Great machine at a great price! Acer Predator AG3620-UR318 Gaming Desktop 12GB DDR3, Core i7-3770 3.4 GHz

I spent a lot of time looking at different tower PCs. I looked closely at the iMac - but to be honest it is overpriced for what is actually inside the machine. I was very close to ordering a custom PC but then came across the Acer Predator AG3620-UR318 Gaming Desktop 12GB DDR3, Core i7-3770 3.4 GHz  on Amazon. 

It had everything I was after. A good motherboard, plenty of RAM and harddrive capacity plus geared towards gaming. In addition it comes with SSD memory which I now realise is a real advantage. The only issue I had was learning how to make best use of the SSD vs. harddrive, but it wasn't really a big deal.

Reviews AMD FX-8350 FX-Series Eight-Core Processor Edition, Black AM3

First off I'd like to say that in tests that can actually utilize my processor and is not bottle necked by my HDD, this AMD FX-8350 FX-Series Eight-Core Processor Edition has the equivalent of a server processor. CineBench rates it right at the level of 12 and 16 core processors, and when I give it a bit of OC power, it gets even higher than some servers.

The heat-sink that comes with this is also surprisingly good. It's very low profile and looks weak. My old dual core Athlon had a bigger fan on it, which initially made me worry. But the heat sink is just built better. It has heatpipes.. which, since I havn't bought a processor in 5 years I didn't know anything about till I started researching this AMD FX-8350 FX-Series Eight-Core processor, and they change the dynamics of cooling a bit.

The tiny fan that comes with this does a fine job and the system doesn't gets excessively hot. If you're planning on overclocking you might want to buy a new heatsink, but for how this processor is built the included heat-sink is awesome.

I love This Tea Kettle! Reviews Cuisinart CPK-17 PerfecTemp 1.7-Liter Stainless Steel Electric Kettle

This Cuisinart CPK-17 PerfecTemp kettle brings 1.7 Liter of cold water to roaring boil in 7 minutes. Half kettle full of water takes half the time to boil. My husband was tired of waiting for water to boil in our traditional kettle that you put on the stove so I looked for one that would heat up quickly. 

This kettle is perfect! Not only does it heat up quickly, you can select what type of tea you are going to have so it heats it up to the appropriate temperature. I also use it for boiling water for oatmeal in the morning. I also love the Cuisinart CPK-17 PerfecTemp blue backlit display, the fact that it's stainless-steel which matches our kitchen, and that it can be set to warm!

I'm a huge tea drinker and run this kettle practically all day long. I typically stick with black teas so didn't think I'd use the other temperatures but I do all the time. Once the Cuisinart CPK-17 PerfecTemp kettle boils I can use the 160 option to get a perfect drink immediately tea.