Ok Mooster resized the post.

Pas got to look into that True cooler a bit. But I've got this idea that is hard to get rid of at the moment.

And, you're predicting a 64 bits OS? Who sold you that allllmmmoooost too low amount of RAM?

I'd rephrase that "process" with a Bios setup (test) phase if i were you, but i'm not.

Soooo, what is it about switching systems and the longevity of gears these days?

1-- Your predictable needs.

2-- Coincidental pricing variations.

3-- Whomever stocks both when you show up.

Strangely, i still had the dual/quad speedy decision to make last summer and yet, if i had waited long enough the comparative costs wouldn't have changed that much.

Call it misinformation, by degree. Or M$ asynchronous releases of services & support to Vista. How time flies when proper drivers fail to follow within weeks.

I have the same graphics card and cooler, very nice. did you notice the pot to increase/decrease fan speed. mine is set at about a quarter on. not showing off or anything like that...

oh yeah

Pas...now you have me wondering...I'd assumed they'd know which way was 'out' in most case designs [if not all].... but now I'll have to look specifically.

6Gig was $245 AUD ....and with a 1 gig GPU a 32 bit OS will be lucky to see about a third of that.

Win 7 will be my ONLY purchase of a 64 OS [unless I grab the 64 RC before]....and that won't be till it's out [October-ish], by which time a further 6 gig may be somewhat cheaper....or who knows....a revision UP to 24gig....if the price is right....

Congratz on the new works! Hell of a jump, there!!! 

I wouldn't hold my breath on that if I were you.  I've been watching Oz prices for some months now (due to my own upgrade), and while some prices are minimally dropping, DDR3 RAM is either static or going up a few dollars here and there.  That's partly why I went with an AMD Phenom II x4 920 instead of the i7... DDR2 (which I already had) works with the Phenom. Yup, I would have gone the i7 route, but the DDR3 priced me right out of going that way, being I had to replace my PSU and GPU as well.

Come October, though, who knows???

A lot depends on how well the AUD is faring against the greenback at the time, whether or not suppliers pass on any savings IF it improves... which, given my recent experience purchasing the Phenom, is something they hold off on for as long as possible.... if they do at all. Some will claim "old Stock", but my CPU was manufactured and shipped in April 09, after the AUD had risen to 70c + against the USD, yet I still paid the February price, when the AUD was hovering around 50c -55c to the US $

*Can blame Paul Keating for a lot of that... he's the one who floated the AUD, deregulated banks (so they can cash in on it all with currency conversion and other exorbitant fees) and dismantled price control/indexation.*

We in Oz have always paid more for our PC harware/software than our US counterparts, so let's hope things improve some and that DDR3 (plus other items) drops in price... cos yeah, I'd also like to upgrade to an i7 next year sometime.

Congrats on the new rig Jafo!  

congrats on your new system

The pain of the 'bottom line' was the entire kit and kaboodle ended up almost exactly $3000 AUD.

V8 fan is pointing the right way...so all's good there...no need to alter it.

Only thing 'wrong' was the HD Led connection was arse-about and thus not working - 'tis now...

ASUS MoBo disk keeps saying it's not compatible with the OS....so I've been installing drivers, etc manually.

Re the price.... I think back to that first 'new' computer I ever bought [that wasn't a hand-me-down] .... a P100 with 8 meg of ram and a 1 gig drive and 4 meg graphic card .... it was over $2100 way back when the USD was worth more than dunny paper....

That will be changing here really fast in the next few weeks I think Paul.

Bunch of new drivers are in the making for those asus boards. Specfic win7... Really not much to change to get it to work.

Glad you figured your work around.

Super Pi to 1.0m numbers, do you have them?

-DrGonzo

Given the way things have been recently, the Oz dollar isn't worth dunny paper, even.  Maybe a snotty, used tissue, but not a lot more.  Moreover, given that PC parts have dropped in price around the World since your P100, considerably more than here, we are still paying too much.... and probably always will be.  Sad, isn't it, cos we're 'downunder' people think we're the arse end of the World and uneducated as to what PC parts should cost.

Irrespective of all that, my anger that we're being ripped off, I'm glad that you got the upgrade you wanted.  May you get many years of enjoyment from it...

... though I imagine several years of frustration for yrag.

Despite not being able to afford an i7 upgrade this time around, my Phenom II is the bees knees compared to what I had and I'm happy with its performance.

Well....it's still going strong....even the 'important' proggies [Games] work ....simple copy/paste from the other machine too.... [Important means.... rFactor and GTR2].

Only difference is...I set it all to the max and it flies....at last.....real frame-rates....

Im sooo close to my new PC AHGGGG!! DAMN  IT ALL SOOO CLOSE!

See!!!  Told you that you were an effing show off, and this ^ proves it... wink, wink, nudge nudge - say no more.