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Posted: 13 Oct 2009 at 6:53pm

This isn't pretty ,just a scan of my order. What do you think?
I ordered shipping in a wood box. Is that overkill ?

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Posted: 13 Oct 2009 at 9:42pm

should be a nice computer.

are you overclocking it yourself?

I would not have went with the hard drive choices you chose..1 the 1 TB would have been the same size, and just as fast, and a lot more reliable.

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Posted: 14 Oct 2009 at 6:00am

should have gone with a 920.

should have gone with a veloci or ssd for HDD1.

should have gone with classified, with 2 gpus and the wireless card you have no more room for upgrades as far as gpus or any pci related upgrade like a sound card for example, however if you have no intention of upgrading anything like that on this pc or ever getting a 30" monitor with this pc then you are ok.

should have gone with the Noctua NH-U12P instead of the v8.

no need for upgrade fans, no need for LCD temps display

should have gone with haf for better airflow.

should have oced the CPU, fsx takes advantage of faster cpu speeds.

you can find office 2007 for a better price on newegg or amazon.

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Posted: 14 Oct 2009 at 7:57am

Thanks for the review justin and DST4ME.
I am not really into this stuff ( obviously),but I did some thread reading.
(1) I thought two smaller hard drives were more reliable that one big one
(2)some other forums suggested the 950 over the 920
(3) maybe I'll try a SSD later. Prices coming down mavbe.
(4)I do photography. New 24 inch NEC screen coming. That is as big as I will go.
      I use two monitors.
(5) HAF for better airflow but no need for fan upgrades for the Hailstorm ??
       I be confused !
(6) I am a chicken and wanted the DS guys to install and test Office 2007 because
     I wanted at least something to work correctly
(7) Is the wood box overkill?
(8) I don't think the DS guys will take kindly to me calling to change things now
(9) I should have posted the configuration BEFORE I ordered Wink

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Posted: 14 Oct 2009 at 8:25am

1. 2 HDDs in raid gives better read/write speed but the raid itself could fail, so a single HDD is better, personally I don't like a 1TB HDD as HDD1.

2. don't believe everything you read.

3. 2010 should be a good year to get ssds

5. with the fan upgrade for hailstorm still you don't get the same airflow, also upgrade fans bring noise, hailstrom is more for a pc that is LCed, it does not have great airflow., unless you threw 3 x 120mm fans on top then you would come close but more noise for sure.

6. installing software is easy, you need help, we can help you here

7. IMO the crate is a good idea since you can use to ship the pc back if it needs to go back to DS for repairs and so far none of the crate deliveries have been bad.

8. they are very easy going and helpfull, call Sarah at 1-866-817-8676 Extension: 115 and she will set you up

9. that would have been a great idea but you should be able to make changes still.

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Posted: 14 Oct 2009 at 11:40am

Thanks for the guidance. I left a phone message for Sarah to call me back plus sent a message via my Order Number with most of the changes that have been suggested.
If I were Sarah, I would yell at BULLY for not doing it right the first time Sleepy

and say that Bully should be happy with whatever he might get in the mail
( which is why I have never been in Customer Service Smile

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Posted: 14 Oct 2009 at 2:17pm

email her here just to be sure [email protected]

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Posted: 14 Oct 2009 at 2:31pm

I've already gotten in touch with him today. Had alot of catching up to do after being on vacation for a week.

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Posted: 14 Oct 2009 at 2:48pm

yup. I talked with the DS folks and all is taken care of.
Plus I just got an update from them on Stage 3 Ouch

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I will post endless pics of the baby's arrival.
What should I name it?!? My second internal Hard Drive is now HAL. My external
1TB drive is Bubba. I might carry these names over to the new baby.

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Hope you had a great time Sarah

told you they will take care of you bully, they are good people here

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I had a blast. I'm out some cash due to my partners desire to always bet max, but I couldn't have asked for a better vacation!

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Posted: 14 Oct 2009 at 3:45pm

Glad to hear that, you deserved it

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Posted: 18 Oct 2009 at 12:39pm

In preparation for the new baby:
   (!) I have my Logitech G19 illuminated keyboard now,
   (2) Also got my NEC LCD 2490WUXi screen,
   (3) Started to gather my original CD's of various programs for loading.
         This is my biggest concern since I am going from XP to Windows 7.
          I hope I can load and get updated drivers if necessary.
   (4) Actually my biggest concern is getting my Mozilla/FireFox stuff----
        passwords, bookmarks on the the new rig. I hope that I don't have to re-enter
         all of that stuff Cry

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Posted: 18 Oct 2009 at 5:02pm

Originally posted by Bully

In preparation for the new baby:
   (!) I have my Logitech G19 illuminated keyboard now,
   (2) Also got my NEC LCD 2490WUXi screen,
   (3) Started to gather my original CD's of various programs for loading.
         This is my biggest concern since I am going from XP to Windows 7.
          I hope I can load and get updated drivers if necessary.
   (4) Actually my biggest concern is getting my Mozilla/FireFox stuff----
        passwords, bookmarks on the the new rig. I hope that I don't have to re-enter
         all of that stuff Cry

Installing a fresh OS will require you to have to re-update everything. With the install of I7, that will automatically install drivers you need in the install , and when it's updating, you will also have any OS driver updates install at that time too. You will need to download FF and then re-bookmark all your favorites again. That doesn't happen automatically. And, since this is a fresh install, you will have to re-enter your user name, email and passwords the first time so FF can remember them when you go to the site. If you've been using IE, you can always import all your bookmarks to FF to keep form having to manually enter each one in FF. I mirror all my bookmarks from IE to FF. This keeps me from having to do the manual thing.

