First order from SCAN, looking for some advice?

[Mike_J_7]

Hi,

I'm looking to purchase a 3XS Black Widow system this month, and was wondering if there were any forseeable issues that could crop up with the following specs, regarding general stability, cooling, etc.

• Silverstone TJ07B Black Aluminium Full Tower Case
• Asus Rampage III Extreme ROG
• Intel i7 980x, Hex Core, 3.33Ghz, 6.4GT/s QPI, 12Mb Cache
• Prolimatech Megahalems, Super 6 Heatpipe Tower Cooler
• 12GB (3x4GB) Corsair Dominator, DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600), CAS 9
• One 1536MB EVGA GTX 580, 772Mhz GPU 512 Cores, 4008MHz GDDR5
• 1200W Corsair Professional Series Modular
• System Drive 6GB: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black, SATA 6Gb/s, 64MB Cache
• Storage Drive: 1.5TB Western Digital Caviar Green, 64MB Cache
• LG BH10LS30 - 10x Blu-Ray Writer & DVDRW
• Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional - PCI-E
• Netgear WN311B 300Mbps Wireless PCI Adapter with Desktop Cradle
• 120mm Akasa Apache Black Ultra Silent Fan
• Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit

Also, I notice that the GTX 580 has a Mini HDMI port. Might seem a silly question, but would the build come with a Mini HDMI to HDMI cable, or would that need to be ordered separately?

Cheers in advance,
Mike

[gary2112]

great system the only thing i would say .solid state hard drives make a big diffrence ...as for your other question they don,t come with a cable

[Mike_J_7]

Thanks Gary. I'll look into SSDs.

[Mossy]

Thank You gary2112

Indeed you advice is good a system of this standard would run faster with an SSD drive and would be a shame not to present it with one.

Great specification though I hope you will be able to use the power of this machine, if you have any questions please let me know I would help you with the order process.

Regards

[Mike_J_7]

So I've been doing some tweaking with the system configuration before I send the order to the checkout, and I have a couple of questions;

- Can the system be set up by SCAN to have the operating system installed on a solid state drive rather than a SATA, as the SATA options on the configuration page are labelled as system drives while the SSDs are not so labelled?

- Can I arrange for delivery on specific days/times as my work shifts are often subject to change without much notice?

Cheers

[Lee H]

Can the system be set up by SCAN to have the operating system installed on a solid state drive rather than a SATA, as the SATA options on the configuration page are labelled as system drives while the SSDs are not so labelled?

- Can I arrange for delivery on specific days/times as my work shifts are often subject to change without much notice?

With all the 3XS systems, when an SSD is selected the operating system is automatically installed onto the SSD to give the end user the best performance from the system.

In regards to the delivery of the system, once the system is collected by our system delivery service they will contact you to find out when the best time for the system to be delivered.

I hope this information helps.

Best Regards,

[Mike_J_7]

That helps a lot, thanks!

[Mike_J_7]

Well I got part of the way through the credit application and it turns out I need to head to the post office to get a form for a second form of ID. Order should hopefully be going through the day that arrives. Thanks for the assistance so far.