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It's been on pre-order status for a long time. Overclockers have this CPU in stock all the time. I'm thinking of buying from them... but they only have max 8GB RAM 3200MHz to offer.

Case COOLERMASTER COSMOS 2 ULTRA TOWER Processor (CPU) Intel® Xeon® 14-Core E5-2697v3 (2.6 GHz, 9.60 GT/s, 35M L3 Cache) Motherboard ASUS® X99-E WS: SOCKET 2011-V3, DDR4, USB 3.0, SATA 6 GB/s Memory (RAM) 64GB KINGSTON HYPER-X PREDATOR QUAD-DDR4 3000MHz X.M.P (8 x 8GB) Graphics Card...

I'm thinking of either a FX8370 with H100i, or a FX9590 with H100i using quiet fans. I'm having trouble deciding. I want that extra processing power but I also want the quieter fans, and also want the lower power consumption so less electricity bills. It's so hard to decide. I'll be using...

I don't see any button to switch it on. Device manager shows a green tick next to the mic device but when I try testing out the mic it's not recognising sounds even when my volume is slided all the way up. The inbuilt mic is that hole above the touchpad isn't it? EDIT: Just got it working. In...

Arrived on Monday. Today I had the time to go checking it out and to my horror, there's no empty slot to add an extra hard drive! Previously when I selected 8GB RAM, 500GB 7200rpm HDD, i7 2720 the laptop did have an empty slot to add a hard drive. I sent it back for rma and bought it again with...

Just received notification my order's changed from i7 2720 to i7 2760... The base speed of 2760 is 2.40GHz but does it have turbo boost? Looks like it's a slower processor if it doesn't have turbo boost. :taz:

Shouldn't all i7 quad cores support 16GB RAM?

Just received my refund for Vortex II with 6970m! Strange I wasn't notified about it. Time to buy it again, this time with the 6990m! What does everyone think of these specs?! Vortex II: 17.3" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-2720QM...

Sent on the 17th and it still hasn't been looked at. I sent it back for a refund so I can buy the laptop again with better specs. Only takes a minute or two to unbox, another couple of minutes to look at the components are brand new and working, maybe another two minutes switching on laptop to...

Haven't switched it on but on the outside it looked really nice. But upon carefully unscrewing the bottom to see the inside it's not looking terribly good so far. Some scratches, what looks like sand paper used on metal, and a bit of smudge marks. I haven't checked if anything's broken yet and...

Vortex II cooler needed Now that my Vortex II 17.3inch lappy is on its way I'm searching for a decent laptop cooler. My ideal cooler is something with both active and passive cooling ability so I can rely on passive cooling normally and switch on fans when gaming. Haven't found anything like...

Vortex II: 17.3" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-2720QM (2.20GHz) 6MB Cache 8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 4GB) Graphics Card 2GB AMD® Radeon® HD 6970 - DirectX® 11 (17.3" Vortex II) 500GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD5000BPKT...