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Posted: 19 Oct 2009 at 6:55am

Thanks for the info EdH63.    It doesn't sound pretty.
If the following question needs to go in a different Forum Section someone please let me know:   ( i am obviously not experienced at this)----Could I just e-mail myself
links to my bookmarked sites from my old computer to the new DS rig and then bookmark that into Windows 7 FF ?   I know it would not include the passwords
but at least I would not have to key in the addresses of hundreds of sites ?

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Posted: 19 Oct 2009 at 9:01am

... And there you have it!

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Originally posted by Bully

Thanks for the info EdH63. It doesn't sound pretty.If the following question needs to go in a different Forum Section someone please let me know: ( i am obviously not experienced at this)----Could I just e-mail myselflinks to my bookmarked sites from my old computer to the new DS rig and then bookmark that into Windows 7 FF ? I know it would not include the passwordsbut at least I would not have to key in the addresses of hundreds of sites ?

if you are talking about exporting your favorites from ff to ff then you just simply

open ff go to "bookmarks" then go to "organize bookmarks", here click "import and backup", and choose "export html".

now save this html file some where, then when you install win7 and then install ff, open ff on win7, follow the same things as above, but this time instead of picking "export html", choose "import html" and point to the html file you saved.

all your favorites have been transfered.

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Posted: 19 Oct 2009 at 1:38pm

many thanks to EdH63,harleyman and DST4ME. I have printed your instructions
and will report back ( right after I screw it up Smile

Instructing me on how to do computer stuff is like writing instructions on how to tie your shoes to a five year old-------pick up one lace ( either right or left ) with
one hand of the similar side, raise it 90 degrees perpendicular to the ground,take the remaining lace and cross it over 90 degrees to the first lace but on the far side of the first lace, then thread it 180 degrees to the back side of the first lace,all while keeping
the proper amount of tension on the vertical lace. When you get far e-mail me for the next phase----- Shocked

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Posted: 19 Oct 2009 at 5:26pm

warning for DS techs---I post detailed pics---- Pinch

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Posted: 19 Oct 2009 at 6:27pm

Originally posted by Bully

many thanks to EdH63,harleyman and DST4ME. I have printed your instructions
and will report back ( right after I screw it up Smile

I think there's a bunny that goes around the tree somewhere in the shoe-tie lesson.

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I just got my Stage 5 update. I hope the baby doesn't turn to toast
during its' Phase 2 stress-testing -----the lights here in Florida just got a little dimmer
so I think the Digital Storm techs have drained all the power between here and
California to sock it to the Mobo (liquid cooled by Hoover Dam during this Stage
Ermm

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Posted: 23 Oct 2009 at 11:46am

Luckily I am having electrical work done in the room next week so it is good that the new rig is not going to be here for a while.
That said , I have increased my meds to deal with the present stress Wink

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Posted: 23 Oct 2009 at 3:39pm

Uh oh

Just got my Stage 6 ( Quality Assurance) e-mail notice

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Posted: 23 Oct 2009 at 4:33pm

It wont be long now.

Walking the line between realities

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Posted: 23 Oct 2009 at 7:02pm

whoa, just got ANOTHER update.
The baby passed Stage 7 QA. It shows a bunch of numbers that I don't no what they mean Smile

----my processor speed GHz: 3.75 Embarrassed

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I don't know how many Stages are remaining but things seem pretty good
right now Ouch

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Posted: 23 Oct 2009 at 8:44pm

Now the real waiting begins. Good luck to you .

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Posted: 24 Oct 2009 at 3:38am

I figure that it will that 10 days to get to FL from CA.
I suspect that DS will mail it early next week

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Posted: 24 Oct 2009 at 3:59am

Should be shipped out Monday.

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Posted: 24 Oct 2009 at 11:28am

Thanks for the heads up Venom.
And while we are waiting---of course I have another question :
I have two choices on where to put the rig
    (1) Close to everything now (all cables will reach) , but it will be right in prime
           desk space and practically in my face    OR
    (2) About five feet away which will require five foot longer Cables for the two monitors and the USB for the Logitech G19 keyboard. If I go this route Should I buy extension cables and a female/female function for each of these three cables or
just buy longer cables ?? I assume 10 foot cables are ok but wonder how long is to
long for good signal transmission ?    If I need junction blocks what part numbers are these ( because I looked at NEWEGG and got lost in all the options Big%20smile

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(PS---cables for the two printers, Router, and external WD hard drive will reach at either
position that I pick)

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Posted: 24 Oct 2009 at 12:06pm

.......and are there cables that have one connection to the card and split to two connectors for two screens ? Do I want that instead??

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Posted: 27 Oct 2009 at 12:11pm

First of all, if you have to buy any cables or signal splitters for your monitors you shouldn't be on newegg.com check out www.monoprice.com By the way, I use a 4-way splitter for one of my computers and my longest cable is a 25 foot run and it works just fine.

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Posted: 27 Oct 2009 at 2:47pm

Thanks Ninjastryk---just placed my order.
DS should be telling me soon, that the rig is in the mail.

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Posted: 28 Oct 2009 at 4:17am

James told me over the phone that the rig would be mailed yesterday
(Tuesday). Electricians will be here in a couple of hours ,so I will have all of my stuff
off until Thursday. So I will not know if DS sends me any notices LOL

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