Priority Build Progress

I thought some of you may find something of interest in the progress of my priority build:

Friday 11/13: I placed my order with a priority build.
Monday 11/16: I made storage and cooler changes to my configuration.
Monday 11/16: I received a confirmation by both email & phone.
Tuesday 11/17: I was informed that the i7 6700k was out of stock and we agreed to special order the CPU and keep the priority build and continue it when they received the CPU in 2-3 days.
Tuesday 11/17: Received a Stage 1: (Payment Processed) notice. Estimated Shipment Date: Up to 4 Business Days (Mon-Fri) from 11/17/2015.
Wednesday 11/18: Received a Stage 2: (Inventory Assignment) notice.
Wednesday 11/18: Received a Stage 3: (Phase 1 Integration) notice.
Estimated Shipment Date: 3-4 Business Days (Mon-Fri) from 11/18/2015.

Stage 2 and 3 on the same day? Wow

Thursday 11/19: Received a phone call informing me that the Noctua NH-D15 was out of stock until Tuesday 11/24 and I was asked whether I would rather change my configuration to use the Corsair H110i GT - 280mm Radiator Liquid CPU Cooler instead.

I opted to keep the Noctua for reliability reasons (thank you db188!).
Again, we agreed to keep the priority build and continue it when they received the Noctua.

I do wish that I had been informed of the back order on the Noctua at the same time when I was also informed about the back order of the i7 6700k though.

Friday 11/20: Received a Stage 4: (Engineering Lab) notice.
Friday 11/20: Received a Stage 5: (Phase 2 Stress Testing) notice.
Estimated Shipment Date: 2-3 Business Days (Mon-Fri) from 11/20/2015.

Again, stage 4 and 5 on the same day!

But I am assuming that the Noctua was received the next day (Friday) rather than Tuesday as expected because I do not see how the build can pass phase 1 and 2 stress testing without it.

Most people complain of the build going too slow and here I am worrying that my build is going too fast.

Thanks for sharing.  

Yeah, a lot of others get impatient with the progress, and the wait can be nerve wracking, but DS gets the builds out the door as quickly as they can.  I for one wouldn't want the pressure of complaints or build backups to rush the process.   I'd rather wait several extra days or more than have a part die when it arrives.  PC parts are finicky enough without adding to it by not checking them properly. 

Your patience and understanding will pay off real soon. 

Ah, I would have swapped that noctua for the corsair h100i Gtx or the h110i.

I have an h100i that runs in my guest PC with a 4930k over locked to 4.5ghz. Bought it when the h100i came out and she runs and cools like a dream. Put a h100i GTX in a friends PC and it keeps his 5820k @4.4ghz under 50C at load amazingly. Never had any pump problems or anything, if you're not going to do a custom loop, these corsair AIO's are absolutely spectacular.

I will forever use them if I'm not building my own cooling loops. No hesitation at all.


I will say though, if you have to go air cooler... The noctua is a beast. It's just to big and clunky for me. Aesthetically, it's not for me,

Edited by Meller - 25 Nov 2015 at 6:19am

you can always paint those fans ya know

i've also had a D14 cooling my rig for the past 5 years.  ugly as sin and huge, but it does the job for mild>medium overclocking.  just can't push the oc, but you can't do that either with a 240mm AIO.  you need a 360mm rad to push past medium as a general rule.