Ordered 8/24/2005 Shipped 9/15/2005 Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 550 Desktop Processor w/ HT Technology 3.4GHz 800MHz FSB 1MB
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2
LCD Display: 17" WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD Clearview Display with Built-in Camera
Motherboard: Intel® 915P PCI-Express Chipset
Memory: 3GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 533MHz - 2 x 512MB / 2 x 1024MB
Video Card: Area-51m 7700 NVIDIA GeForce™ Go 6800 Ultra with 256MB of DDR3 memory
Hard Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 60GB 7200 RPM ATA100
Primary CD ROM/DVD ROM: 8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24X CD-RW Combo w/Software
Sound Card: Intel® High-Definition Audio (24-bit, 192Khz) with 7.1 surround sound
Communications: Integrated 10/1000Mb Gigabit Ethernet & 56K V.92 Modem
Wireless Network: Internal Wireless 802.11b/g miniPCI Card
Says it won't arrive till 9/22 which sucks because I got class at the crack of dawn and go straight to work after that till 8p.m.
Just a few questions, is it recommended that I download all the newest drivers and burn them on a disk before the system gets here so I can just load it up with all those drivers?
Any other things I should do to it before I really start using it. I remember someone mentioning putting different thermal paste on the CPU but would the void the warranty?
I have these two USB cables called Adaptoids that let you connect N64 controllers to a computer. They are pretty sweet, but how safe will they be to both use with only a 220 watt powersuppy? I don't want to kill the beast.
Cooling, is elevating the back enough or should I invest in a laptop cooler?
What is the best DVD software to run movies with? I was looking at WinDVD 7 Platinum. Does the lappy get pretty hot running movies or is it mainly just during games?
I got a bluetooth microsoft mouse/keyboard combo to use during long LAN sessions for comfort. I've heard the mouse has a bad DPI response or something, seems fine in games but can anyone elaborate on this that might have more experience.
Thank you
