Hi Everyone,Well, I just purchased the I7-975 CPU. I found a site that released the chip early. Paid $1202.44 that includes overnight shipping.Looks like I'll be building my new machine over the weekend. :( S W E E T :(

Hi Everyone,Well, I just purchased the I7-975 CPU. I found a site that released the chip early. Paid $1202.44 that includes overnight shipping.Looks like I'll be building my new machine over the weekend. :( S W E E T :(

WOW :( That's gonna be awesome - please keep us up to date on your build / FS Results / oc speeds / etc etc etc... :-)I found I can set my 920 multiplier to 21 in the BIOS (thought it was supposed to be locked to 20)!! So currently on 3.8Ghz at 21 x 181. (Speedstep and Turbo modes all disabled)...

Please tell me if you actually get it!I too see a lot of sites on Google Shopping with indications that it is in stock.

Hi,Well, I paid for rush processing and overnight delivery. I should have it tomorrow or Friday the latest.I'll let you know, the place where I purchased now shows them on backorder, good thing I ordered when I did.

Please tell me if you actually get it!I too see a lot of sites on Google Shopping with indications that it is in stock.

Mike,I have been watching your old post for a while hoping to hear about such an ANNOUNCEMENT. I will be getting a new system, including the i7-975 from my local dealer MWAVE as soon as they possibly have it.Please keep us post with your exciting progress, and thanks in advance for ALL future postings.Abe

Hi Abe,I'll get some info online as soon as I start building / testing.

Mike,I have been watching your old post for a while hoping to hear about such an ANNOUNCEMENT. I will be getting a new system, including the i7-975 from my local dealer MWAVE as soon as they possibly have it.Please keep us post with your exciting progress, and thanks in advance for ALL future postings.Abe

I am simply very jealous. :( I will have to live with my 965 until the next generation Intel Gulftown comes along somewhere in 2010. :(

Hi,WoW, it just arrived via FedEx, now that was fast. Unfortunately, I won't be able to do anything until the weekend, don't have any free time right now.The main thing is, its in my possession.

Just a FYID0 stepping processors do not need high QPI/DRAM and they typically run 4GHz on lower Vcore tooQPI/DRAM for high performance memory is fine at 1.35v and many are finding CPU Voltage running 1.32 for 4GHz now.. YMMV but do keep that in mind... all other settings are exactly the same

hi Mike,that's good to hear. when you get the new sys. going and you have time, let me know how FSX is running for ya.happy flyin, Tim

Hi,WoW, it just arrived via FedEx, now that was fast. Unfortunately, I won't be able to do anything until the weekend, don't have any free time right now.The main thing is, its in my possession.

You actually got a genuine Core i7 975 before release day? You are so lucky!

Hi,Yep, I'm very lucky. I decided to purchase two new hard drives. I just order two Veloci Raptor 300 GB, SATA 10,000 RPM drives.Looks like the configuration will be as follows.1. Windows 7 on one drive by itself (SATA 10,000 RPM 150 Gig drive)2. FS9/2004 + addons on a drive by itself (SATA 10,000 RPM 300 Gig drive)3. FSX + addons on a drive by itself (SATA 10,000 RPM 300 Gig drive)4. SSM2007 on a drive by itself (SATA 10,000 RPM 150 Gig drive)5. Other programs and storage (SATA 7,200 RPM 74 Gig drive)Unless Windows 7 should be on the SATA 7,200 RPM 74 Gig drive and I place my Other programs and storage on the SATA 10,000 RPM 150 Gig drive.Will I see any benefit by placing Windows 7 on the 10,000 RPM drive as oppose to the 7,200 RPM drive?.Thanks

Have you considered a dual-boot system? I have tried FS9 under Windows 7 and while it worked I experienced some stuttering.I since use Vista 32 bit for FS9 as I've found it to work best. I have Win7 on another partition to play around with. I accually use Win7 for all non-FS activities without a glitch so far.This way I can really tweak down Vista to the bare essentials just to run FS9.I would use the 10.000 rpm drive for the OS as it's always nice to have it load fast.

Hi,I'll be using a 64 bit operating system so I'm going to see how Win 7 handles both sims.

Have you considered a dual-boot system? I have tried FS9 under Windows 7 and while it worked I experienced some stuttering.I since use Vista 32 bit for FS9 as I've found it to work best. I have Win7 on another partition to play around with. I accually use Win7 for all non-FS activities without a glitch so far.This way I can really tweak down Vista to the bare essentials just to run FS9.I would use the 10.000 rpm drive for the OS as it's always nice to have it load fast.

Hi,Well, looks like I'll need power cable extenders if I want to run these cables behind the box between the cover and M/B base.