DIY or Buy Ready CPU bundle?

[transparos]

for me i think aftershock offer quite limited variety for motherboards and their psu recommendation like cannot make it...

 

[localITguy]

what issues u have that need 2 times to rectify?

usb port issues/audio jack issues

come back, CPU temps spike high high, RGB not working.


honestly, if they check properly first time, all the issues can be avoided.

and their after sales communication really sucks

 

[tigerwoods]

usb port issues/audio jack issues

come back, CPU temps spike high high, RGB not working.


honestly, if they check properly first time, all the issues can be avoided.

and their after sales communication really sucks

Which model and what parts are your Aftershock PC?

Posted from PCWX using iPhone 1000 Pro Max

 

[localITguy]

Which model and what parts are your Aftershock PC?

Posted from PCWX using iPhone 1000 Pro Max

BOLT :
Hardware

Chassis : BOLT : BOLT Premium Full Steel Chassis

CPU (High Performance Desktops) : AMD RYZEN 5 3600 | 4.2 GHZ | 6 Cores 12 Threads

Motherboard (MATX) : For AMD - GIGABYTE B550M DS3H (PCIE GEN4)
THERMAL COMPOUND : Premium Enthusiast Grade Thermal Compound
GRAPHICS CARD (BOLT, RAPID) : None
RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (RAM) (DESKTOP) : 16GB Klevv Performance 3200 Mhz
(8x2)
CPU COOLING SYSTEM (Desktop) : AIR COOLING : Intel / AMD stock cooling fan
Primary Solid State Drive (NVME | M.2 | DESKTOP) : 512GB KLEVV C710 SSD (R 2050 |
W 1650)
SECONDARY SOLID STATE DRIVE BAY : None
First Hard Drive (Optimal Series) : None
Case Lighting : None
CHASSIS FANS : AFTERSHOCK S1 ARGB Fans X 5
WIRELESS LAN (DESKTOP) : None
CUSTOM CABLE SLEEVES : Standard Cable Setup
Power Supply Unit (Bolt) : 650W FSP/EVGA 80+ Bronze Certified PSU
OPERATING SYSTEM : No Operating System
PRIMARY MONITOR : None
Sound System Bundles : None
PRECISION GAMING MOUSE : None
Keyboard Bundles : None
Exclusive Headset Bundles : None
Microsoft Office : None

 

[hg2]

Hope I have better luck

Posted from PCWX using iPhone 1000 Pro Max

Both Dreamcore and AS do QA checklist before releasing to customer.
99% time should be ok, sometime suay fall into the 1% category with components failure! or niao-chee ask them to fix minor minor things or rush the delivery which end-up more problems... which do happens... then too bad!

 

[localITguy]

Both Dreamcore and AS do QA checklist before releasing to customer.
99% time should be ok, sometime suay fall into the 1% category with components failure! or niao-chee ask them to fix minor minor things or rush the delivery which end-up more problems... which do happens... then too bad!

to be fair,

what you pointed out is valid in most cases, i think it really depends on the luck also


hopefully tigerwoods has a better QC

 

[skrekro]

@localitguy Your spec just like that why need to buy from AS? Maybe if you wanted a 30x0 gpu it's understandable I guess. Weird

 

[localITguy]

@localitguy Your spec just like that why need to buy from AS? Maybe if you wanted a 30x0 gpu it's understandable I guess. Weird

lazy n old pc died.
main thing is i don't want to deal with RMAs and stuff.

 

[skrekro]

lazy n old pc died.
main thing is i don't want to deal with RMAs and stuff.

End up kena lol. I mean if you bought this rig at pcthemes, they'll test for you before you bring home also same what.

 

[localITguy]

End up kena lol. I mean if you bought this rig at pcthemes, they'll test for you before you bring home also same what.

honestly AF Price point is pretty good and but service wise needs lots of improvement.

i think u missed my point, i don't want to deal with rma. with AF parts they settle for me.

