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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