My Christmas gift to myself was my new PC, other than that I got new work shoes and boots, new snow tires, money, clothes, and the last three books of the series I'm reading.

My old PC was a 5 or so year old piece of shit, so gotta keep up with the times and upgrade.

HAF 912 is an amazing case. The instructions were fucking frustrating though.

Alright, yeah after reading up on RAID a bit more closely, that's not what I want. I just want my SSD and new HDD to show up in my drives list when I open Computer. I think I'll need to re-install Windows to get Windows onto the SSD but anything else I want there can just be moved over.

I just finished building my new PC yesterday, and realized that the 2.5" HDD bay tray was two sided, so I moved my old 500GB HDD to my new PC with the new 2TB WD HDD and the 120GB Kingston SSD. Now my question is, can I migrate all the files I'd want on an SSD (Windows, Steam, TF2) from the 500GB HDD to the SSD? If so, I need help setting up RAID and configuring the drives, as I'm very BIOS illiterate.

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Finished assembling the new PC. Needless to say, it's wonderful.

Yeah, and this is my first custom build as well so I get to experience all the joy and frustration for the first time.

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The HAF 912 I bought had to come out of somewhere in Cali, everything else shipped from Memphis so I got it today. Will possibly post a build album alongside a finished product picture when the case gets here.

When it comes to making sure parts are compatible, I'm fine. As for what I put together, yes the CPU is lackluster, and the motherboard is a bit as well, but considering what I have now (AMD Athlon X2 220, 4 GB RAM, Galaxy GeForce GT520, 500GB HDD) it's a major upgrade.

Okay so I went ahead and put together this semi-budget build. My intent was to only spend more than $100 on the CPU and GPU, which I did. Made sure it wall works together, PC Part Picker's only concern is if the 770 will fit in my HAF 912, but I think it should be fine.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($93.18 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Biostar TA970 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($66.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($53.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital WD Green 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($77.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($299.99 @ Best Buy)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($53.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118BB DVD/CD Drive ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Rosewill RFA-120-BL 74.5 CFM 120mm Fan ($3.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Rosewill RFA-120-BL 74.5 CFM 120mm Fan ($3.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Rosewill RFA-120-BL 74.5 CFM 120mm Fan ($3.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Rosewill RFA-120-BL 74.5 CFM 120mm Fan ($3.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Rosewill RFA-120-BL 74.5 CFM 120mm Fan ($3.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $835.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-13 16:58 EST-0500

Now that I've decided to build a new PC, which retailer should I order parts from? The two big ones I know of are Newegg and MicroCenter, but I know there are others.

I've had my FK1 for about 2-3 months now, and I think it's a fantastic mouse. Only gripe with the FK1 is my scroll wheel wobbles a bit, as others have said, but that's not a deal breaker. Other than that, it had a great sensor and glides smooth on almost any mousepad. Not sure about the FK2 yet, I've only seen what it looks like so far.

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If you get a chance to, I'd appreciate it. Thanks for doing this, Kevin.

The PureTrak Talent is massive. Also new mouse and chair.

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