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Unboxing the new computer

The computer came in a big box containing several smaller boxes with all the bits and pieces. Well, one large bit and several smaller pieces.

A large cardboard box sitting on the floor. The box contains my new computer.

The Thermaltake Element T case. The dogs were quite intrigued.

A box containing a Thermaltake ElementT computer case
Two black labrador retrievers sniffing at a black computer case sitting on the floor

First thing I had to do was crack it open and check out the inside. Had to get past the packing foam first.

Inside the computer case filled with packing foam

The inside of the case is quite spartan compared to what’s in my current computer. A nice roomy case.

Inside the Thermaltek ElementT computer case. The motherboard, CPU cooler, video card and power supply are visible.
Looking at the upper portion of the case showing the mother board, CPU cooler and RAM slots
Inside the lower half of the computer showing the motherboard, video card and power supply
A view of the drive bays inside the computer. Most of them are empty

After poking around in the BIOS to see what there was, I set about installing Fedora 12 onto the machine. With Hyperthreading enabled, it shows up as 8 processors of computing goodness.

Splash screen for the new computer during boot up
Main BIOS screen
Fedora 12 system monitor window showing 8 processors and 12 GiB of memory

Shiny 🙂

Red LED lighting on the top fan of the computer case
Blue LED lighting coming from the power supply of the computer
Computer turned on showing a fan at the top lit up in red, and the power supply lit up in blue