Well we'll see what they say but I've read others at NCIX complain about not getting the heavy duty box but they didn't order more than a couple parts. I've seen the box a user posted over there and I thought they'd certainly use that behemoth since I ordered a complete system, monitor, case, components. Giving me back the 5.99 for the box or the 5 bucks for the shipping I'd gladly turn down if they'd send me a CPU with EO stepping that wasn't a victim of a slap shot.
But alas that will not happen as I just got an e-mail back regarding the CPU and crunched box. "I can seen in the picture that the damage is to the package only.The CPU is intact.You can go ahead to install and test it. If you have any further problem during the testing, please don't hesitate to contact us." Thanks Fei your a peach! I wanted a EO stepping ffs..haha ohh well
But enough griping, it's drizzling outside now so I put on hold my Case for the time being as striping down the CM 690 is kind of..well...boring
I really want to take a look at the parts and one in peticular which hasn't gotten much face time with the press was the Palit Radeon HD 4850 with it's new HS fan. So heres some picts.
Short and sweet
Chunky around the waist definately not a single slot jobby
Measured only 3mm gap between ram and HS, no easymode ramsinks addon
End of the card, more bare ram, VRM (I think) and powah.
Well I feel like I'm abusing HWC image upload feature so I'll take a break for awhile and throw a couple more shots up when I have the rig up and running. BTW the bondo is to cover the Power and reset button on the side of the case as I plan on moving those to the top of the CM690 as I've seen in a worklog posted here and I thought that was a terrific idea so sorry I'm not all that original but do take requests haha.