Opinions on a Computer Build?

[Jason125m]

So its been running a cracked installation for about 2 years, that computer is generally on 24/7... I haven't seen the Microsoft police at my door yet. And if they ever come after me i will show them the holographic and 100% genuine COA label on the side of the case, along with the retail box and disc that belongs to that computer. So they can lick my butt... LOL

That is basically spot on for how I got started with my cracked W7, replaced my hard drive, would not reactivate, so I said the hell with it.

Scooter, you can think what you want, not everyone has the $$ to buy all these programs. After all, how would else would I afford all these pretty trikes.

Don't act like you've never done anything illegal. Related to computers or not.

Also, microsoft has sold over 100 million copys, probably more. If I had say even 1 million 3 wheelers, why would i care if one was stolen

Sorry, Letto, goodluck with your computer build.

[jb2wheels]

Letto - what are you going to do with the computer?

I used to build my own but 2 things changed and now I don't bother:
- computers got a lot cheaper
- I quit playing the latest, greatest, bleeding edge video games

We now have 3 laptops in the house. 2 are off the shelf Dells and 1 from HP. I bought these new for around $400 each. They will all play Starcraft 2 which is the only reason I "upgraded".

I also have a couple of Craigslist Dell towers upstairs.
I paid $50 for one that was "dead" - had a loose video card.
Paid $25 for the other and it needed a HD. I had one laying around the garage.

I guess my point is, 99% of the computer usage in my house is web surfing. We stream some Netflix and I play some games but nothing taxing.
For me, the fun's worn off of building one and it's cheaper just to buy one.

[honda200xguy]

hahahaha, how is that even possible? Millions of people everyday pirate it. Unless it is different in Obamaslave land. here in canada, they cannot do anything about pirating.

It's true, in Obamaslave land they are cracking down on all computer crimes.
It will be in canada eventually. (everything in canada is slow)

[spentar]

You have yourself there a very solid computer so far. I built my own computer but I went a bit more extreme as I am a 15 year old kid who plays video games haha. Im sure that will suit every one of your needs. Once you build a PC you will never buy a store bought computer again because you will realize the rip off they can be! Also when you build you can get exactly what you want to exact spec. and save money at the same time!

[Lord Letto 20]

Update, Got everything and will start build tomorrow or next week. Part List:
Gigabite 990FXA-UD3 (Rev 1.0 or 1.1)
AMD FX-4100 (OC to 4.2-4.4GHz on Stock Voltage)
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
OCZ GamexStream 700W Power Supply
EVGA 560 Ti 2GB
2x4GB Kingston HyperX 1600MHz Ram
Seagate barracuda 500GB 7200.12 HDD
Bitfenix Outlaw Case
Startech DVI-I Male/VGA Female Adapter to use a normal VGA Monitor with my 560 Ti

[Lord Letto 20]

Build complete, done test boot and got Ubuntu 13.04 installed and it's done, wiring is a mess though due to all the cables from the PSU (not a modular sadly). Next step IMHO is to get another HDD (SATA is a must due to the motherboard) to put the Windows 7 Enterprise 90 day trial on till I can afford Windows 7 Home Premium and figure out how to duel boot from 2 different HDDs with a different OS on each (if possible).

[kb0nly]

There is a lot of programs out there that can manage the booting. I use Acronis OS Selector on my workbench computer, that has a quad boot, DOS, 98, XP, Win 7. Why? Because i need access to older Operating Systems for some old programming software. It can boot off any drive, multiple partitions per drive, etc.