The last one I promise

 

My system is scheduled to arrive Tuesday.  I am very excited about the possibility of it getting here.  I am thinking about buying Crysis Warhead over the weekend to be the first game on the machine rather than trying to move stuff over the first day.  I work at home Monday and took Tuesday off to set the beast up if it arrives on time.

 

I wonder what my OC is?  Mine is just a 920 on a V8 so I am not expecting much over 3.0 if even that.  I was hoping that they would have send info on that in the email but they didn't.  I am still trying to avoid calling them unless there is a problem when it arrives.  I sure hope our machines arrive safe and sound.

 

But if they don't, I know DS will do right by us.  I just rather it work and not take advantage of their good customer service at this point in the game.

 

Bought a new wireless keyboard and mouse for the new machine as well as a HP w1707 17" for the old machine.  I am putting the HP w2408h on the new machine obviously.

 

As I mentioned I am keeping the old machine to be used for the grandkid's homework, wife's scrabble, and simple web surfing and reserving the beast to great gaming and other cool stuff.

 

I still need to do stuff like download the latest version upgrades to my various games so that I can move them over via a thumb drive instead of having to waste time on the new machine downloading revisions so I can play online.

 

Still considering buying Crysis Warhead so I can play a really graphic intensive game shortly after getting the beast unloaded.

 

I need to buy a DVI to DVI for the little HP monitir since it only came with a VGA cable and DVI is nicer even on my older PC and ATI 1600 Pro,

 

A lot of stuff and housekeeping to do for folks when they swap machines. Having the old one close by will make the transition a lot easier. 

 

 

Hi Samael,

  I've been following this discussion, and Onkel_Ken's build thread. I'm definitely feeling the anticipation y'all are feeling - amd I don't order mine until next month!

 

Anyway...I have a G15 keyboard, and the G5 mouse. They work great! I went wired because I had a wireless mouse once and felt like I was swapping batteries a lot.

 The G5 has adjustable weights (yea I used them - makes a difference), nice feel and texture. Besides other features, it has 2 buttons by the thumb that are handy. Here's a link;

 

The G15 has been excellent for me, for gaming and everyday stuff. Nice response on the keys.

 I play EQ2, and there is a vertical row of keys (6) on the left I use instead of F1 keys to "scroll" thru different players in my group. Very handy for me, and you can map the "F" keys to something else.

 I read a bunch of favorable reviews on the G15 and G5 before buying them.

 

Just thought I'd pass that along to ya, and no, I'm not a Logitech employee.

 

By the way,  I am going to get Crysis also.  But I am going to pick up the latest version which is Crysis Warhead.  I have read reviews that make it sound like it performs better and is more exciting than the orginal but I haven't played it yet.

 

I have BF2 which I don't play much, MOH Airborne, COD 4 & WAW.  I like WAW since the graphics and gameplay is pretty intense.  I hate the war dogs when I hear them coming at me.

 

Ordered a DVI to DVI cable and a 1ft Cat 5 jumper from Newegg that ought to show up sometime this week.  The little HP for the old computer only had a VGA cable and I want to use the DVI port on it and my ATI 1600 Pro on the old box.  The 1 FT cord is to try to clean up some of the cabling mess I got on the desk.

 

Should arrive tuesday and I took the day off to drag it in the house and set it up,  Yours should be headed your way soon also.  I am glad we didn't get caught up in the 295 shortage.  There seems to be a bunch of people who are ordering theirs now too and are in various stages waiting for their machines to get sent also.

 

I really enjoy this forum and look forward to learning more once we get the new machines and if we need advice on optimizing them and keeping them blazing fast. 

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Testing Details By: Vu
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Processor Temperatures

Idle: 41C
Overnight Load: 72C
Important Notice: Overclocked systems will definitely run hotter than stock units. Your unit has been tested to be fully stable in our stress-test facility at these tempreatures.

Overclocked Processor Settings

Processor Speed GHz: 3.84
CPU Multiplier: 29
Voltage CPU VCore: 1.45
VDroop Control: No
i7 - BCLK MHz: 133
i7 - Voltage QPI\DRAM: 1.65
i7 - Voltage QPI\PLL:
i7 - Voltage CPU VTT: +175
i7 - Voltage IOH Vcore:
i7 - Voltage ICH Vcore:
i7 - Voltage IOH/ICH I/O:
i7 - PWM Frequency:
780i/790i - Memory Clock Mode:
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780i/790i - Voltage FSB:
780i/790i - Voltage SPP:
780i/790i - Voltage MCP:

Motherboard BIOS: SZ1N
Video Card Driver: 182.06
Chipset Driver: INTEL
Sound Card Driver: XFI

The only thing is the load temp looks a little high and that means I most likely will not be able to push my OC to 4.0, but I will try with their help on the phone and see what I can do other than that I will OC the GPU myself and see what can be done with those. 2 more weeks and I will have the beast in my hands