Build Your Own - Step by Step ( i7 2600k)

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Cannot believe some of these prices. Excellent post, even for a one day sale. Maybe someone was able to grab this deal.
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Close to 40% (38%) off what ibuypower wants for these on a configured setup. Yes, that's a deal!

I keep telling some of you (swing traders/position traders with some time to kill) to become the resident ET expert builder. You could have your positions running, and putting together a serious trading rig at the same time you look over at your charts, time/sales, whatever. :) (I'm trying to sell one of you on the idea! LOL!)

My computer "guru"/gaming store/repair/build store owner gets a discount from ibuypower on ASSEMBLED systems. Yes, I found this out the hard way. I could have saved $140, and he could have made what he said was "a little bit." Lol:(

Maybe one of you could become a dealer with them, and also get discounts at newegg, tiger, etc., which he does? Yes, I know, in 2011 where is the time?:confused:

With a Wife, three Sons in High School, four dogs, etc., where is the time? In the words of slick willy Clinton, "I feel your pain.":D
 
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If I remember correctly LEAPup bought a box from ibuypower.com. He did put in the video cards himself, with his tech guru kind enough to double-check his work. :)

Congrats Tiki your post has passed the 500 replies mark. This may be the longest thread in the hardware subforum.
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Yes, and I'm trying to keep my sanity as it's been shutting down. It's click, off ZERO warning.:mad: :( :eek:

The computer guy I know is supposed to come over this evening to see what the hell is going on with this damn thing.:mad:

Everything was working great for half a day. Half a day...:(

We'll work it out. If not, the box goes back to ibuypower. If I send it back, do you think I need to take out the four 295's?

Wish I would have twisted yours, tiki's, scats, etc., arm to build this thing. I know if one of you had done that, you may have worked with it for a couple of days after completion to get your own opinion on what you built. During that time, I'm sure you'd find any bugs which I'd damn near pay a premium for vs. these slap shit together mentalities in 2011. :(

ibuypower email sucks. They don't return them. If any of you ever has a problem with one of their rigs, call them.
 
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Yes, and I'm trying to keep my sanity as it's been shutting down. It's click, off ZERO warning.:mad: :( :eek:
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We'll work it out. If not, the box goes back to ibuypower. If I send it back, do you think I need to take out the four 295's?
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Really? Wow!

1) Did the box "shut down" - meaning that it went through a regular sequence of a Windows shut down? Or it just crashed, died, blue-screened?

2) Was the Windows operating system installed by ibuypower.com? You know that the default Windows operating system configuration, they have a power-safe setting. That after 15 minutes or so of inactivity, the OS will go into hybernate mode. The monitors turn black, hard drive quiet, etc.. when in hybernate. I always have to change the power setting to never go to hybernate for my desktop. By any chance this was what happened but not a shut down?

3) If you sent the box back to ibuypower, definitely pull out your 4 NVS 295's before shipping (after you power off, of course). They didn't sell you the cards. You need to pull out anything that don't belong to them.

4) If this is a real hardware problem... most of the time it's CPU over-heating. Did you double-check all the fans inside: the ones for the chassis, then one(s) for the CPU heat sink... the fan (if any) for the video cards. Are they all running when you have the computer powered up? If any fan is not connected or not running, it could cause overheating problems.
 
Excellent advice Bolimomo.
When I do a fresh install Windows that is the first
Thing I have to do . Must change the default Power settings.
Windows has it set to hibernate quickly. I just change all settings to never
Sleep. Then set the screen saver to at least 2 hour minimum.
I am out now but I will post images of the power settings window when I return.
 
Ok back. When I look at posts I have done from a cell phone they look so strange .


LEAPup, following Boli's advice for power settings go to...


Start / Control Panel / Power Options / Change plan settings


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Power options
You can still place the computer in a sleep / hibernate state manually if you wish while these settings have been disabled for auto hibernate/ sleep


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Congrats Tiki your post has passed the 500 replies mark. This may be the longest thread in the hardware subforum.
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It is the kind sharing from yourself and others that keeps the thread going with lots of information for readers to gather and learn from.

Thanks to everyone contributing their knowledge.
 
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Wish I would have twisted yours, tiki's, scats, etc., arm to build this thing. I know if one of you had done that, you may have worked with it for a couple of days after completion to get your own opinion on what you built.....
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Don't worry new computers have a way of testing your patience :D

I experienced a high write issue after the first week of running the new build. It turned out to be the SSD Sandforce controller. ( or the firmware related to it )
I had to update the firmware to resolve the problem.

Now picture this. You get told by an ocz tech that you cannot upgrade the drive when the OS is on that drive. It has to be secondary drive.
I had to create a pendrive as the primary drive and then upgrade the primary drive as the secondary drive, then remove the temporary primary drive and run the secondary drive again as the primary drive.
It is actually simple just sounds funny

hahahahaha gotta love this stuff.

Now a post from OCZ that it must be done again to v 2.11
 
Don't get me started on these horror stories on installing hardware software. In my prior life I supported servers and desktops on 24x7 call centers, along with phone connections. Imagine coming in on a weekend upgrade and nothing seemed to work comes Sunday midnight the regular rush comes in about 6 hours to go and you haven't had anything wrapped up... talk about pressure.

(Now the pressure from trading is about the same, LOL! )

To Microsoft and many software vendors credits they had much improved their installation procedures and mechanisms from the early days. Have you ever used a text terminal to edit AUTOEXEC.BAT and SYSTEM.INI to add in the lines needed for your new mouse or some ISA cards? If not... just show me a big SMILE right now! You are the lucky generation...
:D
 
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