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[SARGE]

My son, who recently had his first kid, been using laptop forever. His funds low of course. My first PC ever built was for him years ago, an AMD, and gave up the ghost long ago. I wish I had the Antec tower back. He says some games won't play on his laptop. OK I say, got Mom taken care of now my Son next. Glc fusses at me about $$ but geez, I got all I need and ain't got that long left anyway. I didn't see an armored truck or U-Haul at my brother's funeral in September. Anyone here know when you're going to drop dead next to your bed one night?

So, sorry Newegg I ain't got time for you. Microcenter and Fry's so close by.

My Cooler Master 690 case
Asus Z68 Pro-V
Corsair Vengeance 1600 (16mb of the excellent ram)
My Corsair 650w modular PS
Kingston Hyper X SSD - a kick-butt I use
My Noctua D-14 air cooler
Video card a ?? - a GeForce GTX560Ti maybe but saw some sweeter ones at Microcenter more expensive ($350-400).

I want the goods for him. I owe him alot so $$ no deal.

[pam123]

Unfortunately hard drive prices are way up now (Thailand has record flooding) but if you're going all out this is a good one and should be in stock at Fry's : FRYS.com*|*SPRINGS

Congrats to your son and daughter-in law and to the new grandpa as well

[jdeb]

Originally Posted by SARGE Video card a ?? - a GeForce GTX560Ti maybe but saw some sweeter ones at Microcenter more expensive ($350-400).

Depends on the games Sarge but that video card will play just about anything at a high level.

The next step up would be the GeForce GTX 570 and that card is a beast.

GeForce GTX 570 Review: Hitting $349 With Nvidia's GF110 : GeForce GTX 570: Now That's More Like It

[David M]

WD Black 6GB/s, 64Meg are still available, for a price.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...+black&x=0&y=0

It can be there Monday if you want to pay the extra shipping.

[glc]

Microcenter has the i5-2500K in stores for a great price.

[birddog_61]

Also I don't know if you have bought it yet, and I also know ram is cheap but 8gb is more than enough for gaming. I have never seen my memory usage go over 4.5 gb used while gaming and that was with fraps running in the background and several tabs open in firefox.

[Strider]

Originally Posted by SARGE My son, who recently had his first kid, been using laptop forever. His funds low of course. My first PC ever built was for him years ago, an AMD, and gave up the ghost long ago. I wish I had the Antec tower back. He says some games won't play on his laptop. OK I say, got Mom taken care of now my Son next. Glc fusses at me about $$ but geez, I got all I need and ain't got that long left anyway. I didn't see an armored truck or U-Haul at my brother's funeral in September. Anyone here know when you're going to drop dead next to your bed one night?

My parents (who are in their 80s) are always saying to me that they are going to spend all their money for they can't take it with them. I agree with them 100 percent for people should enjoy their life while they can, I have seen people work long hours and say they are working the OT for the extra $$$ so they can give to their children when they are gone. I can see working those long hours if a person really needs the money, but not so they can give it away when they are dead. If they raise their children properly they should be able to take care of themselves when they are gone. I say to everyone enjoy life while here on this blue round marble and leave .01 cents in the bank account at the time of departure.

[SARGE]

After building my son a barn burner I forgot it doesn't have stuff like a laptop and IPhone that detects wireless internet. He uses satellite from his upstairs room and the tv router is downstairs his in-laws pay for. He said laptop slow on internet - duh of course. So I build all this for a couple of grand... What device can I use in desktop so he can at least try and connect? What a waste otherwise.

[David M]

Do you mean a wireless card?

Ideally you want to hardwire it with an ethernet cable if you have that option.

[SARGE]

Right. When AT&T Uverse hooked up my tv and super-duper internet speed, the guy came back here and hooked a pos wireless thing; 30 feet as the crow flies but more after bouncing off walls in hall and kitchen. My speed sucked, he shrugged. I believe glc suggested I crawl on belly under house and hardwire to their router which I did. Instantly doubled my speed. I don't know if satellite routers have the slots/ports for that. Son can do it as he used to install for Comcast so at least knows the mechanics. I ain't running from 2nd floor for him, I know that. Was just wanting idea on wireless wifi setup for him, for a desktop. I'm rambling again.......

[glc]

The router SHOULD have Ethernet ports.

If you want to try wireless:

Micro Center - Zonet High Gain Wireless N PCI Adapter ZEW1690

ONE in stock at the Dallas/Richardson store.

[SARGE]

Thanks, glc. He's upstairs and I'd do the wiring myself but feel uncomfortable out there. You saw the pics outside at night and maybe I wrote about the issues inside that happened as well. I have a sense about that stuff - I hated my 2-story house where all the evil stuff happened. Maybe you remember that also.