Nehalem,One cpu to rule them all!

[Vienna]

My suggestion to you is put all this on standby until you've found a new job, got at least a few months of it under your belt and some security and then think about a new system and thats only if your single.
If married tuck away at least 6 months living and bill money before thinking on new machinery.
This stuff is fun but you got to keep it in a proper perspective my friend.

I've actually been jobless since the end of November. While moneys tight, financially, I've got enough savings to take me through all the way to August/July, assuming my bills/rent don't go up(they shouldn't). That's not including the money I've made off the sale of(most, not all, like I said I kept certain parts) my previous system(truthfully a part of this has gone to food, as I'm trying to leave the saving untouched except for bills), and I've got a recently repaired(just got it back today actually) MacBook Pro I'm thinking of selling to fund this system.

Normally I'd agree with you, and put this planned build on hold, but I've been without a main rig since January/February, and being stuck on a system that can't game/crunch has been annoying the hell out of me. I went from having 3 dedicated fairly high end Folding/Crunching systems, to none. I'm currently stuck on a defective Pentium 4 POS system.

I'm ancy for a new system, and if I have to sell the MacBook, I will. Don't get me wrong, I realize that its not the best idea to be looking at spending on a new rig at this point and time, but the money that would be spent on this system would only add a month worth of $$ onto my savings. Besides, if things aren't looking up by July, along with said rig, I still have plenty of other asset's I'll sell off.

To be perfectly honest? If I don't find a job by August, I'll be ed regardless of if I spend the money on a new rig or not. I might as well have some fun till then.

Oh and I'm single, if I had a S/O, do you think they'd let me spend this money? Regardless of if I had a job or not.