Originally posted by: bostonkarl
I wanted to thank everyone who has posted here. Before I bought my components and built my system, I read this entire thread -- each and every entry. By doing so, I learned the tricks and pitfalls associated with this board. Because of you helpful folks, this was hands-down the easiest and most trouble free build I've done to date. Again, thank you.
The ONLY issue I had was with with Windows not recognizing my USB floppy drive during installation. (The MB would boot from it fine when Bios flashing, so this was a Windows issue, sigh.) Once I convinced a cantankorous old internal floppy drive to load the intel Raid drivers, I was set.
One tip that I can give is that it might be a good idea to connect the primary IDE cable (for those that use it) before instaling the MB in a case. Depending on the case layout, the sideways mounting of that connector can make for fat finger fumbling.
My system is:
ASUS P5W DH Delux (fashed to Bios 1707)
C2D E6600 stock cooling (for now)
Corsair XMS2: 2 x 1GB DDR2 800
Antec TruePower Trio 650
2 x WD Raptor 150 GB (16MB cache) as Raid 1
Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard with LCD Display
+ other misc stuff
I'm a very happy camper. Kudos to this thread.
You are definitely a rare breed, to have read the entire thread. Very happy to hear that it was helpful.
-phil