Just got everything yesterday. Now I have to find the time to throw it all together. Maybe this weekend.
Just got everything yesterday. Now I have to find the time to throw it all together. Maybe this weekend.
It's up and running. The build went fairly smoothly; the only casualty was the retention clip on the PCIe slot, which I broke trying to remove the massive video card in order to get to the SATA ports. Even without it, the card seems to be seated securely, so I'm not worried. I got Win7 installed with no problems, and the machine boots to desktop lightning fast. I'm going to fiddle with voltages and whatnot tonight, then I'll get some benchmark scores.
Do you prefer Win 7 to Win8? I can't stand the Win8 default interface, but with 8.1 and a few setting changes, was able to get rid of that.
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Windows 7 is a solid, mature operating system. I don't think the same can be said for Windows 8. It seems to me that Win8 is to Win7 what Vista is to XP: not worth the upgrade.
I actually think the improvements in Windows 8 are good, if you can get past the interface. I use 8.1 on my "main" non-gaming rig. I do still use 7 on my sim racing / gaming rig though. There are a ton of 3rd party 'solutions' to returning the start menu to the desktop - where I spend 99% of my time. The good news is that Windows 9 will be losing the 'charms', and the start menu will be coming back. Not enough of a reason to upgrade to 8 from 7 though (I did because I got 8 for $15 promo), but I wouldn't go out of my way to avoid having it either.
"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries." - Winston Churchill
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