Birthday pressie.....Sally LOVES me.

[dragonV8]

What can i say............i'm still speechless. :D

Grinning like a cheshire cat. A box arrived today. She said open it. Could not believe my eyes. Talk about being spoilt. :D

This is what came in the box.

[dragonV8]

Couple more close ups. :D

[dragonV8]

Since i'm not into gaming as such, this card will be more than sufficient, i'm sure. PSU is 500W. :thumbsup:

Also got a UV light and UV round cables. The new "Pride of the Fl33t" :D

[TheLostSwede]

Man, you are in for some cool action there. Enjoy!

[Crypto]

How are you going to get that bunch of goodies up to the mine site?

Methinks Sally will be playing with your toys whilst you are away. :D :D

Great team, Sally and Jon :thumbsup:

Cheers

Crypto :D

[bothered]

Spoilt rotten you Aussies. Sun, Sand, Parrots overhead, Prawns on the barbe, Top class folding teams and now this. Spoilt rotten.

[Mt_Goat]

Wow! What a great present. That's very simmilar to what I'm paying big bucks for and I know you will enjoy it. Sorry to run so fast. But I need to thow this thread to my wife. ;)

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[KingFish]

Whoa! Very impressive. You surely have a keeper of a wife.

[TheLostSwede]

Yay!

As i said, i have that DFI in the mail. i contacted one of the local stores here to see if they had a pair of 6600GT's. They kinda had...one was without the box etc, but the other is completely retail. They said i could buy one of the cards and borrow the other! On top of that, they'll open a Asus SLI box to give me the bridge as well!
Man, having good and close relations with the local shops really pays off sometimes!

[Clutch]

Wow, she loves you a whole lot. Now get it all together and get some more pics :)

[KingFish]

Now THAT is a reason to marry an aussie :D

[shwaip]

Now THAT is a reason to marry an aussie :D

hell, I'd marry dragon just for the RAM :p


(ohyes, the double entendre)

[csimon]

does she have a sister? ;D
congrats dragon!

[dragonV8]

Shwaip, i'm flattered even if it's only the ram you want, hehehe. ;D

Chris, yes, Sally has a sister. You want her, you can have her.
You know the phrase: "If you can't say anything nice you should not say anything at all" ..........well............i'll not say anything about lynette. :D

Ok guys. Worked all night and got it all together. Took my time about it as i really only wanted to do it once. Looking good. I'll get some pics a bit later. Sally is setting it up now. She did boot up first time. :)

XP pro has been loaded, drivers going on now. Had a hiccup trying to put the OS on. Dfi-Street has posts with the same problem so was easy to sort.

No doubt there will be a thread started in overclocking in the near future as a few people will have the same type board/ram. Should be an interesting time ahead. Don't know if we will be able to have a go as i have to fly back to work on tuesday. :(
Knowing Sally, she'll not be able to help herself and have a go anyway. :D

[TBonZ]

Sweeeeeet! :thumbsup:

[Mt_Goat]

Yay!

As i said, i have that DFI in the mail. i contacted one of the local stores here to see if they had a pair of 6600GT's. They kinda had...one was without the box etc, but the other is completely retail. They said i could buy one of the cards and borrow the other! On top of that, they'll open a Asus SLI box to give me the bridge as well!
Man, having good and close relations with the local shops really pays off sometimes!
Mack

I don't think an Asus bridge would work as the spacing is different (DFI has 1 slot between and Asus has 2 slots between) and a bridge is rigid. You may want to check on an MSI bridge as it has a similar spacing to the DFI. I just got my DFI board and already have the ram and CPU. So all I need is a vid card, which I will likely pick up today when I go to town for my 2 74GB Raptors which are on sale. :)

[TheLostSwede]

larry, i agree. It shouldn't work. The bridge is a bit longer but i bended the cards a little so it fits. Looks fugly as hell. The cards look like a V if you look at the rig from behind. Wouldn't fit in a case this way though but i have a proper bridge on its way.

Whats the price on those raptors?

[dragonV8]

A few pics of the finished product. :D

[dragonV8]

And another 2. :)

[dragonV8]

Just 2 more, cause i'm happy. :D

[KingFish]

Very nice :thumbsup:

[Hawk]

Wowser dragon! Great B-day presents for sure. I had to call my wife in and show her what you got for your B-day. hint,hint. Hehehe, Very nice. And they look good in the case too.

[Shorty]

That is a SERIOUSLY nice rig :eek:

Congrats mate, badass pressies :cool:

[Mt_Goat]

Whats the price on those raptors?
They were $189.00 plus a $40.00 rebate. They were out and no rainchecks. :bawling: