Hello,
Just a quick post to say a huge thank you to everyone who helped me put together my spangly new i7 machine. Now up and running, and it's awesome. Thank you!
Also, question: it's an i7 950 on a Gigabyte UD3R. All went smoothly - except for one point during windows 7 installation, the machine hung before the post screen. A quick google terrified me: thought I might have fried something. The north bridge and DDR LEDs were all lit. Eek. However, I restarted twice and it then worked - and has worked smoothly since. CPU temps are good and everything appears stable.
It was a heartstopping moment though. Anyone got any idea what that was all about? I'm happy it's now stable, but I'm nervous when computers display apparently random behaviour!
Anyway, fingers crossed, all good. Thanks y'all.
Dan