I hooked up the computer to the ethernet this morning and am happy to report that Mass Effect is now up and running. I had given up on it to the point of having uninstalled it... but somehow Win7 found an update, on its own, which I thought was pretty frickin' slick.
JL... you asked about the mouse and I'm happy to report that I'm very pleased with it. The Reviews at NewEgg make it out to be durable for years and the thing feels like quality. I haven't used any other gaming mice, but for $35 (Microcenter MIR) I feel like this thing is a solid deal.
Also, I installed Smartdoctor and realtemp this morning. It looks like my card is idling at 40C and the CPU is right at 40C or under with the 4 case fans turned u... that seems pretty decent in house with pretty high ambient (no AC)? Dirt2 gets the CPU up to the mid 50's but the chip is rated up to 100, so I feel like I'm in good shape.
,,,now if you'll excuse me, I have some Batarians to battle
Thx You Guys,
-Bill
P.S. I love this computer
