But you know touching it would lead to other things, don't you?

No... touching it would lead to strait jacket so you couldn't touch it again....

..... and if you kept staring at it..... a blindfold.

poor stark (raving mad) starkers.

which 'delivery mob' was the delivery made by so that I can NEVER use them myself?

harpo

Yeah, and bugger it, my strait jacket is at the dry cleaners.

So while I was thinking about the "They're Coming TO Take Me Away" song, I decided to try my hand at a little basket weaving therapy to settle my frayed nerves...

.... but alas, ALL I can think of is my UNDELIVERED PARTS!!!!!

FRICK, FRICK, FRICK, FRICK and FRICK...

and I SOOOOOOO wanted to curl up with my new case tonight... and all the wonderful things inside it... my 120mm fans... and the 200mm fans.

Not to mention my sexy new black mobo [e digicons]:'([/e] waaa, ... waaa, wha bah, boo hoo wah, wah

Now that I've gotten that out of my system....AGAIN, it was Couriers Please.... the please standing for please themselves when they turn up.

I've got the courier's number, so if it's him tomorrow I'm gonna be asking: "What made yer turn up on my doorstep at the crack of dawn yesterday, piss the bed or summat?"

Starkers....

I could have told you there'd be a problem.....

Couldn't get the Kenworth B-double up your street with those case fans on.....

Nah, I just have to ring them to arrange a convenient delivery time and they'll bring it out... well that's what it says on the card he/she left.

I'll just say anytime Tuesday after 8.00am.

You're not gonna let me live that down, are ya?

Just remember that:

> I'm an old fart.

> Grew up with feet and inches

> Never went to school during metric to have it drummed into me

> Millimetres and centimetres are confusing when you can't see the page too well

> I'm an old fart who remembers more of the old stuff and less of the new

> When in the UK I never traveled to the continent to know there was another system

> Oz changed to the metric system well after the imperial one was deeply entrenched within me.

> That when I see centimetres and they are so small to my poor old eyes, it's hard to imagine a smaller measurement.

> When old eyes see a cm, and later a mm, then later try to translate it to others, it don't always come out right due to C.R.A.F.T. disease

Okay, so I'm running out of excuses, but you get the picture, dontcha Mr. architect man... wot went to school when metric wos tawt.

Oh, and did I mention that I'm an old fart who don't see, remember or measure too well?

Nah, wasn't your fault..... buuuuut

You will pay for this.....

I see a shop in your future... and you'll walk right into it. bwahahaha

Like i said... one day yer gonna walk right into it. 

So keep going, Sunshine, cos I'm lining you up fer the big un... shop, that is.

Oh, and the fing wrong with yer shop.... I'd be usin' a cutlass ye blaggard, an' I'd be not in a landlubber's castle but on deck wiv me brave buccaneers be'ind I... arrgghhhh.

Ho-hum.

My Ps has a mind of its own. 

Love and flowers  [e digicons]:karma:[/e] ,

...and that's Macsunshine to you, Mr. Macbleep.

I dunno, you just can't let a bloke have a half decent excuse, can you?

Just when I start to feel a little less red faced about my boo-boo, you have to go and declare that you're "conversant with BOTH"

Well, Mr. Smarty Pants, I'm conversant with lots of stuff, so there.

@starkers - get well soon sooner!

@Daiwa - Brilliant! 

ORRIGHT, IT"S HERE.  YAY!!!!!!

So right now I'm gonna shut this baby down to cannibalise the drives, GPU, Soundcard, etc.

Will be off line 'til further notice.   BYE!

..........and Starkers was never heard from again..........................................................................................

Orright,so after several distractions and numerous interruptions [my sister rang 2-3 times, eating, etc] I finally am back on line with the new rig.

Okay, so the first time this beast scared me was when it took two couriers to bring it in... like my first thought was: "Oh fark, they've brought those feching big fans and all." Yup, they had me worried for a while... it's all Jafo's fault, going on and on about my boo-boo with the fan measurements.  Anyhow, when I got it out of the box I near shat. 

It's like near twice the freakin' size of my old tower... a good 3" wider, about 4" - 5" taller and about 4" - 5" deeper.  Yeah, I was worried it wouldn't fit in the pigeon hole on my desk, and whether or not I'd be able to access the HDD dock and front USB3's.  Let's say it just fits in height-wise, and it wouldn't have wanted to be any taller... at its highest point there's half an inch to spare to the shelf above, so to access those ports/dock I have to slide the case forward about 4 inches, which is a breeze with the nice big feet on it.

Yeah, very nearly, very nearly!!!  I went inside to route a few cables and nearly got lost... it's that big. However, that was not the reason I was delayed getting back.  Apart from the interruptions and distractions, I could not get Acronis to behave itself and restore the image I did yesterday.  For some reason it couldn't see it and kept going to an older image that I preferred not to use... was missing a couple of items I didn't want to have to reactivate, etc.  It finally allowed me to access the desired image and viola.... I'm baaaaack

Anyhow, the building part went great and there were no issues at all... smooth sailing all the way.  You were right, Harpo, I did enjoy working with the case... and the room, it's fantastic. What I will have to do, though, is get out the drill and make a series of holes in the the shelf above to allow for better circulation from the top fan.  It's right at the back so nobody will notice, and I'll use this template I have to make it look real dandy.

We did get a few photos so I'll upload them shortly so you can all see.