It's a Level 10 Limited Edition Titanium.

Total system cost [without proggies/OS, etc] is $7037 AUD.

The case alone was $1299....;)

BTW, I meant Thermaltake.  I have one of their cases but it didn't cost $1299, probably under US$200.  I don't know the exchange rate to make a proper price comparison.

The case was about US 1000 ...;)

Will you shut up about your $1300 case already. 

I may have developed a slightly greenish tinge of late, but I'm not fechen jealous.

Besides, when I get my Cosmos II it'll be betterer.

Taken just about all day.... trying too many shortcuts that weren't .... but I now have FSX up and running [it originally wouldn't activate] with all the aircraft on.  Hassle was/is that a lot of stuff is installed INTO FSX....much the same as what happens with other proggies into the OS.

AND there's a required sequence to follow....;p

So, 200gig of x-amount of years of 'fiddling' is back up and running happily.

Any other game/proggy is a doddle in comparison...but I have a few more of those to go.

Did a BIOS upgrade which may have helped booting ...though haven't yet bothered/needed to boot into the first OS/Drive again....yet.

Now 'skin/modding' wise... I do have Fences on .... not sure if I'll add the Dock yet... but needless to say I'll be adding WB ...;)

There was a mention in those forums of major board manufacturers including a fix for boot issues in the next round of firmware.  With a bit of luck you got it.

What, you haven't done that already?  After posting Malware/Spyware sentries, WB is the very next proggie to be installed... then IP; CursorFX; Fences; Winstep Xtreme and those Stardock proggies developed for Win 8. Once that is done and skins have been applied I then install Firefox and all my AV [audio/video] proggies... and so on.

Since I extricated my big beasty from storage I've been meaning to have a dabble with the Win 10 preview.  Thing is, I keep getting distracted in one way or another and just seem to lose direction on that one.  Maybe tomorrow after I've sorted out a few things, cos really, Win 10 may just be the OS that goes on my new machine when done, and I should probably get acquainted prior to its completion.

Almost have a full system up and running perfectly.

Interestingly...the WEI failure is due to it not recognizing/handling DDR4.  I even ran it on a VM....and that failed as well...so it's definitely hardware.

I've started the task of deleting many of the backups-of-backups that were done 'just in case' things got wobbly... and the real indicator of confidence will be the deletion of the original install drive that was the dissimilar image restore from the old machine.

Then to 're-skin' my Sysmetrix...so it can show 8 drives, not 6.... and see if I can 'export' some old settings for Object Dock...and Chrome.

There's still a bunch of games to reinstall...but they're a doddle compared to FSX....;)

Yes, new hardware can present problems for monitoring/system assessment tools... and being DDR4 is quite new, many of those tools would not have been updated as yet.  I don't know that MS will ever update WEI due it it being ditched with Win 8.1, with seemingly no intention of reintroducing it in later editions.  WEI isn't an issue for me as I run Win 8.1 on all my Windows machines, and probably Win 10 later in the year.  I do have an [non-interned connected] XP box set up for older games that don't like anything much after Vista, but XP was never WEI enabled anyway.

In other news, my M.2 drive and adapter should arrive today.  I just checked the tracking number and it was received at Startrack Brisbane yesterday and is onboard for delivery this morning., which is really good, having come from Melbourne.  Items coming from my regular supplier can take 2 days once the order is processed and lodged with a local courier, and it only has to come about 30km up the Ipswich motorway.  I blame the couriers for that though.... parcels can sit up to a day in their depot awaiting loading to a delivery truck. 

Oh well, so long as it arrives.... and not too fechen late. 

Anyway, I'm getting ads on every WC page while signed in, so I need to sign out and back in again after clearing my cookies to see if I can resolve it.  I do use Adblock Pro but it and others blockers are disabled for Stardock and WC, so I don't believe those are responsible... though stranger things have happened.  Like Bichur and his throbber.   Ah, the good lold days, when WC was absolutely brimming with [now sadly departed] characters who helped make the forums a lively and interesting place to visit.

Well I did that...  still getting ads.  GRRRR!!!  

So it's back to investigating the reason cos I hate fechen ads.

Ram City is in Queensland ....;)

Okay, then, it's true what they say.  You learn something new every day..

Oh well, my quota is filled for the next 24 hours.

On another note, I've not been able to get rid of the fechen ads any other way so I've enabled AdBlockPro for now.  It messes with the front page and I can't see the skin pics, not that it's a problem. If I want to check out skins I can simply go the the galleries... and the inconvenience is worth it for not having to see damned blasted ads.

Anyway, my package will be here shortly and 'll have a new toy to play with.

Well it's here... has been for around 4 hours, but I've not gotten around to installing it yet because  Shaunna and Bianca are off to Tassie tomorrow and I've been copying pics and video over to Bianca's laptop to show friends and rellies. 

