Just ordered, comments?Post Date: 2010-09-12 |
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btm2743 
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 Topic: Just ordered, comments?Posted: 12 Sep 2010 at 8:27pm |
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Hey everyone, i've been readin the forums for about a week now and you guys have a lot of great information here. You all make it so easy to decide what parts to get and what not. So what do you guys think about the config I just ordered:
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Antec DF-85 Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish Processor: !PROMOTION CLEARANCE: Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz (Quad Core) Motherboard: EVGA X58 SLI 3 Edition (Intel X58 Chipset) (Features USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s) (Model: 131-GT-E767) System Memory: 6GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested) Power Supply: 750W Digital Storm Certified (Dual SLI Compatible) (Silent Edition Recommended) Expansion Bay: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (1TB Hitachi/Seagate (7200 RPM) (32MB Cache) Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks Optical Drive 1: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 24x / CD-Writer 48x) Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks Internet Access: Wireless USB-G 54Mbps (Supports 802.11g/b) Video Card(s): 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 1.2GB (Includes PhysX Technology) (EVGA Brand) Add-on Card: - No Thanks Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 1: Noctua Dual 120mm Fans High Performance Cooler (Compatible With ONLY i7 Processors) H20 Tube Color: - Not Applicable, I do not have a FrostChill or Sub-Zero LCS Cooling System Selected Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Red) Enhancements: - No Thanks Chassis Mods: - No Thanks Noise Reduction: - No Thanks CPU Boost: FREE: Stage 1: Overclock the processor between 3.3GHz to 3.9GHz (Cooling Upgrade Recommended) Graphics Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s) Memory Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory OS Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system Windows OS: - No Thanks, Please test my memory, I will be responsible for software based support Recovery Tools: Windows Recovery Toolkit (Bundled with Windows 7 CD) Virus Protection: - No Thanks Office: - No Thanks Benchmarking: - No Thanks Pre-Install Game: FREE: Hot-selling game with a NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 or above graphics card Display: - No Thanks Surge Shield: - No Thanks Speakers: - No Thanks Keyboard: - No Thanks Mouse: - No Thanks External Storage: - No Thanks Exclusive T-Shirt: FREE: Digital Storm T-Shirt - Black (Medium) Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed Warranty: Life-time Expert Customer Care with 3 Year Limited Warranty I'm a student so I get Win7 for free, so thats why it's not selected on there. I just don't feel the haf cases either haha.(I know some of you love them :)) |
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!ender_
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Posted: 12 Sep 2010 at 8:54pm |
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looks good! thats a huge case im interested to see what it looks like in real life
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sebas
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Posted: 12 Sep 2010 at 11:23pm |
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How do you get windows 7 for free? Is it offered through your school?
I'm a student as well, so it'd be cool to know. |
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Lasthill
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Posted: 12 Sep 2010 at 11:34pm |
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@sebas it depends on your school. Check with your book store or student services and they may offer it for you. LIke my school doesnt offer Windows 7 free but they offer and Upgrade to windows 7 Ult for 29.95 and Microsoft office 2010 Pro for 29.95. Even if your school doesnt offer it you probably know someone at another university that gets the benefit and all you need to do is get that hook up.
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sebas
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Posted: 12 Sep 2010 at 11:47pm |
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Yea I checked it out. Apparently I could get it for free, but only if I was in a Computer Science course. Otherwise I only get the standard $29.99 student discount from microsoft for windows professional--which would be fine except that I don't know how a buy and download program would work for a new computer without software on it.
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Lasthill
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Posted: 12 Sep 2010 at 11:59pm |
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IM not sure on that one either. One of the guys here should be able to chime in and tell you but I what I believe is that you should be able to download it from the computer where you are to a USB Flash drive then with your new rig with a empty drive have it boot up and load the install from the flash drive...
As I was typing this up I pulled this up from the windows site that tells you exactly how to do it. Dunno how complicated it will be but Im sure someone will be able to give you the run down. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Installing-and-reinstalling-Windows-7 |
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