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    I've built both workstations and Home Theater PCs...

    I've built both workstations and Home Theater PCs (HTPC) and it's pretty straight forward. You mention playing an occasional game but don't say what kind. This will impact what type of processing...
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    You are going to pay a premium for Apple products...

    You are going to pay a premium for Apple products and if money is not an issue then it's OK to do so. You will get cross platform harmony as OSX is common to all. For the type of work you do, a...
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    This is not surprising in that Intel want everyone to move up to Haswell CPUs which take a different socket and chipset. I used this ASUS MoBo in my build last spring and it's been trouble free: ...
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    I think you might be out of luck getting a new...

    I think you might be out of luck getting a new motherboard. I just did a quick look on line and this one is not in stock at the usual places (I saw some used ones on ebay but I don't think you want...
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    My back up drive is only plugged in when I need...

    My back up drive is only plugged in when I need to back things up and even then it only takes a couple of minutes to do an incremental backup (new files since the last one). Most of the new units...
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    I've always bought the least expensive one...

    I've always bought the least expensive one available at the time and they usually have a life of four years or so before the battery cannot hold the recommended charge. You really only need to have...
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    I just did a new build a couple of months ago and...

    I just did a new build a couple of months ago and am also a photographer. If you are just doing photography, you really are not going to need overclocking features and that can save you $100-150...
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    Thank you for the nice comment. Regarding...

    Thank you for the nice comment. Regarding storage of images, I'm pretty paranoid and also ruthlessly selective about what I archive. If the image is really not all that interesting I'm quick with...
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    My Build for Photo Editing

    First of all, thank you for a great resource and parts recommendations. Building a PC is pretty close to child's play (maybe it should be 'adult child'). Everything went smoothly and the system...
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