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| Thread ID: 102763 | 2009-08-31 13:20:00 | Assembling a Computer. | Mister (15201) | Press F1 |
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| 805761 | 2009-09-01 11:31:00 | I would be a little disapointed that Ascent never queried your order. Surely if the mistake of mismatched parts was picked up on the forum, it should have been picked up by Ascent. Its not really Ascents fault. IF they were asked were all the parts compatible and they said yes then it would be. I'm looking at from a view of building PC's all the time, not just a single one of. I regularly order parts from a supplier that no way would they match - simply because some are stock, some are for jobs, others because the price is right on the day. Take today - I ordered a board, has DDR2 memory slots - yet I also ordered 4 x 1GB DDR2, + 3 x 1 GB DDR 2 x 250Gb HDD's, and a few other bits and bobs - the RAM & drives are NOT for that board, its for other jobs. If there is Single order from a place like ascent it may be considered - then whos to say the CPU was not meant for that board. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 805762 | 2009-09-01 11:33:00 | You know, another option would have been to get an AMD Phenom II X4 945, and keep the same memory and motherboard. Looks like the 940/945 is faster than the Q8200, and has hardware virtualization support if you want to run virtual machines (or XP mode in windows 7...) This man is intelligent. |
ScreaminGherkin (14811) | ||
| 805763 | 2009-09-01 11:36:00 | If your going to buy a whole new system i suggest getting an i7 system. LGA 775 socket is practically dead and i don't think intel is going to be making anymore with that socket, so getting an i7 is a better choice as it is more future proof. The i7 920 beats all the high end quads in benchmark performance at stock speeds, and its also cheaper. There aren't any benefits by getting DDR3 RAM instead of DDR2 unless you get an i7/i5 CPU or a extreme overclocker. If your on a tight budget, i suggest getting an AMD CPU because they are cheaper than most intels and perform just as good. Phenom II X4 945, 3.0GHz, Socket AM3 is only $13 more than the Q8200 and have a higher clock speed. |
whellington (15030) | ||
| 805764 | 2009-09-01 11:39:00 | 775 is not dead....not yet anyway. The Q9xxx series are still great CPUs. Coming down in price too. | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 805765 | 2009-09-01 11:44:00 | Intel Core 2 Duo Q9450 @ 3.4GHz Quoting your sig :P Lol :D |
whellington (15030) | ||
| 805766 | 2009-09-01 11:44:00 | Is 1156 i5 ? And 1366 is i7 right? And i5 is later than i7? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 805767 | 2009-09-01 12:06:00 | Its not really Ascents fault. IF they were asked were all the parts compatible and they said yes then it would be. I'm looking at from a view of building PC's all the time, not just a single one of. I regularly order parts from a supplier that no way would they match - simply because some are stock, some are for jobs, others because the price is right on the day. Take today - I ordered a board, has DDR2 memory slots - yet I also ordered 4 x 1GB DDR2, + 3 x 1 GB DDR 2 x 250Gb HDD's, and a few other bits and bobs - the RAM & drives are NOT for that board, its for other jobs. If there is Single order from a place like ascent it may be considered - then whos to say the CPU was not meant for that board. I understand your view point, but you are buying as a PC builder and not at the retail level. I'm not saying its Ascent's fault, just expected more from them. Its all about the service and going the extra mile before hand instead of going 3 miles afterwards. |
plod (107) | ||
| 805768 | 2009-09-01 12:27:00 | When putting the motherboard in the case, make sure any metal tabs on the I/O shield go on TOP of the USB ports etc and not IN them. Getting metal stuck in a port will probably let the magic smoke out |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 805769 | 2009-09-01 12:31:00 | I understand your view point, but you are buying as a PC builder and not at the retail level . I'm not saying its Ascent's fault, just expected more from them . Its all about the service and going the extra mile before hand instead of going 3 miles afterwards . I'm not trying to blame ascent for my bad mistake, and I take all the blame . But, if this system was in place, people ordering off the system builder, could have their parts checked, and the people that order seperate parts, don't have the parts checked, if that makes sense . Again, I'm not trying to push the blame to Ascent though :waughh: |
Mister (15201) | ||
| 805770 | 2009-09-01 12:32:00 | When I built my first PC-I read all the manuals from top to bottom. That way, you'll be more aware of what the problem is if something *does* go wrong. Good luck!:) |
Blam (54) | ||
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