Hello Janis!

Thursday December 03 2015 00:06, you wrote to me:

 > I don't pay much attention these days Lol.. I know this much (found
 > out after the fact of the purchase of course) Core i7s are better than
 > Core i5s, which better than Core i3s... and I know Core i7 CPUs are
 > generaslly found in high-end, expensive laptops and PCs.. and this
 > isn't icore7 hehe.. we have an icore 7 mb in the works for whichever
 > one of us gets motivated to finish the install of that MB - that is no
 > easy task, believe me. It is so darn easy to bend pins on the cpu
 > slot, it's insane.  I sure don't care to try it.. maybe Ron or Matt
 > will one day.


The install of a cpu is really easy - just do it in good light, ensure that 
the
cpu is facing the right direction  (READ THE INSTALL MANUALS for both the mobo
and cpu) - takes around 5 minutes to install CPU, RAM, the Fan cooler can take
a bit depending of what type - in my case I did not install the standard 
retail
on but used a corsair 212S as it is more efficient and has a lower power
consuption and more importantly a slower and quiet fan and as my box if very
quiet including the other three 12" fans it must be working :)

Biggest time consumer is installing mobo with the bits now on (cpu, ram etc)
into the case and connecting up the various leads and likewise the PSU and 
fans
(30 - 45 minutes having double checked everything).

Takes longer installing the O/S along with the updates and that is just Linux
let alone dual boot windows.

For the last upgrade I bought a new case as it holds up to 10 drives but 
having
given up on a raid only hold three -  SSD, WD Red 3Tb and a 1 TB for back ups
that is spun down when not needed.

Also use a WD 1Tb slim (USB 3 conenction) for remote/offsite back ups as a 
safe
guard.


Vince

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