{"id":1749,"date":"2019-02-10T18:54:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T02:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/?p=1749"},"modified":"2019-02-10T18:54:31","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T02:54:31","slug":"building-a-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/10\/building-a-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a computer"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a long period of internal deliberation and debate, I decided to build a desktop. I built one before in high school, but ever since I left for college I’ve been using a Lenovo W530<\/a> laptop as my main computer. I decided that I’d like to potentially try a bit of gaming, and also be able to run both Windows and Linux simultaneously (rebooting is too much effort…).<\/p>\n

This is the parts list I ended up with.<\/a>\u00a0Apparently RGB is all the rage nowadays, but I was looking for something quiet and dark so that I can sleep with it on.<\/p>\n

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Here’s some advertising.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’m planning on running Unraid<\/a>\u00a0to simultaneously run Windows and Ubuntu (and maybe OS X) in the future. Unraid seemed a bit simpler than the\u00a0KVM\/QEMU on Ubuntu<\/a>\u00a0setup I was initially planning to do.<\/p>\n

My credit card (“Citi Double Cash”, 10\/10 would recommend) has a feature called “Price Rewind” where you can get refunded if something you buy decreases in price within 60 days of purchase. I tried it for the first time with these new computer parts, and it seems pretty good!<\/p>\n

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Wow such savings. I couldn’t even find it listed on Dell for that price, but I won’t complain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After a long period of internal deliberation and debate, I decided to build a desktop. I built one before in high school, but ever since I left for college I’ve been using a Lenovo W530 laptop as my main computer. I decided that I’d like to potentially try a bit of gaming, and also be … <\/p>\n

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