You guys are nuts.
It was stressful.
First time I powered on it gave a loud long beep, revved the fans and died.
I was sure the CPU had blown for some reason, but thankfully it powered up
fine the next time I tried.
Now I am transferring some 200GB of infor from my old PC. It will take some
time....(I ended up getting a 500GB HDD).
After that I will fire up SHIII or FSX and enjoy.
ed: You are right about the smell tho.