To be fair, I'm on the waiting list for an HD 5870 (see series of neurotic posts elsewhere).

They've said since November 3rd that the ETA here is 11/25/09. I'm wondering what the odds of that are....

Yes, I've emailed them. To their credit, they always get back to me within 24 hours and I'm sure I'm a bit of a pain in the hindquarters.

d.

Good luck to you, dude. I ordered my new one today. Considered Cyberpower but decided to go with Digital Storm. Like you I can't wait to get my hands on it.

My cyberpower system has shipped and will be here Friday. It has the 5870 that you are waiting for.

Did you use the cyberpower coupon site ? It saved me an additional $83 on the system I had customized.

thanks guys - heard Digital Storm is a great outfit!

OldGrognard wish I'd known about the coupon site. Oh well...

I was curious, since you said there was a slight delay on your computer shipping due to the wait for an HD5870 ----7 days--- I'm jeolous! Anyway, wondered if they gave you a date.

I'm on the wait list with an ETA of 11/25/09, although I'm told it may come in sooner. Hope so!

d.

My original shipping date was Nov 6 but it was slipped to the 16th. It has been shipped and the UPS shipping track shows delivery Friday the 20th.

I got a pretty good system . I started with the Fang series Viper.

Coolmaster Storm Sniper mid tower (appropriate since I did some time as a sniper in the US Army)
800 watt power supply
i7-920 with minimum 10% overcocking
Asetek LCLC 240 Liquid Cooling system w/ 240MM Radiator and Dual Fans (Extreme Overclocking Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA)
Asus P6T Intel X58 Chipset SLI/CrossFireX Mainboard Triple-Channel DDR3/1600 SATA RAID w/ eSATA,GbLAN,USB2.0,IEEE1394a,&7.1Audio (3-Way SLI Support)(Venom Boost Extreme OC Certified)
6 GB Corsair Dominator RAM(All Venom OC Levels Certified)
ATI Radeon HD 5870 PCI-E 16X 1GB DDR5 Video Card
128 GB Kingston 2.5 inch SATA Gaming MLC Solid State Disk (Nearly Instant Data Access Technology)
Two 22X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Dual Layer Drives
NZXT Sentry-2 Fan Touch Screen Fan Control & Temperature Display
All-in-One External USB 2.0 Card Reader
Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium (64-bit Edition)
Not worth listing all the USB, Firewire, Lan,mouse, keyboard, etc stuff


Total $1,829 incl ship (that is with the $83.90 coupon discount)

Editted to clean up things, I am a slow and inaccurate typist since I am two fingers and thumbs.

Nice system, OldGrognard! I considered the Sniper case but preferred the cool handle on the Scout instead of that knob atop the Sniper. I don't know why but that knob bothered the hell out of me.

dashavingo, how did you configure your system ?

I am interested to see the difference in the SSD drive rather than the mechaical hard drive. RSC colonel gave some very interesting info on his experiences with his SSD. I have high hopes.

I am also curious to see how mine overclocked. They guarantee a minimum of 10% and mine should be higher with the 240 mm liquid cooling. I went with all the Overclocking components in my configuration.

Hope this makes sense guys---- before I cut and paste (hope it's clear--- it's the email summary from CyberpowerPC). Anyway, I didn't go with the SSD as I figure they're likely to get better/cheaper over the next few months--- they seem to be with on that track. So I plan to add one down the road on my own dime/installation.

Anyway, here's the specs gents (yes, I know):

ID-INFO 206031 BLKPEARLZ 1
MODEL1 C SERIES 1
ULTRA-PACKAGING ULTRA ENHANCED PACKAGING SOLUTION 1
BT-101-101 USB BLUETOOTH ADAPTER 1
SW-141-132 HALO 2 FOR WINDOWS VISTA LICENSE 1
SW-141-133 HALO 2 FOR WINDOWS VISTA MEDIA 1
KB-151-101 RAZER LYCOSA BLACK USB GAMING KB 1
MO-110-106 RAZER SALMOSA BLACK MOUSE 1
CU-OVERCLOCK-2 EXTREME OVERCLOCK (20% MORE) 1
ULTRA-COMPOUND COOLERMASTER THERMAL FUSION 400 CPU COMPOUND 1
CU-197-105 OEM INTEL i7-960 3.2GHZ 8M LGA 1366 1
HD-204-201 WESTERN DIGITAL VELOCI RAPTOR 300GB 10K RPM HD 2
HD-403-108 1TB SATA II 3.0 GB 7200RPM HD 1
RM-317-702 CORSAIR 2GB 1800 MHZ DDR3 DMNT 6
FA-117-101 BLACK LOGISYS 5.25' FULL COLOR THERMAL FAN CONTROL 1
FA-104-201 ENERMAX UC-12EB 120MM BLACK CASE FAN 2
FA-108-201 INTEL BRAND LGA 1366 CPU FAN 1
CABLE-PROWIRE PROFESSIONAL CABLE WIRING 1
CD-135-106 LITEON IHOS 104 4X BLU-RAY PLAYER 1
CD-128-101 BLACK LITE-ON 24X DVDRW 1
CS-180-115 SILVERSTONE RV01B-W FULL TOWER W/WINDOW BLACK NO POWER 1
FD-ASS-107 BLACK 3.5 MOUNTING KIT 1
NL-102-102 BLUE COLD CATHOD LIGHT 12 1
MR-104-101 12-IN-ONE INTERNAL CARD READER 1
RAID-0 RAID-0 STRIPING 1
VC-191-101 ATI HD 5870 PCI-E 16X 1 GB DDR5 1 11/25/2009 81
VC-191-101 ATI HD 5870 PCI-E 16X 1 GB DDR5 1 11/25/2009 81
PS-118-102 THERMALTAKE TOUGH POWER 1200WATT 1
RUSH RUSH ORDER FEE (5 BUS. DAYS) 1
MISC ONBOARD 7.1 SOUND 1
SERVICE-202 POWER SUPPLY GASKET 1
SERVICE-104 ANTI-VIBRATION FAN MOUNTS 1
MB-340-105 ASUS P6T X58 SLI/CROSSFIRE TRIPLE CHANNEL DDR3 1
SW-170-105 WINDOWS 7 PROFESSIONAL LICENSE 1
SW-170-106 WINDOWS 7 PROFESSIONAL COA 1
SW-170-107 WINDOWS 7 PROFESSIONAL 64-BIT 1
BOX1 SYSTEM BOX AND FOAM 1
SHIP UPS 2 Day 1
FA-WATER-101 ASETEK 120MM WATERCOOLER 1
FA-104-116 CASE FAN 120 MMM 1


NOTE ============================================================


11/03/09: RUSH ORDER
11/04/09: CHANGE FA-WATER-101 & FA-104-116 <$66> & ADD RM-317-702 (3) FOR $361
11/04/09: CHECK STATUS / BACK ORDER VC-191-101 ETA 11/25/09
11/04/09: CUSTOMER WANTED WAIT FOR VC-191-101 ETA 11/25/09

Again - it's a jumble! Yes, I know SLI (two HD 5870) is probably more trouble than it's worth, but this is my dream system (finally can afford one) and always thought I'd get SLI/Crossfire on the same.

Hey OLDGROGNARD, did you get physical copies of the motherboard and other assorted manuals? Or did they direct you to PDF's (now that's an annoying recent trend!).

d.

I see you went with the extreme overclocking option. But I don't see where you went with other overclocking components like motherboard and RAM.

I will let you know about manuals and such when it gets in Friday.