Building an Intel Core i7 based computer – The goal
Somehow I’ve missed two important things to mention in the introduction: what will I use computer for and the budget.The computer is, of course, meant to be a development workstation that will replace...
View ArticleBuilding an Intel Core i7 based computer – Power Supply Unit
If you think that power supply unit (PSU) seems like a non-important piece of the computer think again. It is the heart of the computer as it delivers the blood to the brains and other parts. The blood...
View ArticleBuilding an Intel Core i7 based computer - Memory
Core i7 requires DDR3 memory. The more cheaper and slower DDR2 isn’t an option. But beware that not every DDR3 memory is good for Core i7. Oh no, they have to have a lower voltage than usual, that’s...
View ArticleBuilding an Intel Core i7 based computer - Storage
Disks fail more often than one can imagine. Because my data is the most important part of my computer my main objective is data safety so I’ll go for RAID 1 – disk mirroring that guarantees data...
View ArticleMoving my blog to BlogEngine.net
I am moving away my blog from Community Server, as many others did (i.e. Andrej Tozon) before me, to BlogEngine.net. The reason is that Community Server is meant for communities, not for single...
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