTPC - I spit at the concept, really; there are so many better ways to do that sort of thing without a PC in the middle - just a normal computer with a really really REALLY fancy speaker-setup. And since I don't play the latest games (Dragon Age being a notable exception, and I...

... THAT... would break my heart... while sparing the budget. I shall meditate upon this.

*Sarcastic smirk at copy-protection getting in the way - thank you, Microsoft/Intel...* Hm... So... I would hook the sound card up with the graphics card, THEN the HDMI-cable to the receiver, and be merry? (But I can still get output to the computer monitor, right? No mucking about connecting...

Ah, now we're talking! Some hands-on experience of what I mean to try! I am in fact going for one of ASUS' Xonar-cards - Linux-support, except the HDMI-I/O in the HDAV! - so I'm interested in anything you have to say about your experience with it. What card was that? Since none of the cards I'm...

Done. I don't know the first thing about any jazzed-up bowls or anything, though.

Well, the key thing is actually the speaker-setup I'll hook this into - no ordinary computer-speaker-setup, but hi-fi home cinema, 5 speakers, though not top-of-the-line - and that'll be expensive, mark my words, even if I don't go for 100% new speakers (already got four, and they will be...

80+, right. Looks like Antec's EarthWatts-series should basically fit that bill. But I will look closer as it nears time. i7 or Phenom II 945 will have to be decided when the time is nigh... nigher, even. Though the current prices put the LGA1366 i7s at about three times the price of the...

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/pc-power-consumption,review-29696-9.html <- Food for thought, though it's three years old. It might not land you at the beginning, but... (I also couldn't help noticing that i7 motherboards (LGA 1366 - 1156s are noticeably cheaper) cost about twice as much as...

[ROHS] Alright, sounds good. [PSU] But... 2kW?? WTF? Honestly, though, I'm not sure they are available... but I'll look into it. Um, care to explain how they don't waste power? Though I know a lot of things, there are... gaps. [CPU] I don't think I should get the idea I have money for an i7 -...

Uh, I'm not allowed to edit? *Shrug - moderator for merging?* Oh well... I just wanted to tack on something about Win7, me getting it or not. A new OS isn't meant to be part of this particular shopping spree, so if you really REALLY want to influence me, feel free to PM or e-mail me about 7's...

This looks like it'll be a long one... but I believe in having my bases covered. It's nearing that time, again. I mean to build this thing around a soundcard (I'm just funny that way - I've also asked for opinions on soundcards at another forum, so you probably won't need to concern...

Exterminator: And a BIG 'indeed' about I-War! :D I just have to share a reminiscence about I-War 1: During the mandatory maneuver training-mission, you have to push your mostly newtonian 170'000-ton discus with thrusters and cockpit through a number of rings. You can ask the instructor 'What if...

ChrisReid: There's no need to go into my post count. But I have to say it was quite an eye-opener entering as late as I did. Instead of having fancier and fancier games from start to finish to be excited, what in hindsight stands out to me are the differences in gameplay. After ("Later than"?)...