So yeah, what a mongrel of a job installing the M.2 on the PCIe adapter.  I tried umpteen ways to use the screw and keeper provided, but no way was i going to fasten down the M.2.  Sure, the screw is long enough without the M,2 in place, but not when it is..  Fortunately I keep a variety of screws for computer work and I had what was really required.  Still, I won't be cracking open the beastie tonight to install the new tech.  It's only 6.05pm, but I've had a long busy day and I'll be heading off to bed for an early night in the next hour or so.

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CrystalDiskMark 3.0.3 Shizuku Edition x64 (C) 2007-2013 hiyohiyo
                           Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 byte/s [SATA/300 = 300,000,000 byte/s]

           Sequential Read :   968.661 MB/s
          Sequential Write :   899.165 MB/s
         Random Read 512KB :   657.540 MB/s
        Random Write 512KB :   827.227 MB/s
    Random Read 4KB (QD=1) :    34.918 MB/s [  8524.8 IOPS]
   Random Write 4KB (QD=1) :   105.197 MB/s [ 25683.0 IOPS]
   Random Read 4KB (QD=32) :   199.841 MB/s [ 48789.4 IOPS]
  Random Write 4KB (QD=32) :   146.707 MB/s [ 35817.2 IOPS]

  Test : 1000 MB [C: 50.6% (99.1/195.8 GB)] (x5)
  Date : 2015/01/08 9:05:50
    OS : Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 [6.1 Build 7601] (x64)
 

Test data on my M.2 ...;)

Show off!

I don't know that I'll see quite those speeds via the PCIe mounting, though there will be a significant improvement over the SATA mounted drives... that's when I get the OS installed.  The M.2 is in the case and has been recognised by the BIOS and current OS, so it's ready to go, it just that thus far I've not been having a good day with vertigo and nausea.  Hopefully the meds 'll kick in soon and I can go about my day feeling a little more productive.

I should have a relatively better time of it than you with regard to cloning over my OS, given that it's essentially the same machine, just different hardware to house the OS.  In the past I've been able to clone the OS to another drive without having to reactivate Windows, not that I've done it with an M.2 before, but the 'dissimilar hardware' option is available should it be required.

On a different note, I saw on the news last night that Melbourne had a massive storm and quite alot of damage was done to property.  Hopefully all is right with you and yours.... like you still have an intact roof, etc, and your new beastie [and other stuff] isn't exposed to the elements.

Al's well here....just got back from watching Jackson's latest self-indulgence....still, an enjoyable series all the same...;)

That's good to know... looking at the news footage it was quite a performance Mother Nature put on there, what with trees down everywhere and numerous buildings without rooves... power lines down and outages across the city.  I went through on similar back in the mid-80s when I lived on the Northside of Brisbane.  Now that was one scary storm, not that I could show any fear.  I had to put on a brave front for my kids and stay calm so they didn't get too scared and panic.

As for.....

 I have absolutely no idea what that refers to... could be a sporting event for all I know, but I haven't watched any sport since the Gabba test so it's all mystery to me.  I'm sure you will enlighten me, however.

Jackson....Director of LOTR and the Hobbit...;)

Machine's mostly behaving....WEI won't work due to DDR4...too new/fast/good .... sometimes when rebooting it gets to the loading screen but without the twirling logo...IT Crowd's solution fixes it....'turn it off and turn it on again'...and 'start windows normally'. - that's gotta be a BIOS fix that'll turn up eventually...but not important once all is installed and running anyway...;)

The M.2 drive partitions need to be backed up [imaged] in case of memory loss - but I run a UPS that gives me a clean shutdown so I should be fine.

Terry's happy too...has her Galaxy Note Pro .... [slightly more portable than my lump]...;)

Ah, should've guessed.  And here I was thinking something sports related.  So glad the GAYFL wasn't involved.

As for Jackson's latest, I will wait until I can get it on BluRay as I'm not fussed on going to cinemas these days.  I have the LOTR trilogy and the first 2 hobbit movies, so I may as well complete the collection.

Yes, I am sure there will be BIOS fixes for the niggly little things regarding boot and etc.  But niggling things are what we get for living on the bleeding edge when it comes to PC tech... some stuff needs a bit of tweaking to get things working properly.  As for backing up the M.2 partitions, that's always a good idea whether you have UPS or not.  Drives can fail/become corrupted for any number of reasons, so I have at least two backups of my OS drive... one is just the clean install with all required drivers and no clutter, in the event I want to go back that far, and the other is an incremantal backup with all my programs to save having to go through all that crap again.

I don't know much about the newer versions but my sister had an earlier model and was pleased with it, but like me, she wanted to go 'all' Windows 8 to sync all her devices and handed the Galaxy down to my niece. 

As for your "lump", maybe you should see somebody about that.

