got a DS3 instead of DS3P

[SooTyLaD]

hi peeps...

ordered my setup last night and changed my mind on a few accounts this morning and one of those changes was to go from a DS3 to a DS3P... however due to my many finnicky changes this one slipped under the radar and the DS3 got dispatched...

so simple question really, should i live with it or send it back once it arrives (OcUK would have course be perfectly happy to do this) - worth the hassel?

 

[SooTyLaD]

hmmm i could do with the firewire in all honesty...

also just read it has better onboard sound...

think i'll just get the ds3p ordered, hopefully ocuk will refund me the postage for the new one along with the full refund for the ds3... i'll ask em

 

[SooTyLaD]

since i'm gonna order the ds3p, is it worth the extra dolla for the ds4 for that heat pipe jobby?

 

[SooTyLaD]

changed my mind... always easier to want the next one up, but i wanted to go with the ds3p and i'm sure it will be just perfect for what i want

 

[SooTyLaD]

As long as you don't open the box, you can just return the DS3 for a DS3P under the distance selling regulations.

well, they said as soon as it arrives, stick the rma on the ds3 and send it back... so i've purchased a DS3P which should come tomorrow and hopefully like i said in with the DS3 refund they will add the DS3P postage as the mixup wasn't my fault...

i would have thought there isn't an issue since i just spend £1400 odd quid...

 

[SooTyLaD]

ooh £1400.... What setup have you gone for? I'm sure it'll dwarf my £550 setup i'm ordering today

i actually think its reasonably modest (in terms of picking things from the middle of lists instead of the top...) - but yes its a lot of money...

• Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB)
• Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) HS/F
• Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
• CellShock 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit
• BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC2 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
• Western Digital Raptor 150GB WD1500ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache
• Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache
• Samsung SM-226BW 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor (Silver/Black)
• NEC ND3550A 16x DVD±RW Dual Layer Internal IDE (Black)
• Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (Black)
• Lian Li C-01B Aluminium CD-ROM/DVD-ROM Bezel (Black)
• Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
• Logitech diNovo Laser Media Desktop
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition inc. SP2

should be sweet

 

[SooTyLaD]

Well you can probably overclock the BFG yourself just as far as you would the EVGA.

Nice setup quicksilver. Good components all round. The only thing I'd have changed would be taking out the raptor and putting the extra cash to a 640mb GTS or even a GTX.

someone told me in another thread that 640MB was well ott considering the res of the monitor?

i stepped down on advice are you saying it was a mistake