The Rig Arrives

The rig arrived in perfect condition - not even a dent in the box.

Expectations : 

     I had originally ordered the stock 9550.  Over the Fourth of July weekend I decided to upgrade to an overclocked  6850.  What I received was an overclocked 9550.  I am not sure what happened - perhaps the 6850 was out of stock.  

     I have Stage 3 cooling and had heard that it was very loud.  All I can say is someone must have some very sensitive ears or I must be going deaf.

Problems :

     One of every six or 7 boots, it will not recognize the mouse (does not matter
whether I use the USB or PS2 connector).  When I say it does not recognize the mouse, I mean the mouse pointer is frozen on the windows screen (after logon)and the light on the optical mouse is dark. The first two times I booted the machine, I had a frozen mouse, the third time the mouse was fine. 

First Impressions :

    The machine is fast - a bat out of hell is slower.  It goes from power on to Vista 64 logon in about 30 seconds.  The machine is much larger than I expected.  It is the first PC I have ever had, where I had an upgrade in mind right after i got it unpacked - either memory, storage, or better video card.  It is also the first PC where I got the whole operating system as opposed to parts of control panel being disabled to keep customers from shooting themselves in the foot.  I still have not put the beast through its paces yet (Age of Conan), but I expect it will handle the game very well.  Based on what I have seen so far, you have another customer for life. 

 

Dunno about the technical problem though, ive never had an issue with mice before in all my years of fiddlin with computers. I guess youve already tried all the various ports and what have you to see if its just a bad port.

 

I think the stage 3 cooling could depend on the case too...the 850 stacker fans are gonna be on the side probaby pointing away from the user, the Cosmos S fans are pointing up on top. For me that means im about a foot away from 4 fans and they are basically angled at me..so its fairly loud, but not loud loud, after some time with my computer you drown it out.

 

 

 

Ive had this computer a little over a month now...whats changed:

2GB 1333 to 4GB 1600 DDR3 RAM

9800GX2 to 2 9800GX2 Quad SLi to 280 GTX SLI

ON BOARD SOUND to Asus Xonar
Dell speakers to Logitech speakers

 

and now im getting a veociraptor drive lol..

 

 

Regarding the processor, give me a call on Monday, 866-817-8676 EXT. 154.

 

Enjoy the Weekend,

Alex