Show Us Your Rig [5]

[essenbe]

You had better luck than me. My most recent build saw TWO SSD's go bad. Ordered a bunch of parts and put them together, first SSD bad......talk to Newegg, send it in and they send me a replacement.....number two is bad as well. Exchanged it for the Samsung I have now and it's been fine since. The last thing you want during a new build is about two weeks of downtime waiting on UPS while your rig sits there in pieces!

I know what you mean, Kelly. When I built my Z68 rig, I had to order 4 boards before I got one that didn't have bent CPU pins out of the box. Asus says that's not possible. Every board is inspected before shipping. I told them there were 2 possibilities. #1. You're lying. #2. You need to hire inspectors who know what a bent CPU socket pin looks like. Fortunately, I didn't buy it from Newegg. I bought it from Amazon. I went online for an RMA and was given an RMA immediately, a link to print out a pre paid shipping label and had 30 days to return it. 2 Hours later I received an email from Amazon that the replacement board had been shipped with free 2 day shipping. It can't get much better than that, as long as you buy from Amazon and not one of their vendors.

 

[crankypenguin]

My ram numbers might go up from 7.7 to 7.9, I ordered Mushkin Enhanced 2 x 8 GB DDR-3-1600 CL9 1.5-Volt 240-pin memory today. It will take a while for it to get here since it's coming from the states though I have used Mushkin ram before on a Phenom II x4 build back in 2009 and that ram was lightning fast, not to mention the black color gives it a great look And for those wondering why I would bother getting another 16gb set of ram since I already have one 16gb corsair set, well..I have a second motherboard that I want to turn into a server. I have some parts ready for it and I will use the Corsair ram on that build and Mushkin on my current.

 

[Dude]

Sounds like a great plan to me Cranky. Make sure you take pictures for AddRam's thread

 

[paulpicks21]

My ram numbers might go up from 7.7 to 7.9, I ordered Mushkin Enhanced 2 x 8 GB DDR-3-1600 CL9 1.5-Volt 240-pin memory today. It will take a while for it to get here since it's coming from the states though I have used Mushkin ram before on a Phenom II x4 build back in 2009 and that ram was lightning fast, not to mention the black color gives it a great look And for those wondering why I would bother getting another 16gb set of ram since I already have one 16gb corsair set, well..I have a second motherboard that I want to turn into a server. I have some parts ready for it and I will use the Corsair ram on that build and Mushkin on my current.

Good stuff Cranky, in my experience (on an Intel based system) 1600mhz ram would score 7.8, with a slight overclock I managed a 7.9 with it.

Paul.

 

[kbrady1979]

You had better luck than me. My most recent build saw TWO SSD's go bad. Ordered a bunch of parts and put them together, first SSD bad......talk to Newegg, send it in and they send me a replacement.....number two is bad as well. Exchanged it for the Samsung I have now and it's been fine since. The last thing you want during a new build is about two weeks of downtime waiting on UPS while your rig sits there in pieces!

I know what you mean, Kelly. When I built my Z68 rig, I had to order 4 boards before I got one that didn't have bent CPU pins out of the box. Asus says that's not possible. Every board is inspected before shipping. I told them there were 2 possibilities. #1. You're lying. #2. You need to hire inspectors who know what a bent CPU socket pin looks like. Fortunately, I didn't buy it from Newegg. I bought it from Amazon. I went online for an RMA and was given an RMA immediately, a link to print out a pre paid shipping label and had 30 days to return it. 2 Hours later I received an email from Amazon that the replacement board had been shipped with free 2 day shipping. It can't get much better than that, as long as you buy from Amazon and not one of their vendors.

When I built this rig, my first RMA was the Intel 520 SSD and the Asus Sabertooth motherboard. After testing and eliminating every possibility, somehow the SATA port/chipset/traces went bad because a known good hard drive and a known good SSD gave me 20+ blue screens.

After getting a new motherboard and Intel SSD, it ran like a raped goat for exactly one day before the SSD went bad. Tried with a known good drive to rule out the motherboard again, and everything ran fine. Called Newegg, they said I could exchange it or try another Intel......decided to go with the Samsung 830 and they gave me a code that ended up taking the Samsung down to $100. Got the Samsung drive 2 days later and haven't had a single problem since! Very stressful couple of weeks though I must say.

