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I've been using the same desktop for almost 10 years now.
It was top of the line when I got it, and overclocked, with a custom compiled kernel. So it did a good job of lasting. But it is very very slow by todays standards, and no tricks to squeeze out more speed are going to help any more.

I just dropped $3000 for a new custom system though. It will be an i7-6700k! all a-list parts, and a solid state drive. It's gonna be crazy.

But I have to wait a couple/few weeks for all the parts to get in. Busy time of year and all.

I can't fucking wait.
I've been using the same desktop for almost 10 years now. It was top of the line when I got it, and overclocked, with a custom compiled kernel. So it did a good job of lasting. But it is very very slow by todays standards, and no tricks to squeeze out more speed are going to help any more. I just dropped $3000 for a new custom system though. It will be an i7-6700k! all a-list parts, and a solid state drive. It's gonna be crazy. But I have to wait a couple/few weeks for all the parts to get in. Busy time of year and all. I can't fucking wait.

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[–] Amy 4 points (+4|-0)

Nice parts list.

Seems like a pretty big markup though. That's about ~$1500 worth of parts, give or take a bit (depending on type/extent of water cooling, case, PSU, etc).
[–] InnocentBystander [OP] 4 points (+4|-0)

Canadian coins, and there are other things on the list, like a monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc.
Those were just the highlights.

All in all it'd be top of the normal range, or bottom of the upper echelon.
Coming from an almost 10 year old build, it's going to be nice.
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