i just randomly picked parts based on what newegg had available. i reused a hdd and a bluray burner.
it is an AMD 8 core 125w cpu with ATI hd7770 gpu. windows 7 because it is for gaming, the games from gamefly instead of tpb. it will run steam because the free game is a steam code. if i do dvds or blurays it will be of legal content like from the internet archive. i tried using bluray in linux, and it was shoddy coding at best, not giving features of the command line strings the guis were interfacing for. and i like command line only where it is needed. not everywhere because it is too memory intensive learning a skill set and then not use it enough. computers make my life better, or they find the bin. i went overboard on the power supply thinking i might need crossfire, but it's energy efficent, and 80gold certified psu. oh well, it has a single stick of 8gb ram i might buy more if i ever learn virtual machines. it's tco sofar is $800. that includes windows 7, because i don't quite trust the desktop to linux when i just lost my second open source machine and my first linux one. i lost a freebsd running from a 486 once, sigh. i've had various backup devices and schemes, but the one that works best is always have a removable media source that can not be overwritten easily.

with only a few foriegn spams. i wonder if the wow spammer realized i was posting about the spam here on slashdot... seasons greetings as well, having a safe and quiet holiday season so far here.

http://www.battled3-wow.tk/login.asp?ref=https%3A%2F%2Feu.battle.net%2Faccount%2Fmanagement%2Findex.xml&app=bam

i was busy catching up on my netflix today so they sent two emails.

http://www.saeby-fourm.tk/login.asp?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fus.battle.net%2Faccount%2Fmanagement%2Findex.xml&app=bam

http://us-blizzaird.tk/login.asp?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fus.battle.net%2Faccount%2Fmanagement%2Findex.xml&app=bam
they are using a netherlands server i guess go daddy wasn't their only disposable server company.

my sisters computer is having a weird bug, related to windows update trustedinstaller.exe it is using 50% cpu and 1 MBps hdd utilization, i came across someone else having a similar problem.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_other-windows_update/service-trustedinstallerexe-permanently-active/32f87e95-1afa-4478-90a3-61fa6537c44c
but here is the kicker, in my situation the hdd and cpu use starts at bootup(pre login), windows update says there is a 'failed' install. my sister had done a system restore due to a failed sp1 install (her internet stopped working) i will try disabling the auto update and explain to her how to manually update on the second Tuesday of the month, but in the case that fails to resolve the issue i will wipe her system, but i really dislike having to do that especially since she has a lot of programs and music.

my sister has an old junky i686 i didn't have my install discs except a wierd one off distrowatch. the old pc is mainly used by 8 yearolds and windows xp gave up the ghost. i can download any distrowatch disk, but being so old want an easy platform for browsing and schoolwork. i would also like to have an ids to email me once a month a status of that ids system. so what works is it worth getting a slim distro and which one? it has a 3 year old 100gb hdd and decent for the era gpu, or should i tell them to give up on such old hardware? the parents have a laptop, so does one of their kids, but this is the last desktop they are getting from me unless i find one nearby on craigslist or something cheap like that. please post any info you think i need to do this, thanks.

http://www.logi-worofosrer.tk/login.asp?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fus.battle.net%2Faccount%2Fmanagement%2Findex.xml&app=bam but this time, the link was already red voted in Web Of Trust.

the spammers with fake wow email are back... and doing it the same old way...

http://www.foum-bly.tk/login.asp?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fus.battle.net%2Faccount%2Fmanagement%2Findex.xml&app=bam

now an unloaded image is the link, but i still got their url with web of trust. www.mywot.com/scorecard/us.battle.net.login.wow.beta.2012.managemenit.com
i know some feel it is pointless to try to stop spam and scammers but that isn't the point i am here sharing the information knowing that there are people who can use that information in good ways.

and i figured out how to use web of trust finally (tldr on documentation!) so the email used http://configurats-yuboosmail.cixx6.com/ but WoT said it was mailers-configurs.3eeweb.com
both are run by spammers and i did give an all red for the site 'web of trust' followed through to here http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/mailers-configurs.3eeweb.com using the domain tools here http://whois.domaintools.com/3eeweb.com shows 96 domains run to the same ip. including 0570.tk schquiz.com and 1plus-term-life-insurance-rates.com

http://www.forums-ctm.tk/login.asp?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fus.battle.net%2Faccount%2Fmanagement%2Findex.xml&app=bam
should i keep doing this? it's pretty clear their C&C server ip isn't being used, and it's pretty clear they dispose of old hostnames daily...

http://us.battle.login.net.blizzard.pandaria.en-hxml.net/

this time web of trust knew it was a bad link. first time for that since i started posting the malware links here.

http://www.deao-fourm.tk/login.asp?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fus.battle.net%2Faccount%2Fmanagement%2Findex.xml&app=bam
so yet again they send me a fake address...

http://www.apllys-invite.tk/login.asp?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fus.battle.net%2Faccount%2Fmanagement%2Findex.xml&app=bam
same people, new name.