Going Vista for Christmas...

Please advise...

All you'll ever need.

Thanks Brother...

Anytime...

and.. if its worth anything.. better than what I have.. should run that audio of urs great too.

Merry Xmas Jack.

At least for the next 5 years or so

Good onya, Jack... you'll feel like you're rolling in clover with that baby purring away under your desk.... nice specs.

Hi, I'm jealous, what's your name?   Looking good there bud.  Wish I had 6 Gb RAM!  Sh@t man, you should have no probs running anything.  Nice Video card too. 

Looks good, Skinhit. You might want to invest in discrete sound card (SB X-Fi?). Also, you should try to verify that your existing s/w will work with the 64-bit Vista - I had a few issues with that on my upgrade (my ZoneAlarm ISS won't work with it and my Roxio Creator version is too old, although most of my other software scares turned out to be non-issues). Microsoft's site says a lot more software is incompatible than actually is, it would seem.

I would say so. That's a top-of-the-line ATI card (do you know if it shares system memory?), so it should work brilliantly for graphics processing and games, and if I'm not mistaken, that's one of the newest generations of Intel processors. Vista's an adjustment to be sure, but now that I've cranked the UAC down to a less paranoid level, it's been a pleasant adjustment.

Whats is s/w? Thanks for all your input

Not sure

Whats that?

Sorry. . . software

Just curious. My GeForce 9800GT shares up to 2GB of system memory in addition to the onboard 512Mb, which is really nice.

You'll find out soon enough. <evil laugh>

Seriously, it's an acronym for User Access Control. Basically, Vista will pop up a box and request permission (or, if you're not logged in as an administrator, refuse flat out) any time you ask to do something that could possibly be malicious, ranging from running a program file to installing a new program. If you have ODNT, you can use TweakVista to change the default setting to make it less aggravating or you can just go into the Windows security settings and disable it altogether (opinions on whether that's actually a wise idea tend to vary).

not to my knowledge, just the 512mb dedicated (I've got one)

curious about price and availablility

edit: I was wrong,

Great specs! And 6 gb's memory? awesome. What monitor are you planning on using for this setup?

                                                                                        Signed, Jealous as hell. 

my HP 1680x1050

As far as I know its shipping the 12th and for the whole package around $1300

Very nice system Jack...I think you will be very pleased with it, I'm a little on the jealous side!.....Now....with that much more power behind you, we're all going to be looking for a lot more of all your fantastic work.

As far as the UAC is concerned....I have it totally turned off on both my desktop and laptop systems, but then again, I don't store any important data on my systems, I keep it all on my network drives. This way if I ever screw up my system I can just reformat and re-install. Tweak Vista will be a must have for you!

Wow that is extremely similar to the new machine i built this weekend

My Specs

Intel DX58SO 1366 ATX Motherboard

Intel Core i7 Processor 940

Corsair XMS 3GB PC-10666 DDR3 RAM

OCZ GameXtream 700 Watt Power Supply

VisionTek 4850HD Graphics Card

Antec 900 Case

HP 22” HDMI Widescreen Monitor

2 Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB SATA Hard Drives

Pioneer 20x20 DVD/CD Writer

And how do you like it?

Cool one, skinhit. Fast and strong. Don't put any of Po's stuff on it....6GB RAM will disappear like hitting cold water. (guess I'm on "The List" now, huh?).

Doc quietly leaves the house to rent a UPS uniform. bwah ha ha .

It runs quite spectacular, extremely fast, it runs Vista like a charm, no problems at all,

i ordered a i7 940, some ocz ram, a 4870, and an asus mobo for my younger brother today. well, i ordered it after lil bro gave me the money for it. i'm sure i'll upgrade from my current rig when the prices go down a bit. i'm not going to pay 500 bucks for a processor. lil bro can afford it. i can't. besides, my current rig is just fine

No need to guess... you ARE on "The List" now for sure... tho I am curious - disappear like what??? hitting cold water!

Hehe, me thinks you need to be swimming in a heated pool instead.

After Po` reads this, you'll need a better disguise than that... and definitely a mask, tho not one of those GWB masks that have been so popular among bank robbers...

you might have trouble explaining your whereabouts on various dates to the cops.

I still can't get over that cold water thing...

While you're out getting your disguise, perhaps you might invest in some thermal swimming trunks.

In the past builds of mine, i always purchased hardware that was like a year old, so it was cheaper, and more affordable, but this time, i went with current technology, but the prices were good ( i got everything on sale at Micro Center in Cambridge Ma) because of the economy, everything seems slashed, so much so the printer i bought HP OfficeJet L7680 was 200 bucks off, hard to pass that up. so this setup is my XMAS present and i couldnt be happier, Skinhit, you are going to love your rig, beleive me, and you will be impressed with the speed and absolutely no slow redraws on windows whatsoever. Let me know what you think when you get it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ah the downside, well when i got it running, i kinda didnt get any sleep that night, as i was up so late "playing" around with it, like a little kid at christmas,