Oh the humanity!

N

Nate Finch

Limp Gawd
Joined
May 5, 2005
Messages
298
So, I just pulled the trigger on my new computer... and now I have to wait, agonizing as I worry that one site or another will take too long processing my order and it won't arrive on time. Here's what I got:

San Diego 4000+
Thermalright XP-90C w/ Panaflo L1BX fan and Arctic Silver 5
DFI Lanparty NF4 UT SLI-DR
2x Corsair Value Select 1GB
Maxtor DiamondMax 7200 SATA 250GB w/ 16MB Cache
XFX 6800GT PCI-E
NEC 3250 DVD Combo Burner
Lian-Li v1000
Enermax Noisetaker 485w

All shipped 2nd day air. Grand total including shipping was $1821. Got the stuff from 4 different sites to tweak the price as low as possible (including shipping). Newegg, Monarch, ZipZoomFly, and Jab-tech each got a bit of my business today.

I'm almost giddy with anticipation. My last real computer was an Athlon 1Ghz w/ GeForce 2. Been making do with a dell 420sc "server", which is damn good for the price I paid (about $500 including expanded memory and ATI x300 graphics card). But now... for the big guns :)

Ok, enough rambling... just wanted to share my elation.

-Nate
 
Thats a very nice system you have there...be sure to post benchies and pics when it is assembled!
 
Will do. I'm still in the "worried it won't arrive by Friday" phase. Jab-tech got me a tracking number in an hour(!) but the rest of them haven't even moved my orders past their various initial phases. The stuff really needs to get shipped tomorrow, or I just paid for 4 day "2nd day air". Plus, you know, I want to game this weekend! :)

I think part of the problem is that I'm shipping to work and not to my home (billing) address. Of course, I *do* have that address on my credit card, so it shouldn't be a problem... key word there is "shouldn't". ZipZoomFly called me and had me verify the shipping address.... which I thought was funny.... I mean, I was reading it off their order page... what is calling me supposed to accomplish? Call my credit card company and verify the address... sure. But me? I'm the one that gave them the address in the first place. What, am I going to suddenly let slip that it's a fraud?

Wacky, wacky tactics.

Oh well, if they can get me my stuff by Friday, I don't care. Looks like I'll have a DVD drive and a kickass heatsink on Thursday though (woo hoo!).
 
Sure, come on over. :) I'm in the US, btw. The plane fare would almost cover the cost of the computer ;)

-Nate
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top