Status update: The specs on this machine are becoming pretty high end. This isn't a water cooled dream machine yet, but it is certainly reaching the "high end" spectrum, the unavailabiliy of a better AMD CPU being the only concievable bottleneck.
Right now it contains the(imo) best case/cpu heatsink/fan for air cooling. The flagship AMD processor. A high end and overpowered PSU, the 2nd best AM3 socketed mobo on the planet, a sataIII high end SDD, a 1tb storage drive with a 300gb partition that using a trick is faster than a 10,000 rmp velociraptor, soon to be 8 gigs of DDR3 1666 gaming ram, a godlike dread-case, a 25 inch monitor, fan controls, 7 channel surround with toslink optical out, windows 7 professional 64 bit, and the best rated DVDRw drive on newegg. Each component having exceptionally high review scores both professionally and from consumers and being assembled and torture tested by yours truly.
A fucking hell of a machine for the clams, considering the monitor and the OS are included in the price.
Tomorrow I will attempt to assemble the first layer and boot to the bios at which time I will reflash with the latest revision. The next day will include the windows install and optimization, Friday I should being an extensive battery of torture tests, assuming everything has gone well.
The only flaw I've noticed thus far is the copper transferrence panel on the heat sync has light coming through when I hold a credit card on top. However, this is, I assume, to be expected from any machined part. I will check temps and if necessary rma.
I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.
NO NO, NO NO NO.
