Windows 10 First Experience

[HarryTaco]

Bear with me while I give a little back story

 

Well, I'm embarrassed to say that I finally built my new computer with my new 2 year old parts, minus the several hundred dollars worth of water cooling hardware or my Enthoo Lux Pro. 

I used an NZXT Source 530 case and a Noc NH-D15s and will save the Lux Pro for the water as it is already modded to some extent.  Add a pair of GTX970s for my first SLI experience.

I got it all sorted out and installed along with my new 2-year old, 32", 301 Sparta monitor.

 

Now comes the good part, Windows 10.  I have been building for myself and friends and family since 97'.  I have lived through the same versions of windows as everyone else since that time.  I had a lot of question marks about Windows 10 but upon plugging in the key to my front usb port, all worries went away.

So far, this has got to be the absolute easiest OS install of my computer life.

I was concerned that I would have to adjust the board to boot first on my usb.  Nope.

I just turned on the juice and bam my OS was loading.

I was concerned that I would lose control over my OS like some, I read, had complained about.  Nope.

I just followed the easy to understand questions and made the adjustments I wanted.  Basically I answered no to everything.

I installed one GTX-970 at first, just to keep things less complicated.  I was up and running and after installing the latest Driver the monitor was running on its native resolution of 2550x1600.  I have been out there on the web getting my necessary downloads, Bitdefender, Auslogics Defrag, Ccleaner, Steam, spotify, Uplay, etc., no problems or major adjustments. 

My Desktop is very nice no need to use the Classic shell.  It almost looks like Classic, and is so close, that I have no problems sliding into it. 

Next was the kicker and the reason Im posting here at all.  I installed the second GTX970, and closed up the case. Turned it on and proceeded to open my NVidia control panel.  When I went to SLI settings I was shocked to see that it had already been turned on and configured for me.  WOW!

I am using an MSI Z97 board Gen 7.   This is the first time I have even tried onboard audio.  I plugged in my 15 year old Z2300 2.1 speakers and let the music fly.  WOW again!  I will never go back to a sound card.

Two Thumbs up for Windows 10.  I am very grateful for what seems an awesome OS.

New Sig Hardware to follow in a few minutes.

[Minime 939]

Looks like a nice rig, very solid.  I had a little bit of a problem with a warning message on shutdown for about four months with W10.  It drove me nuts.  I was ready to go back to W7. I just had to drag the volume control from the hidden icons bubble and put it on the taskbar. The fix was ridiculously simple, and now I'm really digging W10.  Enyoy your new build.

[Braegnok]

I can recommend joining the Windows Insider Program,.. joining helped me understand all the features and you get advanced releases of versions/updates and access to beta testing programs. https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/tag/windows-insider-program/?OCID=WIP_r_ITPro2-Body_BuildBlogs#3VLQJGw4sUXHYp1a.97

Edited March 8, 2017 by Braegnok

[HarryTaco]

Hi, thanks for the responses.  I did have a shut-down problem that was making me force it manually, but I figured I could handle that.  Maybe I just need to do the same thing.  Thanks.  I will check out the URL as well.