 

[tigerwoods]

BOLT :
Hardware

Chassis : BOLT : BOLT Premium Full Steel Chassis

CPU (High Performance Desktops) : AMD RYZEN 5 3600 | 4.2 GHZ | 6 Cores 12 Threads

Motherboard (MATX) : For AMD - GIGABYTE B550M DS3H (PCIE GEN4)
THERMAL COMPOUND : Premium Enthusiast Grade Thermal Compound
GRAPHICS CARD (BOLT, RAPID) : None
RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (RAM) (DESKTOP) : 16GB Klevv Performance 3200 Mhz
(8x2)
CPU COOLING SYSTEM (Desktop) : AIR COOLING : Intel / AMD stock cooling fan
Primary Solid State Drive (NVME | M.2 | DESKTOP) : 512GB KLEVV C710 SSD (R 2050 |
W 1650)
SECONDARY SOLID STATE DRIVE BAY : None
First Hard Drive (Optimal Series) : None
Case Lighting : None
CHASSIS FANS : AFTERSHOCK S1 ARGB Fans X 5
WIRELESS LAN (DESKTOP) : None
CUSTOM CABLE SLEEVES : Standard Cable Setup
Power Supply Unit (Bolt) : 650W FSP/EVGA 80+ Bronze Certified PSU
OPERATING SYSTEM : No Operating System
PRIMARY MONITOR : None
Sound System Bundles : None
PRECISION GAMING MOUSE : None
Keyboard Bundles : None
Exclusive Headset Bundles : None
Microsoft Office : None

Problem is getting a barebone system without gfx card, Aftershock can't run their system tests after fixing up. Maybe I'm wrong.

I will avoid the Bolt version due to bad airflow casing.

Posted from PCWX using iPhone 1000 Pro Max

 

[localITguy]

Problem is getting a barebone system without gfx card, Aftershock can't run their system tests after fixing up. Maybe I'm wrong.

I will avoid the Bolt version due to bad airflow casing.

Posted from PCWX using iPhone 1000 Pro Max

they can use their own gpu to test ma.

main thing is system test and that must includes USB Ports/audio jacks/RGB

yeah avoid BOLT. airflow is ****

 

[protestmofo]

BOLT :
Hardware

Chassis : BOLT : BOLT Premium Full Steel Chassis

CPU (High Performance Desktops) : AMD RYZEN 5 3600 | 4.2 GHZ | 6 Cores 12 Threads

Motherboard (MATX) : For AMD - GIGABYTE B550M DS3H (PCIE GEN4)
THERMAL COMPOUND : Premium Enthusiast Grade Thermal Compound
GRAPHICS CARD (BOLT, RAPID) : None
RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (RAM) (DESKTOP) : 16GB Klevv Performance 3200 Mhz
(8x2)
CPU COOLING SYSTEM (Desktop) : AIR COOLING : Intel / AMD stock cooling fan
Primary Solid State Drive (NVME | M.2 | DESKTOP) : 512GB KLEVV C710 SSD (R 2050 |
W 1650)
SECONDARY SOLID STATE DRIVE BAY : None
First Hard Drive (Optimal Series) : None
Case Lighting : None
CHASSIS FANS : AFTERSHOCK S1 ARGB Fans X 5
WIRELESS LAN (DESKTOP) : None
CUSTOM CABLE SLEEVES : Standard Cable Setup
Power Supply Unit (Bolt) : 650W FSP/EVGA 80+ Bronze Certified PSU
OPERATING SYSTEM : No Operating System
PRIMARY MONITOR : None
Sound System Bundles : None
PRECISION GAMING MOUSE : None
Keyboard Bundles : None
Exclusive Headset Bundles : None
Microsoft Office : None

Yeah, this setup is only great for buy and very limited tweaking. Those are cheap mobo, psu, ram and ssd. So you can get basic function, but don't expect overclocking etc.

Meh, personally think that 3600 stock fan is bad, mine reach 100c a few times before i went and buy a proper cpu cooler.

 

[localITguy]

Yeah, this setup is only great for buy and very limited tweaking. Those are cheap mobo, psu, ram and ssd. So you can get basic function, but don't expect overclocking etc.

Meh, personally think that 3600 stock fan is bad, mine reach 100c a few times before i went and buy a proper cpu cooler.

Yeah, the stock cooler is very bad. they should not even give the stock cooler as an option. it SUCKS.

I swapped over to a ID-COOLING SE-224-XT WHITE for my AF Rig

now the temps are much better and the noise level is pretty good.