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!

Good luck, Cap'n!

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

guess you could call it a stripped stark error.

harpo

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.

I just traded in my Xbox 360 and preordered a Nexus 7.  I feel dirty.  

Not just dirty, you should feel downright disgusting filthy dirty... not that I know what Nexus 7 is, but owning an X-Box 360 is more than enough.

Yeah owning hardware I never use while wanting stuff I would is awesome. It's like...

like...

umm, something.

I also did not know what a nexus 7 is/was, turns out it is one of those phones for dummies that are smarter than the users ie the phone uses the person, NOT the way I prefer ie person uses phone.

harpo

He most likely ment the new Nexus 7 (mini-)tablet

I see that they made it large enough for idiots to FIND when they put it down.

like  starkers new case

harpo

Yeah, do you even know what a tablet is?

It's a computer.

Not a phone.

Get a clue.

tablets are made by medicine companies eg aspirin tablets, panadol tablets, antibiotic tablets etc...

computers consist of a computer BOX that has one or more storage devices( eg hdd, odd, tape drive, floppy drive), a keyboard, usually a screen, possibly a mouse and other external peripherals. it does NOT have the keyboard or storage devices

phones have either a separate handset or integrated handset.

and the real killer of your claim is the websites that had it listed it as a PHONE!!!!

these are the clues for you to see what I KNOW. now grow another brain cell so the one you have will not be lonely.

harpo

No keyboard? Really?

No storage devices?
Just because 'it' doesn't spin up and makes grinding noises when active doesn't mean it hasn't got any storage.

Think outside the 'box'.... What we, 'the elders', see as a computer isn't necessarily the definition of a computer.
Things 'evolve', you know.

10-15 years ago anyone our ages would have said the same about mobile phones... 'That's not a phone. It doesn't have a cord or a dial'