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Originally Posted by Ken_Calhoun  "Power PC" user here, I like to build my own with Asus server mobos and Lian Li cases and the rest of it. PCs are great. Macs have a loyal following, but after looking at them in an apple store, I said to myself, yes it's slick and has nice shiny plastic, but like the ipod, there's better alternatives at much better pricing available out there. Building one's own pc systems - that's nirvana.
I've got lots of widescreen monitors, dualcore system handbuilt from newegg.com components and it works great! I've built dozens of my own pcs over the years (I'm a trader), it's fun being a computer geek, as one hat to wear.. the reward is, you get the best systems available that work great -- kind of like Hans Solo working on the Millenium Falcon, tinkering under the hood and adding powerups.. 
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I'm not quite the power user you are, Ken. But for the past 10 years or so I've built all of my own systems. I buy most stuff from Newegg as well and I'm about to build a new system as this one is now quite dated.
In fact, I already bought a new dual-core Intel processor from Newegg (E6600). Even though there are much better CPU's out now, I always try to stay in the "value" range when it comes to computer parts.
I appreciate when you post reviews on hardware - like your recent post about external hard drives. I read that kinda stuff. I'm nerdy that way.
