I like this advice, saves enough cash to go with a small SSD to make a really substainial improvement

You got some cash left for a case and a cpu cooler with this one, and its the red / black theme you liked

Not a pro at this, but maybe it'll spark something ^^

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DZwzjX

as far as Win 8 is concerned, i hear its a free upgrade to windows 10... windows 10 should be pretty legit

This post was edited by Trapslick on Feb 4 2015 11:44pm

Sure, I suppose. You would definitely be able to get an SSD and a better case that way and slightly better performance, but do you think it would be that noticeable?

Although, my intention was to show the OP what he wanted and how much it would cost.

For his purposes, I just gave him better.

The Xeon build? Yeah, I saw that lol. Its nice, but I don't particularly like ITX builds. They're kind of fun putting together, but I just don't like them.

This is the build I ended up going with
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/NfsBWZ

I plan on just throwing drivers on with a flash drive until I can just finish up with online resources.

This post was edited by Pogorunt on Feb 15 2015 10:25pm

Wrong link

fixed and i snagged an optical driver out of an old pc but can't find a proper connection for my MB. The other pc is pretty old and theres no port for the old connector..

This post was edited by Pogorunt on Feb 15 2015 10:26pm

....

Ugh this old piece of shit optical drive is giving me a migraine. super outdated wiring and i dont know if i have the part to bridge the connection ._.
I'm buying a new one tomorrow but was hoping to have windows and my network card installed soon so i can just yank out the old piece of shit and download the rest of my drivers online.
does anyone know if i can boot from a flashdrive in bios? like the windows install file from a flashdrive

This post was edited by Pogorunt on Feb 15 2015 10:40pm