Several months ago, we decided to build me a new computer, so long as I gave my laptop to my father in exchange. He was given a 10,000 dollar expense account to build a computer lab (for training interns) in his new office building. Unfortunately, some pipes exploded right over the new lab, and most of the equipment was lost. As a result, there was plenty of undamaged, but discarded, equipment for us to harvest.
Including 16 gig of ram, and 2 hard drives that aren't available commercially (uber powerful) and really really nice video and audio cards. We bought a few more parts, which arrived promptly. That was 2 months ago. Among the parts we ordered was a monarch computer supply mother board. It was supposed to arrive in 3-7 business days, and now, 68 days later, it is here.
huzzah!
