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Version 2.0 of my PC station begins this weekend!

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jdcollins, Fri 02 Apr, 2021 3:45 AM
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    #1
    https://pcpartpicker.com/user/JDCollins/saved/

    https://pcpartpicker.com/b/cr3bt6

    To start, the links above are to my current build at pcpartpicker.com.
    It has done well for the time I've had it. Been capable of playing STO while running OBS and TS3 with no issues. Does well with Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, and Vegas Pro. This rig has pretty much done about anything that I've tasked it to. The desk itself is a 42 x 84 inch piece of plywood that I sanded smooth and covered with adhesive shelf liner. The "Boxes" I threw together one weekend so I could have storage.

    It has started showing it's age (the PC, not the desk) and I'm wanting to learn 3D, probably Blender to start with...that meant doing some long over due upgrading.

    The first, and probably hardest piece of hardware was the GPU. I had my sights set on a EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB SC ULTRA. As everyone knows, the GPU market has been volatile for months...and I almost gave up before I even got started. My luck changed when a fellow member of Face Book's Computer Enthusiast group decided to sell his Asus GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB DUAL GPU. He was offered $1,000 on the spot! I managed to engage him in private messaging and scored it for $255! I feel very fortunate to have cleared that obstacle.

    After being a good adult and using my tax refund to pay bills and such, I decided that I would take the plunge with my last stimulus check and purchased the CPU, MOBO, RAM, SSD, GPU and better thermal paste on this list. https://pcpartpicker.com/user/JDColl...d/#view=qcbJbv

    It only took 2 days from order to get everything delivered...well, not quite everything.
    Upon opening the box I discovered that the CPU and the paste were not included in my package. After sending in detailed pics of the box, and items I did get, my 45 minute on-line chat with Newegg customer service ended with a claim being filed. It will be 3 to 5 business days to process and investigate, they said. On the 5th day I got a 'do not respond to this email' message informing me that it was concluded that all items were packed and shipped. I goes without saying that I was livid...nearly $350 worth of stuff, I'm not getting or even refunded??? We'll see about that! I found the site to the Better Business Bureau in their state and requested charge back paperwork from my bank.

    But I decided to give them a call and talk to someone of authority before I made my next move. The Customer Service Supervisor I talked to pulled up my claim, with the pics I had sent in. After spending time looking them over and actually listening to what I had to say, he couldn't figure out why they had denied the claim...there was no damage to the box and the amount of packing material showed that there would have been no room to have anything else packed into it. He explained to me that while there was nothing that he could do to reverse the claim, he has a friend who works in the Claims Dept. and that he was going to email him/her about his concerns regarding my issue. That was Thursday of last week. On that Sunday I got 2 emails. One stating that a new claim had been filed and another saying that my claim had been approved! They had my items processed on Monday and I got them Tuesday evening!

    So now I finally have everything I need. This week end I'll completely dismantle my desk and put new shelf liner on it and the boxes...as well as new edging to make it look better. Then it will be swap time for the hardware. Everything I want to transfer is stored on a external hard drive, Windows boot is on a USB and BIOS update for MOBO is on a separate USB. With any luck, by Sunday it will all be completed and I'll be posting about it with some pics to show it all off.

    I can't wait much longer! Stay tuned!
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    Forgot to post yesterday...I'm up and running!
    Still have some bugs to work out and apps to re-install, but I can already tell a difference in speed.
    Once everything is buttoned down I'll post pics, if anyone is interested.
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    Got everything done last weekend...well almost.
    Been working off and on getting programs reinstalled and settings the way I want them. It's 98% finished now, and I couldn't be happier.
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    Lovely build, friend Smile
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    How's this going JD? Still smooth and stable?
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    I have an occasional screen flicker on my main monitor, other than that it's doing great.
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