It was time for a new desktop PC. My newest PC was put together 3 years ago out of parts that were basically 2 years old then. I haven’t had a top of the line PC since my CUSL2 system around 2000-2001. So, I decided to treat myself this time out.
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Windows 8
New PC – Final Specs
Core i7-8700K Coffee Lake 3.7 GHz LGA 1151 $399.99*
Z370 AORUS Gaming 7 LGA 1151 ATX Intel Motherboard $199.99 – $30 rebate = 169.99
Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 AMP! Edition $269.99*
Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-02 Mid Tower Gaming Case $59.99
Seasonic FOCUS Plus Series SSR-650FX 650W $89.90
Corsair Hydro Series H80i v2 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler $86.50
Samsung 960 EVO Series SSD – 500GB NVMe M.2 Internal SSD $240.00
Samsung 960 EVO Series – 250GB NVMe M.2 Internal SSD $114.99*
Pre-Tax Total 1,781.34
Tax 96.00
Total $1,877.34
All links are to Amazon.
All prices are what I paid.
* means purchased at Micro Center and were “In Store only” deals.
edited 17DEC2017 – forgot to subtract $30 rebate on mobo
Reader Emails
Recent emails…
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Reader Emails
I haven’t done this in a while. Hope you find something useful here.
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My O&O Shutup10 Settings
IMHO the Win10 Fall Creators Update was/is a giant waste of time and effort. It delivered nothing useful for the end user and caused headaches for many. FCU could have been delivered as a standard roll-up instead of a full system reset. There will be no changes to the Tweaking Windows 10. There is only one change to Windows 10 Privacy Settings and that is the screenshot to my O&O Shutup10 settings:
(click on image for full size.)
No Update For The Win10 Tweak Guide
Unless I have missed something I see no need to update the Tweak Guide for the Fall Creators Update.
However, the Windows 10 Privacy Settings companion for the Tweak Guide is another story. I hope to have it done by the end of next week.
My Rescue Flash Drive
Creating a multi-scenario rescue USB flash drive. (Updated and expanded version of previous articles.)
*Edit – Tired of YouTube telling me I can’t embed videos on my own site because of background music.
PLEASE let me know if the embedded video at the bottom of this post is working.
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Software I Use
How To Delete Google History
Asked about it so here is a quickie.
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What Happened To Winamp?
Slashdot asks, “What Happened To Winamp?”
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