With 8TBs in 6 physical and 2 extra partitions I have 'several' backup options in place, as well as a separate 2TB drive in a fire-proof safe....;)

Terry's Tab is the 12.2" Note Pro ...big enough for even her to see....and clear as a bell running quite high res.... and thankfully NOT win8.

That said, I'll most likely be switching my lump to Win10 once that's mostly bug-free. [and released].

In one of those Benchmarking sites my machine is referred to as a 'Battleship' which sounds more positive than one test's 'tree stump'...;)

I have a 3Tb external with several backup images, some even of OSes I no longer have installed, though I might get rid of some of those when next I hook it up to create another of an existing drive/OS.

My tablet is 13.6" cos I'm an old fart with failing eyesight... well it's not as good as it used to be.  Thankfully it IS Windows 8.1 PRO, and not that IOS or Android crap.  And yes, I've had a dabble on both and simply liked neither.  In fact, mine's not merely a tablet.  It comes with a detatchable keyboard and is used as a laptop with a full OS when connected, or as a tablet with a full OS when not.  I have the best of both worlds

I will likely do the same once it is released., but for now I am more than happy with Win 8.1.  It behaves for me exactly like Win 7 only faster, and I never see Metro, that deadly UI everyone hates, unless I call it up.  True, Win 8's flat GUI leaves alot to be desired, but then so has every other Windows OS, so it's no different to me dressing up Win 7 to make it more palatable.... except that it is a superior OS under the hood.

'Tree stump' my arse.  That's a fechen insult and should be dealt with accordingly.  Is there a forum attached to this site?  If so, I'd go there if I were you and let them have it in no uncertain terms.  I mean, what mongrels to say such a thing.

'tree stump' wasn't my machine...that site had me as 'battleship' ...;)

Once I have 7 the way I like it I'll dump my old HD of the 'transferred' 7 OS and put 10 on it as dual boot...it's an SSD so won't be too dissimilar to the M.2's 7.

I tend to keep away from 8 on principle....the principle that MS shot themselves in the foot and all their users were simply collateral ....;p

Well that's orright, then.  And battleship is sort of okay, but frankly I'd add Gakaxy Class to the front of it.  Hmmm, that sounds more impressive, befitting of its status as a high-end rig.  As for 'tree stump', well that'd have to be one heck of a poor machine to rate that insult.  It'd be akin to calling a Ferrari a glorified roller skate if it weren't accurate.

I stay away from hookers on principle... the principle being I can't afford one.. and if they got it for nothing, then why should I pay for a bit of a loan.

I do agree that MS probably rushed Win 8 out of the blocks too quickly, UI-wise - Metro ISN'T for the desktop PC - but beneath that it is an excellent OS with great stability, safety and performance.  Why somebody wouldn't want that, well it beats me, but each to his/her own, as they say.

My OSs were from TechNet...so I have several for 7 Ult, Pro, etc, but only one for 8 ...and that's on my laptop.

 8 certainly isn't worth forking out coin for...not with 10 just around the corner...makes far more sense to hang out for an OS that's done 'right' ...;)

Addmittedly, Win 8 wasn't the greatest when first released, but the arrival of 8.1 certainly made a difference and now it is a solid OS.  Having said that, I would not recommend purchasing a copy this far out from the release of Win 10.  I do find it strange, though, given MS wanted to promote Win 8 and have it running on more machines, that Technet included just one Win 8 license.

As for MS doing Win 10 right, I am expecting good things from it.  Just little snippets of information I've read along the way suggest that 10 will be something rather special, possibly MS' best OS to date.  Well I certainly hope so.

Oh, and so much for the desktop PC being on its last legs and being replaced by tablets.  According to figures from companies like Intel, Nvidia and AMD, not to mention ASUS, Gigabyte and MSI, etc, the number of desktop PC builders is increasing.  Sure I like my tablet and phone, but neither will ever replace my trusty old desktop PCs... or the new one.

Speaking of my big beastie, I still haven't migrated the OS over to the M.2 drive as yet.  Yesterday was one distraction after another, with real life placing its demands on my time and attention, and the day before plagued by vertigo and nausea.  Today is better thus far [touch wood] and I hope to achieve it this afternoon.

TechNet changed and has become a little too pricey to continue subscription...so I'd only added one key for 8 prior.  I think I would have had 4 otherwise....2 Pro...2 standard.

Curiously...when I imaged the old OS across to the new machine I activated it with the original 7 key....and now have ir running activated on both machines...same key.

Even a new install as it is now and that's still the case.  It seems the TechNet keys are not restricted to the one install.

On a side note...I installed the dev preview of 8 into a VM [not activated as in theory it's expired] and it's running...and its WEI in the VM comes in at 4.something....[graphics limit].  7 still cannot handle DDR4 ... but you never know...there might be a fix one day...;)

F1 2010 runs like a dream [everything maxed]....it's like actually being there.  Now if they'd only modelled the Officials properly I'd see myself in it...;)