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2011/11/09 22:47:27 (permalink)

[Upgraded] New System from AVA.

Hi everyone,
After a lot of consideration and searching, I order my upgrade system through AVA.  I tried a lot of place before; DigitalStorm, Dell, and Gateway, and beside DS, I hate proprietary components.  I heard a lot of great things about AVA and I can't wait to see my system get put together.

INTEL, Coreâ„¢ i7-2600K Quad-Core 3.4 - 3.8GHz TB, HD Graphics 3000, LGA1155, 8MB L3 Cache, 32nm, 95W, EM64T EIST HT VT-x XD, Retail
ASUS, Maximus IV Extreme-Z, LGA1155, Intel® Z68, DDR3-2200 (O.C.) 32GB /4, PCIe x16 SLI CF /3, SATA 3Gb/s RAID 5 /4, 6Gb/s /4, USB 3.0 /8, HDA, BT, GbLAN /2, FW /2, ATX, Retail
CORSAIR, 8GB (2 x 4GB) Dominator XMP PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz CL8 (8-8-8-24) 1.65V SDRAM DIMM, Non-ECC
EVGA, GeForce® 8400 GS (Fanless) 520MHz, 512 MB GDDR3 1200MHz, PCIe x16, VGA+DVI+HDMI, Retail
INTEL, 120GB 320 Series SSD, MLC, 270/130 MB/s, 2.5-Inch w/ 3.5-Inch Bracket, SATA 3 Gb/s, Retail
RAID, No RAID, Independent HDD Drives
SABRENT, CRW-UINB Black 65-in-1 Card Reader/Writer Drive, 3.5" Bay, Internal USB
PLEXTOR, PX-L890SA Black 24x DVD±R/RW Dual-Layer Burner w/ Lightscribe, SATA, OEM
CORSAIR, Obsidian 650D Black Mid-Tower Computer Case w/ Window, ATX, No PSU, Aluminum/Steel
CUSTOM WIRING, Standard Wiring with Round Cables
CORSAIR, HX1050 Power Supply w/ Modular Cables, 1050W, 80 PLUS® Silver, 24-pin ATX12V 2.2 EPS12V 2.91, 6x 8/6-pin PCIe, Retail
NONE, No Operating System (Choose OS or subject to Limited Support)
ACCESSORY, AVADirect System Documentation and Media Binder
GAMING PC, Silver Warranty Package (3 Year Limited Parts, 3 Year Labor Warranty)
SERVICE, Standard Shipping (UPS, DHL, or Fedex)
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    [Upgraded] New System from AVA. 2011/11/11 23:24:29 (permalink)


    Hello monocraft,
     
     
    Everything in your quote looks great, but it's hard to give you recommendations without knowing what you plan to do with it. The graphics card you selected looks like it would be crippling the system, especially since everything else is high-end.
     
    What do you plan to use this beauty for?
     
     
    Kind Regards,
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    [Upgraded] New System from AVA. 2011/11/12 11:54:23 (permalink)

    I am planning to use it for gaming.  This was planned to update my old DELL XPS720.  It just died on me 2 weeks ago due to a burn out motherboard.  Dell wants to charge me 480+shipping to replace their proprietary motherboard alone. 
    Any how, I will be porting my current SLI EVGA GeForce GTX 580 cards over. 
    My friend bought a system from you guys and it still running at its peak.  And tbh, your price is outstanding (atm anywhere online or retail) and I'm very happy with current upgrade setup.

    Can't wait to see...


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    [Upgraded] New System from AVA. 2011/11/14 15:01:28 (permalink)


    Hello monocraft,
     
     
    Ah, now that I know you're re-using your GTX 580 cards that's good to hear! I think you will be very happy with the listed configuration as well!
     
    Feel free to continue posting if you have more questions I can answer for you.
     
     
    Kind Regards,
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    [Upgraded] New System from AVA. 2011/11/17 15:57:19 (permalink)
    Any update or sneak peak on the build?
    Love to see how it came alive.


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    [Upgraded] New System from AVA. 2011/12/11 02:04:52 (permalink)
    Thank You!

    My system arrived yesterday morning. It was quite a wait but imo it was worth the wait. And why drag the whole post into a lengthy convey and just show you all how AVA awesomeness custom build system.



    [FLASH WIDTH=480 HEIGHT=360]http://static.pbsrc.com/flash/rss_slideshow.swf?rssFeed=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed105.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fm235%2FNuimpress%2FNewPC%2Ffeed.rss[/FLASH]





    My order came with a well cared-box within box and stuffed with mucho peanuts!









    No parts was damaged during shipment.









    All the cables and accessories were included.









    -- [ Self Installation ] --

    AVA Direct did an awesome job with cable routing and organization but it became useless because I had to cut off all the zip tied and redo all the cablings due to my add-on HDDs and components.



    Added 3x 1tb Western Digitals 7200 HDDs Raid5

    Added 1x 120gb Intel 2nd Gen. SSD

    Added 1x Plextor Bluray Optical Drive

    Replaced Intel stock heatsink with H70 Corsair Hydro Cooler

    Replaced Stock GPU with Geforce 460



















    Complete Album





    Thank you everyone from AVA Direct for a fantastic job. Well worth the money and AVA Direct did fa-nominal job. Off note, H70 did brought CPU down from 30C to 23C idle while motherboard is stable 28C.



    Thank You!
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    [Upgraded] New System from AVA. 2012/01/05 17:21:11 (permalink)



    Hello
    monocraft,



     



     



    Wow, those
    are some amazing pictures of your new baby! Thank you very much for the kind
    words! We worked very hard to provide you with the highest quality build
    possible. All of our technicians love what they do; they are techie extremists
    just as you and I.



     



    In your
    spare time, would you mind posting a short review on reseller ratings? We try
    to get as many people as we can to post their experience on there, since many
    people rely on that site to make a choice of where to purchase a computer from.



     



     



    http://www.resellerratings.com/store/survey/AVA_Direct



     



    I would
    sincerely appreciate the feedback further!



     



    Should you
    have any questions about your rig please do not hesitate to get in touch with
    us.



     



    Thank you
    for all of your patience, while we created your black-beauty, and have a
    wonderful day!



     



     



    Kind
    Regards,
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