Replies to post #33357 on Dream Machine

[Newly2b]

Yes, Bruce introduced me to building as well and I thoroughly enjoyed it and his thread. I'd love to build again, but quite frankly, it is easier using a laptop with a docking station and anyway without Bruce's help I wouldn't know how to start.

I remember when I finished putting my terminator together and was ready to push the "On" button for the first time, I hesitated, afraid it was going to just blow up or catch fire or something. Finally mustered up the nerve, pushed the button, and my Terminator, Linus, was up and running. Served me very well over the years due to Bruce's excellent design, and just yesterday I retired it and boxed it up for now. I am moving soon, so I will reconnect it after I get settled in because there are programs on it I use regularly that cannot be run in Win10 and I'm not willing to dump them and lose years and years of data.

Bruce was a great resource for all of us who love computers. I remember him fondly. . .

Newly

[rbtree]

I've lurked here now and then for a few years. Rarely posted.

I've been busy with either work or vacationing since I completed my latest build. It is or will be a kick ass machine....6th Gen i7 6700K, 32 gb of fast memory, Nvidia 970 graphics, and the latest form factor m.2 NVME Samsung 512 gb SSD which mounts directly to the MB, and allows for 4x the transfer speeds of regular SATA 6 SSD's, and boot times of 3-4 seconds or so. I have five more HD's for it as well, (17 tb's in total!) to go with the 12 or so in my other machines. (Photography requires scads of storage, including backups!) But I got a cheap copy of Windows 7, and have to do some extra steps to get the computer operational. Need to sit down, knuckle down, and get that done! Can't wait to see the 32" 4K Benq monitor in action, either, that I got for $700, like new! Fully Adobe rgb accurate, for easy high quality printing. Soon, I'll also get a 2016 Samsung 4K TV, and the computer will be able to handle both 4k monitors at once, in action, say, editing 4k video!