after getting the wet box on the 7th, it took them two weeks to even place the replacement order. its finally in the delivery preparation stage today.
720 is not bad. for me, 8gb was a must which they obliged. SSD would have been nice but dont think they would have gone for it. cross fire 5870 would be another easy one but from recent posts, may be buggy..or maybe not if you dont OC much.
will be putting mine up for sale locally then ebay if needed. m17xR2 is nice, but would rather get the money and put it towards a better performing desktop.