Vista, eventually. XP for now. I am still not done with this thing yet, it's still in 'tinker phase'. The water cooling is not connected yet, I still have the undersized, screaming cheapo AMD HSF attached to the processor, and I need to get waterblocks for the CPU and both GPUs/RAM. I was disappointed to see that AMD changed their packaged heatsinks on the X2s from this really nice, four heatpipe copper beauty (usually used on Opterons) to this tickey-tacky aluminum thing. Granted, the CPU does not get very warm even under load even with this HSF strapped in, but it keeps cool with the surprisingly sensitive temp controlled fan that is not afraid the race that little 70mm fan for all it's worth. The eVGA 7800GTX KO video cards are the real case heaters, despite their big cooling setups.
I signed up for the Vista beta testing, but with all that has happened to me this year, I did not get far with it. No time to try it out, when I did, the PC was acting up, so I got frustrated and canned the whole idea. I need to upgrade my server too, since it's about 7 years old now. I think a pair of dually Opterons would replace the pair of PII-300s that have been running nonstop for all those years.
Vista Vista Vista. You know, I'm just not ready for it yet. Yeah, it works, but just getting signed drivers to make all the hardware work halfway decently is a PITA.
So yeah, you're right: wait. Unless you're a fan of relearning lots of shortcuts and where things live and annoying UAC popups. Oh, and did I mention IE7? Vista just might make Firefox's popularity zoom off the chart...
Why do you need a monster computer? Are you a serious gamer who needs the very best in order to render game environments? (That used to be the only reason I would beef up my PC, but my serious gaming days are in the past, unfortunately.)
WHY? WHY!? You never ask a geek why! Because it's there! But actually I would love to test drive it with a large Pro/E file! Makes me stiff just thinking about it! You are going to have watercooling? Do you plan to overclock it? best regards, pete
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Date: 2006-10-07 04:17 am (UTC)I signed up for the Vista beta testing, but with all that has happened to me this year, I did not get far with it. No time to try it out, when I did, the PC was acting up, so I got frustrated and canned the whole idea. I need to upgrade my server too, since it's about 7 years old now. I think a pair of dually Opterons would replace the pair of PII-300s that have been running nonstop for all those years.
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Date: 2006-10-07 05:27 am (UTC)So yeah, you're right: wait. Unless you're a fan of relearning lots of shortcuts and where things live and annoying UAC popups. Oh, and did I mention IE7? Vista just might make Firefox's popularity zoom off the chart...
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Date: 2006-10-07 07:38 pm (UTC)You never ask a geek why!
Because it's there!
But actually I would love to test drive it with a large Pro/E file! Makes me stiff just thinking about it! You are going to have watercooling? Do you plan to overclock it?
best regards,
pete
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Date: 2006-10-07 07:55 pm (UTC)