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post #21 of 59
5/1/08 at 1:50pm
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the equipment is here! For some reason, I still cannot post attachments on this board!

sorry!

pat!
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post #22 of 59
5/1/08 at 3:24pm
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the equipment is here! For some reason, I still cannot post attachments on this board!

sorry!

pat!
I can in the other sections just not down here . Maybe they will fix that someday and stop tellin us to use the attachments that we can't . And they wonder why we use imageshack and such . Love seein all the parts come in off the truck though. Good luck with the build pad11 .

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post #23 of 59
5/1/08 at 3:29pm
hey stalker works here on vista64, I have patched it to 1.01
[i had it patched higher to 1.03 on a previous install but this seems to run better, i donno maybe imagination)

In fact for vista it doesn't need the DVD in the drive to run
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post #24 of 59
5/2/08 at 5:58am
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ZX, maybe i'll try just patched to 1.01...i can't for the life of me figure out why it wouldn't run on my setup...it crushes the min. reqs....

pat!
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post #25 of 59
5/4/08 at 7:08am
Everything OK there pad11?



Zoid
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post #26 of 59
5/5/08 at 4:00pm
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well, actually, no. Short story to a long weekend: Okay, I knew I was taking a big leap on the bleeding edge w/ the 790i Ultra SLi and DDR3 RAM. After about three hours of use, the BSODs kept coming back, each one worse and worse to the point that I couldn't even do a clean and full rebuild. I tried everything, resetting the memory, getting the latest BIOS drivers, getting the latest drivers for everything, etc., etc., etc. Nothing. Spent a lot of time on the phone with EVGA today...turns out there are not many (they actually couldn't tell me of one) four gig kits out there that work on this MOBO. They say, "Hey, we know of seven or so two gig kits that work." And I'm thinking, yeah...so???

Getting to the point, thanks to the glory of newegg, they've agreed to take back the 790i AND the OCZ DDR3 RAM and refund my $ and they're letting me take a slight step back to the 780i and a sweet set of Corsair DDR2 RAM that is easily tweaked upwards as well.

Short solution: By thursday, I'll have the new mobo and ram in and yes, it will be a not quite as sweet as the original idea but it will work! I'm just NOT patient and smart enough to spend a ton of time living on the bleeding edge w/ an nVidia chipset that frankly, at this point in time, isn't quite ready for a consistent light of day. That's NOT a knock, I'm sure if I was smarter or more patient, I could find a way to make it work. But since this machine is in essence an addendum to my mega-Sager9262, I can live w/ the power that it will, indeed have.

I'll post more on Thursday!

later,
pat!
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post #27 of 59
5/6/08 at 7:06pm
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Kick A**! It is beautiful...the new 780i SLi motherboard from EVGA is superb...swapped it out in less than and hour AND was able to add the sweet Thermaltake BluUrbII CPU cooler and it is a BEHEMOTH! The 4 gigs of Corsair RAM, with their own little three fan kit, is outstanding as well and I'm working w/ no hiccups!!!!

While it took an extra ten days and a slight step down in motherboard (from 790i to 780i) I still feel that this is a kick butt machine that hopefully will live up to expectactions...and it was, all told, more than 3K less than the AW!

later,
pat!
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post #28 of 59
5/6/08 at 7:38pm
I feel like I need to see some pictures
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post #29 of 59
5/6/08 at 9:16pm
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oh man i'd love to! But I can't seem to psot anything here! The BluOrbII CPU fan is SWEEEEEET!!

pat!
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post #30 of 59
5/7/08 at 4:09am
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Kick A**! It is beautiful...the new 780i SLi motherboard from EVGA is superb...swapped it out in less than and hour AND was able to add the sweet Thermaltake BluUrbII CPU cooler and it is a BEHEMOTH! The 4 gigs of Corsair RAM, with their own little three fan kit, is outstanding as well and I'm working w/ no hiccups!!!!

While it took an extra ten days and a slight step down in motherboard (from 790i to 780i) I still feel that this is a kick butt machine that hopefully will live up to expectactions...and it was, all told, more than 3K less than the AW!

later,
pat!
...Speedy Delivery! Man, you get things done quicker than a speeding bullet! Oh, here we go with the 3K less than Alienware again and no pix!

I coulda built my latest Area-51 for about $400 less not counting the S&H/Tax...I chose not to and love the new machine. My time is $150 an hour/two hour minimum+ $80 truck charge, but my time is worth way more than that...those Alienware bastids for making a profit!!! Didja document your time/dollars spent on the build/heartache?

I'm done wit ya'. Killin' Me.



Zoid
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post #31 of 59
5/7/08 at 5:27am
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the equipment is here! For some reason, I still cannot post attachments on this board!

sorry!

pat!
You have to go advance, then type something in the reply box, then preview post, then manage attachments.

=)

easy enough.. Or just use imageshack.net copy and paste the direct link and click the little yellow mountain button up there to post the picture.

So yeah enough of the run ons. If you still have problems posting attachments, I'll bring it up to the admins to fix.

Congrats on the build.
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post #32 of 59
5/7/08 at 5:55am
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Is that all there is to it?

because i'm not seeing the manage attachment option here as I preview this..
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post #33 of 59
5/7/08 at 5:57am
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...Man, you get things done quicker than a speeding bullet! Oh, here we go with the 3K less than Alienware again and no pix!

I'm done wit ya'. Killin' Me.



Zoid
sorry boyd! that was kinda rude!!!

no offense intended...i've got to figure out a way to post pics!!!

pat!
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post #34 of 59
5/7/08 at 8:16am




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Does that help alittle?
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post #35 of 59
5/7/08 at 8:32am
pics!!
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post #36 of 59
5/7/08 at 10:47am
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The problem is, i am NOT getting the option to upload attachments where you folks are showing it...and my permissions on the bottom left says that i am NOT allowed to post attachments...for some reason i think i've been attachment-banned!

pat!
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post #37 of 59
5/7/08 at 10:51am
LOL oh yeh i forgot to fix that. :-\
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post #38 of 59
5/7/08 at 10:53am
how about now?
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post #39 of 59
5/7/08 at 10:57am
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YES!!!!

Okay, many pics!!!!

The first few are during the build. Please note that during the build, I was still working w/ the 790i ultra SLI and the OCZ ram...which have since been swapped out to more compatible stuff that is working like a charm!

NO, the button is there now but I get an Error message when I click on it...

jeepers!


pat!
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post #40 of 59
5/7/08 at 10:58am
what's the error message?
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