Makes sense... Win7, of course, has the Vista look and feel. However, something about it feels snappy. The experience was quite pleasing compared to Vista, but maybe that's because I was already used to Vista. If I had a choice, XP SP3 if it supported 64-bit extensions.
I finished the desktop build (minus HD 5850), grabbed a spare graphics card, installed Win7 OEM, and ran some initial tests. BSoD when installer loaded indicating "memory_management" STOP message, so first hunch was DDR3. I managed to get Win7 to install on the Intel SSD, and I quickly started running memory tests. After amost 2 hours of testing, at least one of the sticks are faulty. Just my luck... 1 of 4 DDR3 sticks.
Other than that, I have good initial impressions with the i5 750 and MSI uATX P55 board. The Scythe Ninja Mini is NOT so "mini." I need to shave 1-2mm to provide some clearance with my HTPC case (Origen S14v). I had to resort to a pull setup with the CPU fan. Speaking of which, the Gelid PWM 92mm fan is "buzzy" at full blast, so I set it to under 50% duty. The RaptorX is the only thing that's making noise... SSD in the future. Overall, this HTPC is so much more quiet than my last build.
I should get the Win7 upgrade media tomorrow for the Lenovo laptop and SSD installation this weekend. Let's see how that one goes...
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