 

[Dude]

I have been fortunate, I have never had to RMA anything. Of course I usually go to Frys, I need instant gratification when making a purchase. I ordered my SSD and was in misery waiting for it to arrive. I remember building my first rig..I was in Germany and went to the computer store (don't recall the name of it) I spoke English and they spoke German. We managed it and I was proud of my first build. I enjoyed Germany, lived in Rodenbach and would cook on the grill on weekends and exchange beers and food with the neighbors. We never spoke as I never learned German and they spoke no English, but got along great. Ein beer bitte!!

Rant over :focus:

 

[paulpicks21]

I have been fortunate, I have never had to RMA anything. Of course I usually go to Frys, I need instant gratification when making a purchase. I ordered my SSD and was in misery waiting for it to arrive. I remember building my first rig..I was in Germany and went to the computer store (don't recall the name of it) I spoke English and they spoke German. We managed it and I was proud of my first build. I enjoyed Germany, lived in Rodenbach and would cook on the grill on weekends and exchange beers and food with the neighbors. We never spoke as I never learned German and they spoke no English, but got along great. Ein beer bitte!!

Rant over :focus:

Thats a nice story Doug, 2 nations united in Beer and food! So you never spoke you just got drunk together and got along just fine. I like that!

 

[Dude]

Good times indeed. Best four and a half years of my life living in Germany. I traveled around and still remember a great drive from Germany through Switzerland to Italy. I was actually born in Germany.

 

[Dallas 7]

just give it 1 more year lol! thats what sucks about computers. you rig is already outdated 3-4 months after you build it......

Don't say that. I don't wanna hear that. LOL

 

[Britton30]

just give it 1 more year lol! thats what sucks about computers. you rig is already outdated 3-4 months after you build it......

Don't say that. I don't wanna hear that. LOL

As long as it still does what you want, it is fine.

 

[A Guy]

As long as it still does what you want, it is fine.

That's where mine is. Old school now, never the top dog, does everything I need. A Guy

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

just give it 1 more year lol! thats what sucks about computers. you rig is already outdated 3-4 months after you build it......

Don't say that. I don't wanna hear that. LOL

As long as it still does what you want, it is fine.

Thank you! I'm not one of those who have to have the latest and greatest. The rig I just built should meet my needs for the next several years.

 

[kbrady1979]

I think most of us know that by the time we build a new rig and the dust settles on it, there is new hardware that is a little more efficient, or a tad more powerful available. We build rigs to be as "future compatible" as possible so they last more than a technology tick/tock. Yes, I could upgrade to Haswell and get 7-10% better performance, but it won't do anything that my Ivy Bridge rig can't do. I honestly built this PC with the mindset of it lasting well past when new technology hits the market: new RAM standards, new storage standards, etc.........and I'm positive it will. Outdated is a term I use for PC's that are well past their prime, and fall in the category of "not worth the money to upgrade".

 

[Dallas 7]

Don't say that. I don't wanna hear that. LOL

As long as it still does what you want, it is fine.

Thank you! I'm not one of those who have to have the latest and greatest. The rig I just built should meet my needs for the next several years.

Same here Lady Fitzgerald, mine should do a good job for several years as well. Beyond that, I have a spare full retail version of W7 in my desk.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

As long as it still does what you want, it is fine.

Thank you! I'm not one of those who have to have the latest and greatest. The rig I just built should meet my needs for the next several years.

Same here Lady Fitzgerald, mine should do a good job for several years as well. Beyond that, I have a spare full retail version of W7 in my desk.

I also have a spare full retail version of Win 7 Home Premium and Ultimate.

 

[paulpicks21]

So I got the thing together, it works but I need to install Windows and fit a couple of case lights and finish the cabling off.

For those that don't know, I got a new motherboard.

Will post some better pictures when I am up and running.



Paul.

 

[essenbe]

Good job, Paul. Nice choice of Motherboard too. I've heard good things about them. That was a quick build.

 

[ZaLiTH]

So I got the thing together, it works but I need to install Windows and fit a couple of case lights and finish the cabling off.

When I saw the left hand pic, my first thought was "that's a really tight fit in that case".. Then I realised the fancy box was still it's packaging. Lol.

But all jokes aside, a friend of mine also got a Sabertooth a few months back... I said it to him then and I'll say it again now, that is one seriously sexy piece of hardware! Those red Tridents of yours stand out beautifully on it as well.. Very nice choice Paul.

 

[ganjiry]

Nice 1 Paul Lookin good so far mate.
I hope you enjoy it.
I replaced my led's behind my monitor today as they were flickering so i got some of those remote control jobbie's. Just the jewson

 

[Dude]

Looks really good Paul