A couple of questions..

[Ganty]

will be looking to buy a new system around Early november(birthday ), anyhow was wondering when will ya be offering windows 7 as the OS(retal verison), with the stress tests and the normal stuff, had a horrid time with Vista, don't want to repeat it.

P.S ye i know W7 isn't Vista, but better safe then sorry.

[PeteG@Scan]

Hi Ganty,

Whilst W7 is certainly heading this way, we still can't give out an exact date it's due to be released to retail as last min changes can and do happen. The date for release to corporate users is quite soon through, so we fully expect that the retail edition will be made available to the public prior to November so it should be ready to ship with your system around then.

[Ganty]

my plains have kinda had a kick up the arse, my Current GPU is on it's last legs(refuses to play anything 3d, not even Football Manager :-|).

did e-mail ya some questions if ya get time to reply to em, would be greatful.

do have 1 more tho, my 8800 gtx burning out/over heating to death it seems, made me wonder, how save/stable is the OC on scan systems? would rather avoid any needless problems.

[Noggin]

windows 7 release date is oct 22nd I belive, so hopefully scan will be offering it on their systems very quickly after that

[Ganty]

Case: Antec Twelve Hundred Case
CPU: Intel i7 920 2.66Ghz 4.8GT s QPI @ 3.8Ghz+ with 20% OC (D0 Step)
CPU Coolers: Titan Fenrir TTC-NK85TZ "HDT" CPU Cooler (Performance Option)
Overclocking: 3XS System Core-Logic Overclocking*10 - 20%*
Memory: 6GB (3x2GB) Corsair Dominator DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600) CAS 8
NVIDIA Graphics - Multi GPU SLI Options Available: *No NVIDIA VGA Card Required* (ATI Required)
ATI Graphics - Multi GPU Crossfire Options Available: 1Gb XFX HD 5870 850Mhz GPU 1600 SPs 4800Mhz GDDR5
Power Supply Unit: 850W Corsair HX Series Modular (Dual Graphics Cards)
System Drives: 1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 7200rpm 32MB Cache
Storage Hard drives: 1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 7200rpm 32MB Cache
Solid State Drives: *Solid State Drive Not Required*
Floppy Drive Flash Card Readers & Writers: Akasa Multi Memory Card Reader & USB 2.0 Port
DVD Writer: Sony AD-7240S-0B - 24x DVDRW
Blu Ray Reader Writer: LG CH08LS10 - 8x Blu-Ray Reader & DVDRW - Retail Box
Sound Card: Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Soundcard - PCI-E (x1)
Gaming Network Card: *Use On Board Network Port*
Internal External (USB) Wireless Adaptors: *Wireless Adaptor Not Required*
Case Cooling Fans: 120mm Akasa Amber Case Fan Ultra Quiet and Long life with NO LEDs, 2 selected
Lighting Effects: *Lighting Effects Not Required*
Operating system: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit OEM + Windows 7 Offer Form
Software - Application: Microsoft Office 2007 - 60 Day Trial
Software - DVD Blu Ray Decoding: CyberLink PowerDVD 9 - Movie Audio Player & Decoder Software
Software - Security: *No Software Required*
Software - Hottest PC Games: *No Software Required*
TFT Monitor: *Monitor Not Required*
NVIDIA 3D Vision TFT Monitor - Requires NVIDIA Graphics Card: *NVIDIA 3D Vision Not Required*
Gaming Keyboard : *Gaming Keyboard Not Required*
Gaming Mouse Option: *Gaming Mouse Not Required*
Gaming Mouse Mat: *Gaming Mouse Mat Not Required*
Speakers: *Speakers Not Required*
Headphones: *Gaming Headphones Not Required*
Extended Warranty: Standard 3XS System Warranty - 2 Years (1st Year Onsite 2nd Year Return to Base)

/me Awaits Windows vista to change into Windows 7

couple of notes tho, noticed the Antec 1200 is out of stock, would consider a Cosmos S in it's place if needed, Cooling is my main worried(8800 gtx burning out reinforces this ), and i'm not asking to get Win 7 Before launch, would just be nice to order

[kYza]

Goodluck with the build, be sure to post some pictures of the finished product

[Noggin]

I'm going for something similar on the 22nd like you.

I think you'd be happier with your computer overall though if you buy an SSD rather than a £150 sound card. If you can find a little more money they ideally I'd go with the £75 sound card and an 80GB SSD.

[Ganty]

did look at an SSD, F3's will do to start with, SSD's maybe later

[Ganty]

nice surpise, pre order apeared on the config, ordered.

[Ganty]

/me sees some 3xs lurking..

any news on the Sound card stock phil? , did e-mail ya, but to excited to wait

[inter8ection]

Heh Ganty, you aren't the only one, I am also awaiting news

Now I know why they're so busy!

[Ganty]

Pre Order Item
Item due on 26 October 2009.

bang, headshot.

[Ganty]

had the PC for nearly 2 days(build number:29126), after alittle hiccup with e-scan..all was fine til it went to black/grey lines in middle of gameplay, didn't see the error msg but did manage to find a dump file. http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?2myyxjyrdhm.

103009-16536-01.dmp 30/10/2009 20:42:20 0x00000124 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`06eaf038 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 ntoskrnl.exe ntoskrnl.exe+4a63cc NT Kernel & System Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Microsoft Corporation 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) x64

also - did try to run Win7 Performance Tester after it, it wouldn't complete due to Driver/OS or other component error.

a quick google shows that the error is hardware related, have reverted to stock as a temp fix, but would like to get it sortted asap, also would like to know if just using stock settings will solve it (willing to keep it at stock )

[Ganty]

just to update this aswell, did a memtest..found over 30+ errors, looking at a RMA as have little space to work with for onsight.

p.s sorry for support spam, but if ya read them through 1 of em will explain why

[Ganty]

sorry to sound egar, but on the off chance a 3xs sees this, whats going on with rma 212601? seemed like it was close to being returned to me , don't want ya to rush it, but can't blame a guy for trying

[Ben @ Scan]

Hi Ganty

I have emailed you an update through our query system, the memory has been replaced and this is being tested today, the system will need to be prime 95 tested tomorrow and you are considering changing the VGA card which we are awaiting confirmation of

Regards

Ben