Puzzle pieces
The computer falls into place. I picked up a Corsair 620W Power Supply for 25% off 30% off MSRP and free shipping. This thing is a beast, with modular cabling, a nice attractive black metallic finish, and a 5-year warranty.
And my FireStix arrived today, just 36 hours after I ordered them 
I know I will have to wait on the case until early March and the video card until late March. But I’m grabbing good deals that aren’t likely to go obsolete now, while I can. I’ll wait on the processor until the forecasted Intel price drops and you can never wait too long for the hard drives.
12:06 pm
I’m guessing there is some sort of art to building a computer
12:41 pm
1/2 art, 1/4 science, and 1/4 being patient for the good deals to come around so you can nab your components for awesome prices and save 60% off buying it from a store instead of just 50%
1:21 pm
What I’m going to do is use my existing HDD temporarily, then save up to buy some good HDDs later on. I take it you’ll be doing something similar, no?
1:53 pm
No, I’ve got plenty of cash. I’ll just be buying them last so as to get the best deal. I was looking at doing a Raptor + secondary but I’m not sure…
2:43 pm
Seth, are you thinking about doing a RAID 0 (or) 1 with two Raptors? I would have loved to try that when I built my computer a year ago, but the Raptors were a bit expensive back then. Then I would have put my 250GB drive as the secondary.
Have fun building this thing.