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No worries. Your mind elsewhere is twice as smart at mine.

One thing also that Sandeep and I disagree on -- least last time I checked? Try to keep ahead of the curve. While RAM seems the obvious thing, you can generally add RAM cheaper and cheaper. Switches and Ethernet drops are the two that come to mind.

If you calculate your needed connections, then add eight more at least. I prefer a monitored switch (it's late, I can't think of the name). If you EVER, EVER, EVER think you may go VoIP, then get PoE. It is so much easier to get your phone's power from the Switch than from a battery pack. We have two offices here. Both have the exact same VoIP. Their wiring looks horrendous with Ethernet cables going through holes drilled in desks, etc. And, if the power goes out, you just have to make sure the switch had power, although there are other issues.

Finally, the drops. It took me forever to understand this when my network guy ran cables. I counted ten printers and computers. So, that's 10, right? No, why drop one cable when you can drop two or three. You will almost always need more. I have four connections in my office and still need a small switch. Same in the front. I absolutely HATE that.

I'm all for putting lots of drops. You saw my plans ha.

Excess RAM just sits there in Essentials. The main reason I say not to go overboard isn't price, but the page file. A lot of people are moving to small capacity SSDs and if you have a 128GB SSD with a 32GB page file and a 32GB hibernation file. Yikes. Just keep that in mind should you decide to get low capacity drives. Or adjust the size of your page file.

Especially if you go with the 1.5 rule. OK if you can move the file to a different drive or even better its own partition or drive.

Although, with the large drive space now, there is some debate about the 1.5.

Yea, moving the page file to a hard drive instead of the SSD could result in reduced performance.

I have my eye on those new Plextor M5P drives. Reasonably priced, Marvel Controller, faster than the Crucial M4, 5 year warranty.