This seems to be quite a common issue... one of the mods should sort you out shortly <object class="emojione" data="https://resources.enjin.com/1489581540/themes/core/images/emojione/svg/1f642.svg?0" type="image/svg+xml" standby=":-)">:-)</object>

Have you filled in the Application form to become a member on the Server? Application If so, it may take a while for your application to be accepted.

I've noticed that with the mobs and blocks too. I know it's not my internet connection as I have an average ping of about 105 to the server. And it is DEFENITALY not my PC (6 core i7 with 12GB of RAM and NVIDIA GTX580 GPU). Is this just due to the traffic on the server or a known issue with Minecraft itself?

In-game name: ericdraven88 How many hours you usually play per day: 1-3 (sometimes more) Your skills in Minecraft/Playing style (eg. farmer, miner, architect, etc): Miner / Builder (not great at designing, but I am quick and efficient when following a schematic. Is there a specific government position you would like to be considered for? Why?: Not particularly.... What you can contribute to our faction: I like to think that I am someone that make's an effor to be as helpful as I can when i'm able to be, I would also like to maybe be some kind of diplomat / morale person depending on what the needs of the faction are.

HDD's are a dime a dozen nowadays (shortage due to floods not withstanding). So your best bet would be to get 2x 7,200RPM 1TB drives, and then you can either RAID0 them for speed (Striped) or you can RAID1 them (mirror) for redundancy. Then you can get a 120GB SSD as your OS and install hard drive. This means that you can set your machine up to run everything off the SSD (Windows 7 and the games you install) but save all your downloads, ISO files, music, movies and stuff to your 1TB drives. Which in turn means that whenever you fancy rebuilding your machine, (wiping everything and re-installing the US) you won't lose your music and movies and stuff. Fans are completely generic and will work with pretty much any motherboard, however it is worth checking if your case don't come with a couple already installed. RAM is available by the shedload from dabs.com, you need DDR3 ram and your machine is a desktop configuration. (tower is just the size of the case if it's not a server, it's a desktop.) ---built my own PC from the ground up.