Spent last Friday and Saturday building and tweaking my new gaming PC. Building it wasn't bad. I only had an issue with the front jack connectors on the motherboard. PC wasn't turning on for some reason so I had to fiddle with it and it worked afterwards. So far it's been smooth sailing over the weekend and today. I haven't built a new PC in a few years and I had forgotten how many damn updates I needed to install after a clean Windows install. Everything is super fast and quiet. Gaming with SSDs is excellent since loading is almost instant for every game. Loving it so far.

Some people asked me what parts I got so here it is:

I'm using Windows 7 64-bit version.

Mobo, CPU and RAM


GFX card


SSDs and HDDs


PSU


Case


Fully assembled. Took this shot when I was installing Windows and making sure all the hardware was working correctly. The cables and wires were hard to organize since my graphics card is so gigantic. Not a big deal since my case is not windowed so sight unseen.


New Pick-Ups:
Some Japan Quake Relief items. All proceeds from these items go to charity.

Aksys 'Hope' tee - Cute simple design.


CAVE Charity Set - They had three different sets that were shipped randomly and I got this one. I likes.


Games.

Portal 2 (PS3) - Already completed so I'll write some impressions soon. PSN has been down so I haven't been able to redeem the PC/Mac version. :(


Eschatos (360) - Another shmup. It includes two old classic games from the series which is pretty damn cool. They're actually pretty fun and aged well.


Mortal Kombat Kollector's (PS3) and Tournament Edition (360).



Also got Nin2-Jump and Trouble Witches NEO on XBLA.

Other stuff.

Sworcery LP


Whiskey Media tees.