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    Quote Originally Posted by MisterVeritis View Post
    I have a small problem called essential tremors. Once that reached a certain point I stopped building my own machines. Of the four I currently have I only built the oldest one.

    But thanks. I will look at reddit.
    Sorry to hear that man. Whatever you end up doing, I'd go with at least 32GB or RAM and 4GB of video memory. Cores matter less than those things for gaming, as most games don't take advantage of multicore processing yet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by exploited View Post
    Sorry to hear that man. Whatever you end up doing, I'd go with at least 32GB or RAM and 4GB of video memory. Cores matter less than those things for gaming, as most games don't take advantage of multicore processing yet.
    Gigabyte Intel Z170XP Series
    i7 6700k 4.0Ghz
    64Gb DDR4
    Nvidia GTX 1080 8Gb

    500Gb SSD
    5TB HDD

    Blu-Ray
    Wi-Fi
    WIN10 PRO
    Nice case

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    Quote Originally Posted by MisterVeritis View Post
    Gigabyte Intel Z170XP Series
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    64Gb DDR4
    Nvidia GTX 1080 8Gb

    500Gb SSD
    5TB HDD

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    Nice case
    I got a boner just reading that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by exploited View Post
    I got a boner just reading that.
    I used to build a new machine every 18 months. Now I buy a new machine every few years instead.

    The machine I am currently on will continue to be my primary research and writing platform. The new one will be for games and video editing. Oh, and probably, for recording audio books.

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    Don't forget to acquiesce the new GPT (UEFI support) (vs. MBR) technology ...


    http://www.disk-partition.com/gpt-mb...-gpt-1004.html
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    Computer memory manufacturers have the upper hand on pricing at the moment...

    Memory makers heading into an ultra-super-cycle
    Tue, Jan 31, 2017 - SUPPLY AND DEMAND: With global supplies tight, chipmakers can choose what to manufacture and who to sell to, and raise pricing levels even further
    The global memorychip industry is heading into what has been dubbed an ultra-super-cycle, as the challenge of making chips smaller yet more efficient has created supply bottlenecks, while there is soaring demand for data storage — from smartphones and artificial intelligence to autonomous driving and the Internet of Things. Chipmakers and analysts predict the price rally — the average price of benchmark memory chips rose 26 to 31 percent last year — will continue this year as supplies remain tight. “We expect an ultra-super-cycle instead of just a super-cycle in the 2017 DRAM industry,” said CW Chung, an analyst at Nomura Securities Co, referring to memory chips used in smartphones and computers for short-term data processing and storage.

    That has left gadget makers scurrying to secure stable supplies, and distributors reporting shipment delays, while chipmakers enjoy bumper earnings. “As of the end of the fourth quarter, our DRAM inventory in particular has gotten tight compared to the previous period after we actively responded to demand,” said Chun Se-won, a senior vice president at Samsung Electronics Co. Samsung, the world’s biggest memorychip maker, this week reported record quarterly operating profit of 4.95 trillion won (US$4.26 billion) at its chip business. The company did not detail its inventory levels, but some analysts reckon its DRAM inventory level fell to less than a week at end-December, from nearer a month a year ago.

    BNP Paribas SA estimates the industry-wide inventory of NAND flash memory chips, used for longer-term data storage, is also less than one week. Toshiba Corp said it is receiving orders beyond its capacity for NAND chips, and SK Hynix Inc, while meeting orders for now, warned that an industry-wide shortage of NAND chips will likely persist this year. Leading Chinese smartphone makers such as Huawei Technologies Co (華為) and ZTE Corp (中興) declined to comment on chip supplies. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd-backed (阿里巴巴) Meizu Technology Corp (魅族) said it has no problems in its smartphone launch or shipment plans. “We have a long-term agreement with our suppliers that ... guarantees more than three months of supply at any given moment,” global branding manager Ard Boudeling said.

    Distributors, however, say tight supplies mean there are some severe shipping delays. “So much so that many are active in the secondary market to procure the needed supply, often at large premiums to contract pricing,” said Tobey Gonnerman, executive vice president at US-based component distributor Fusion Worldwide. He said there are delivery delays of 8-12 weeks for certain chips, and, in some extreme cases, no delivery date confirmations at all. That is likely to push up prices further, with Nomura predicting global memory chip market revenue will grow 56.7 percent this year to a record US$116 billion.

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