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i7 920 @ 3.33gHz, X58-UD4P, 6GB OCZ Gold 1333mHz, 4890 @ 925mHz, WD Caviar Black 500 and 640 GB, PCP&C 750W, and a CM V8 all stuffed into a CM 690
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i7 920 @ 3.33gHz, X58-UD4P, 6GB OCZ Gold 1333mHz, 4890 @ 925mHz, WD Caviar Black 500 and 640 GB, PCP&C 750W, and a CM V8 all stuffed into a CM 690
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Hi guys!
Sorry it's been awhile, but I just thought I'd let you guys know I bought and put together everything. I ended up going with the CM V8 instead of the Mugen 2, and I have to say I never thought it would be so huge! Surprised it could fit in the case actually!
gkay09: I did get a good deal on the 850TX, <$100 I believe. 
I ran into a few problems, most of them newbie issues (wait, I have to connect stuff to the optical drive instead of just sliding it in? ), but my biggest issue was dropping the CPU on the motherboard pins. I bent two of them and spent about 30 minutes with a needle, a razor, and a magnify glass fixing it. My question though is how do I know if I did a good job? (1) My system is running currently and has been for awhile now, so does that mean I did okay bending them back? I don't want it to break 2 weeks down the road if possible. 
Sadly, I'm having driver problems with my wireless card here. I was unable to find Win7 drivers apparently, would Vista 64-bit work? (2) I found this site for newer drivers, but they didn't register either.
Also, I read about different programs you can use to stress test your CPU/GPU, what are some good programs to use for this? (3) I remember reading that stress-testing will help to break the CPU while it's still under RMA, but I just cannot recall the article name.
Thanks again for all the help guys, it's really made it a lot easier. And if this isn't an appropriate place for my new questions, I'll move it to wherever indicated.
EDIT: I found an article, it was Prime95 for CPU, Memtest for Memory, and ATItool or Rivatuner for GPU. Perhaps I should I have looked a lil better before coming in here to whine!
Message edited by AngieCC on 07-25-2009 at 06:15:01 AM
It looks like Microsoft has a driver available through Windows Update. Here's a few quotes from Newegg reviews:
"The Windows 7 64-bit RC did not come with the driver on the disc, but found it immediately as an "Important Update" when I connected via ethernet."
"Drivers weren't an issue and worked flawlessly on 32/64-bit versions of Windows XP, Windows Vista, and the Windows 7 B/RC."
"contrary to what everyone has said this does work with Vista 64 bit and Windows 7 64 bit.
http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/H [...] ndows.html
choose the driver for (RT256x/RT266x) before you install this into your computer and it will work fine."
"Works on Windows 7 x64 (let Windows install Ralink drivers--new driver released 6/9/2009)"
"CD in package didn't work properly, so I downloaded the 2.1 driver off the Edimax site and it works perfectly with Windows 7 (7077 build) 64bit."
You get the idea. It should work fine.
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Message edited by shortstuff_mt on 07-25-2009 at 06:58:03 AM
Message edited by shortstuff_mt on 07-25-2009 at 06:58:03 AM
| shortstuff_mt wrote : It looks like Microsoft has a driver available through Windows Update. Here's a few quotes from Newegg reviews:
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Thanks for the help! I ended up taking the ethernet cord out of my game system and plugged that in to update Windows 7, and I noticed that update. But thanks for the link, evidently I was downloading the wrong file.
Installing it now though, hopefully it works well!
That was greatastic, worked after 3 minutes and practically no hassle. Everything should be like that. 
Going to run Prime95 overnight and see how that runs, so that'll be good.
And I guess since my computer is running nicely now, that means I did a good job on rebending my motherboard pins. Once I decide on that, it'll be overclock time I suppose.
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