Really been enjoying reading this thread & tbh, getting a bit jealous reading about your new puters.
I'm using a 17" Acer laptop atm, nothing special at all but it gets me by... barely, along with an external 24" Acer LED Monitor. I've been thinking about getting a desktop for awhile now & had been thinking about just picking one up out of the box (with an i5, & 8+GB Ram). After following this thread for awhile (& clickin' on links) & talking with a couple guys in town who build puters, I'm looking to get one for myself for Christmas.

The back & forth discussion, & seeing the stuff you guys have chosen has been super helpful to me. I now feel like I have a far better idea of what I want for myself.
It's still a ways away but will post here when I finally get it together (might have to bink a score in an MTT to help justify the expense... but would have to enter some first, lol).

tks again for posting. You're helpiing people out here that you may not have been aware of (... well now you're aware of one anyways).