I CAN'T BELIEVE I DID THIS...........Post Date: 2009-12-30 |
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Pilgrim 
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 Topic: I CAN'T BELIEVE I DID THIS...........Posted: 30 Dec 2009 at 6:02pm |
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HAPPY NEW YEARS TO ME!!!!
Stage 1
Tomorrow I am buying a bottle of Champagne to....
(Config is a little unusual, I know, but I have my reasons)
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Chassis Model: Digital Storm HailStorm (Black OPS Edition) Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish Processor: Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz (Quad Core) Motherboard: ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 (Intel X58 Chipset) (Supports Triple SLI or CrossFire) System Memory: 6GB DDR3 1600MHz Corsair Dominator with DHX Extreme Edition Power Supply: 750W Corsair TX (Dual SLI Compatible) Expansion Bay: Internal Digital Media Card Reader (Black) Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (500GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA) Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (500GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA) Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: 1x (500GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA) Optical Drive 1: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 22x / CD-Writer 48x) Optical Drive 2: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 22x / CD-Writer 48x) Internet Access: D-Link Wireless-G 108Mbps (Supports 802.11g/b) Video Card: 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1GB (Includes PhysX Technology) Add-on Card: - No Thanks Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 1: Noctua Dual 120mm Fans High Performance Cooler (Compatible With ONLY i7 Processors) H20 Tube Color:- Not Applicable, I do not have a FrostChill or Sub-Zero LCS Cooling System Selected Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Blue) Enhancements: - No Thanks Chassis Mods: - No Thanks Noise Reduction: Noise Suppression Package (Optimized Airflow & Fan Speeds with Noise Dampening Material) Boost Processor: FREE: Stage 1: Overclock the processor between 3.3GHz to 3.9GHz (Requires Air Cooling Upgrade) Boost Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s) Boost Memory: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory Boost OS: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-Bit Edition) Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based) Virus Protection: - No Thanks Office: - No Thanks Benchmarking: - No Thanks Install/Test Game: - No Thanks Display: - No Thanks Surge Shield: - No Thanks Speakers: - No Thanks Keyboard: - No Thanks Mouse: - No Thanks External Storage: - No Thanks Exclusive T-Shirt: FREE: Digital Storm T-Shirt - Black (Large) Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-10 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed Warranty: !PROMO BUNDLE: 4 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty (Highly Recommended) |
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DST4ME
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Posted: 30 Dec 2009 at 9:08pm |
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drop the noise reduction package is pointless, trap noise and you trap heat, and you don't want to trap heat.
change your mobo to evga 3x sli or the LE. if you want xp support get win7 pro. happy new years 
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Pilgrim
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Posted: 31 Dec 2009 at 12:30am |
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I have checked newegg and other sites and the evga and the asus board in question have very close negative and positive ratings...since your logo is
EVGA I know where you stand....where do the DS tech people stand?
I don't care which board is best, I will go with whomever is right!
Cheers
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DST4ME
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Posted: 31 Dec 2009 at 12:48am |
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the techs will tell you that evga has better support, which is one of the reasons why I like evga.
your mobo can only do dual sli, you know that right? when reading stuff from newegg, be careful, you have to filter out the ones that complain about dead on arrival, cause that is not going to be an issue here, parts are tested before they are sent to us. Edited by DST4ME - 31 Dec 2009 at 12:50am |
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Pilgrim
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Posted: 31 Dec 2009 at 1:48am |
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thanks for the inside scoop....
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DST4ME
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Posted: 31 Dec 2009 at 3:18am |
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My pleasure
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BriSleep
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Posted: 02 Jan 2010 at 3:03am |
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Yep, EVGA is better. As and example, if you go look on the Evga forums, the moderator for the X58 boards tells you how to overclock and shows you how he did his. You won't find that on the ASUS forum as overclocking voids thier warranty. You can plug in an Evga board wrong and fry it and they'll send you a new one. As long as you've registered it.
Just a tidbit, the Classified boards have 4 times the amount of gold in them than any other brand. It doesn't really do anything but it's there.
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i-7 920 @4.0Ghz Stage 4 L/C Evga 3xSli X58
2 Evga GTX 480 vanillas in SLI 6Mb of 1866 ram Win7 Pro 2 Corsair 128Gb SSDs, 1TB WD to see which lasts longer. All in a D/S HAF 932 |
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Newbieevgaati
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Posted: 06 Jan 2010 at 9:33pm |
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To add, I know I'm new but did bou coup research and the EVGA had better stats, as well as the Web sites they maintained and forums at each. Check out the E magazines at Well I think it was CNET, as well as others clearly a step or three better. Not to mention Asus customer service. See for yourself in the Storm drain on a lop top. (I know different product might have different results) but that really speaks volumes. See similar situations at the etailers and other comment sites. On and about Asus. In any case it be your rig...just my three cents worth.
(Coolin as well would be better on the EVGA 3x &4x). I do not work for or own (yet) anything from them. I was just impressed with what I read/saw...
Bill
At the end of the day it be your rig....
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Thanks from your loving
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BriSleep
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Posted: 06 Jan 2010 at 10:36pm |
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Ya lost me here Bill, I looked at the storm drain, didn't see any laptops. Don't know what else you're talking about. Are you saying you went with the ASUS rampage board instead of an EVGA??
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2 Evga GTX 480 vanillas in SLI 6Mb of 1866 ram Win7 Pro 2 Corsair 128Gb SSDs, 1TB WD to see which lasts longer. All in a D/S HAF 932 |
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Newbieevgaati
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Posted: 07 Jan 2010 at 12:07am |
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@Brisleep, No, don't know what happened maybe spring house cleaning. They had an old customer who'd purchased an Asus laptop had some issue. (all ASUS CS)... I reread my post, not sure where I lost you except the lack of back up on the storm drain. Was for Pilgrim for informational purposes. I am happy that I went with EVGA again that is from my perspective. My unit is being built here with the EVGA 3x Classified. I was using the Laptop experience to show the Customer Service (lack of ) at ASUS. same same by other customers at other etailers. I meant it in an effort to ecco your thoughts... (Bri)Bill
PS Pilgrim, again your baby just wanna give you the benifit of my research experience what little I have....good luck
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Kyu
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Posted: 07 Jan 2010 at 12:15pm |
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I'd personally never go Asus ever again in my life, towards the end (Intel C2D early stages) I've had such bad experience with their boards and support, I ended up giving biostar a try for the t-power series. i'd rather go biostar over asus , thats how bad I think of asus now
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DST4ME
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Posted: 07 Jan 2010 at 3:25pm |
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last time I recommended rampage asus made me look like a dumbass to all the people that got it.
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Newbieevgaati
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Posted: 07 Jan 2010 at 4:42pm |
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Goood customer service is paramount.... if you forget it, and cut Q. C. the inevitable is lost sales.... (Enter name) at their peril...
ASUS broke that trust.... oooo
 ooooooppppssss.Bill
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BriSleep
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Posted: 07 Jan 2010 at 7:46pm |
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I do have to say this.... The P6T is a pretty board. Nice blue anodized aluminum and colorful RAM slots red sata slots, very pretty board in a good tower with everything installed you'd never see that though.
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2 Evga GTX 480 vanillas in SLI 6Mb of 1866 ram Win7 Pro 2 Corsair 128Gb SSDs, 1TB WD to see which lasts longer. All in a D/S HAF 932 |
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