Joined on 07/04/06
Great Rig, wish it worked out of the box
Pros: This setup is ultra quiet and looks great sitting on my desk. It's an absolute powerhouse that keeps relatively cool thanks to the numerous fans and the liquid cooling module. Highly upgradeable, many open slots and the case is big enough that I'll never need to buy another one.
Cons: The video card was dead on arrival. I had to swap in an older GTX 660 in order to run through the initial setup. Which is unfortunate since a similar radeon card is $400+. I was looking forward to benchmarking this machine to see what it's capable of out of the box. I'm hoping they can replace the card without having to RMA the entire system.. that would be really unfortunate
Overall Review: Before purchasing, make sure to use the Windows Easy Transfer utility to prep the files from your old machine. I'm learning the hard way.. as I wait upwards of 20 hours for my old machine to build the transfer file
Pros: SSD makes boot-up incredibly fast, liquid cooling, quiet, plethora of USB ports
Cons: Radeon card is DoA.. Will not output a signal. I swapped a GTX660 with it and everything runs fine. Shame because the card that comes with it is supposed to be a great card. It also accounts for $400+ of the system price
Overall Review: I'd like to get a new card and hopefully won't have to RMA the entire system. Everything else seems to work perfectly except for the graphics card