Recent content by Steven_66

After all these comments about buying a pre-built...i started looking at refurbished systems on Amazon (i assume the stock is mostly from companies that replaced their PCs...and this is an outlet for Dell to resell the used equipment). Looks like i can get a "refurbished" Optiplex 780 for $130...

if i can get a pre-built from Dell for $330...then i would think that i can build something similar (excluding cost of windows) for around $250??

i need to build a PC for my parents (with wireless network card to connect to house wifi)....budget under $300....and they only have monitors to start with...but no PC hardware. They would prefer a smaller footprint for the case (micro ATX?) don't include the cost of windows OS...i just won't...

I built my PC a few years ago with parts from amazon (needed a 6 monitor computer for monitoring different applications), but it randomly crashes (not BSOD...the images on the monitors just freeze in place...like a frozen clock...so i don't always know the PC has crashed until i try to move my...

ok....depending on how long it takes to get another freeze....i'll be back with an update after i've tested all 4 sticks

ok...for the RAM stick test....i take out a stick of RAM...boot up the machine...and then what do i do?

in the mean time, is there anything else i can test?

ok...since the freezes are random (i don't know how to cause them)....this RAM test may take a while. I've already had to reboot 3 times today...but sometimes the box will go for a week without crashing.

ok...i'm running the test (i chose 5 as the input)...so far, nothing seems to be happening...is there something special i should do

32bit or 64bit? i'm running Win7 Pro 64bit

yes...i purchased Win7 from amazon...i have the disk with the official MS box

Seasonic Bronze 620 PSU http://www.amazon.com/Seasonic-M12II-620-BRONZE-SS-620GM2/dp/B003HE260I?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I have a: ASUS P9X79WS motherboard http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-P9X79-WS-Intel-Motherboard/dp/B00686I638?ie=UTF8&psc=1 i7 chip http://www.amazon.com/Intel-i7-3820-Quad-Core-Processor-Cache/dp/B006WVVA28?ie=UTF8&psc=1 16GB of RAM...