I joined because I came home one day from work and found that Microshaft had installed Windows 10 on my PC. Grrr.....very underhanded of them. I had some issues and posted a thread about it and got some great advice from some very nice and helpful folks. Definitely made me a fan of this forum.
I'm a graphic designer so I've been tinkering with computers for a while now. I built my first PC a while ago and it's still going strong today. Pays to really research these things. I tried to pick components that would future-proof my rig as well as I could, because it's expensive to build a PC and I knew I couldn't do it again for a good long while. If anyone is interested this is what I got......
Mobo: Gigabyte P35-DS4
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
GPU: ASUS EN9600 GSO
RAM: G.Skill PC2-6400 DDR2 8GB
Cooling: ThermalRight Ultra 120E
Internal HDDs: Seagate ST1000DM003 1TB 64MB and Seagate ST500DM002 500GB 16MB
Burner Drive: ASUS DRW-24B1ST DVD+R DL
Monitors: (2) DELL S2340M 23" IPS HD LEDs
PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 6100
Case: Ultra m998
Sound: Logitech Surround Sound Speakers Z506
Running Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit. Incredibly impressive OS from Microshaft. Might be old, but the PC is still serving me well for what I need. The good folks at Overclock.net were extremely helpful in assisting me with the build.
Anyway...love this forum and I think I'll stick around a while