So after much angst and spamming of the courier's tracking website, my computer arrived yesterday intact. I've set it up (kinda). I consider my setup a rough draft or, optimistically, a work in progress. Cables going everywhere.
Things which impressed me about my system: the gravity and sleekness of my 4870X2, the luxurious width of my monitor (24"), the resemblance my RAM bears to harmonicas, the apparent ability of my case (Coolermaster Cosmos) to exceed the speed limit.
Things which did not impress me about my system: insufficiently idiot-proof instructions for various bits and pieces (especially concerning which plug goes where), the 50s appearance of my internal modem ("Is that a transistor??"), the amount of packaging I will be required to dispose of sometime in the next week.
So it's up and basically running. A few problems though.
1. It seems to be identifying my beastly velociraptor as a floppy disk drive instead of a hard drive.
2. GAMES WILL NOT WORK.
3. BIOS keeps telling my I need to update it in order to "unleash the full power of your CPU!"
4. Intermittent clicking sound in the background like windows is doing something while I'm watching movies or trying to get games to work.
5. Case fans not running at all, probably due to poor wiring on my behalf.
6. GAMES WILL NOT WORK.
I have a moderate level of faith that I can fix the other issues, but the games thing is killing me. They install fine. They start to run okay. Then when it usually switches into the game mode (screen readjustments etc) it just goes blank on me and I have to switch off the computer before I can get a reboot.
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