Christmas came early!

[BlueWraith]

actually, it will be comming early here in a couple days. :)

Name Code Qty Each Options
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Silver Case Thumbscrews TSCREW-SIL 10 0.20
SVC 12" Red/Blue Cold CCFL3-BR 1 7.99
Cathode Light w/Dual
Inverter
Blue 18" Dual Device RC18HD2-BLU 1 3.25
ATA133/100 Round Cable
Blue 10" Round floppy RC10FD1-BLU 1 1.39
Cable
Blue 10" ATA133/100 Round RC10HD1-BLU 1 1.39
IDE Cable
Subtotal 16.01
Shipping 6.25
Tax 0.00
Total 22.26

(oh looky at the pretty color text... :rolleyes: )
Yay. :D

Edit: Wow.. blue is super-hard to read on dark grey... Sorry, but I just had to have monospaced text. :)

[rugbyroy]

great deal! show us some pics once you've got it all set up!

[BlueWraith]

Originally posted by rugbyroy
great deal! show us some pics once you've got it all set up!

Will do. :)
I'm so used to spending money on my truck.. that spending $20 on the computer isn't even making me think twice...

Heck.. I went into the truck shop one night, handed the guy $200 and told him to tell me when to stop taking stuff off the shelves. :D

[rugbyroy]

yikes. That kinda money could get you some nice stuff for your rig.

[BlueWraith]

Originally posted by rugbyroy
yikes. That kinda money could get you some nice stuff for your rig.

You don't want to see the retail value of all the lights on my truck... lol

I was pricing those front panel 5.25" plates.. the ones with USB/firewire/etc.. on them... I used to think those were expensive(couple months ago).. but now I can get them for like, $30 or so... Payday is friday, lets see what kinda goodies I can find. :) Thermaltake 11, perhaps? hehe

[rugbyroy]

thermaltake 11? Bah. I'd go with the slk 800 or 900 and a smartfan 2.

[BlueWraith]

Originally posted by rugbyroy
thermaltake 11? Bah. I'd go with the slk 800 or 900 and a smartfan 2.

Links please? :D
Always open to suggestions.

[G@ZZ@]

SLK-800 (http://svc.com/therslsoc462.html)

SLK-900 (http://svc.com/noname10.html)

SMARTCASFAN 2 (http://svc.com/thersmarcasf.html)

[LilBuddy]

don't try to get any other opinions here on things like heatsinks, cause everyone will just tell you to get what they just said. nothin else here is good enough unless it is a $200 custom pieced together water cooling setup.

[BlueWraith]

Originally posted by LilBuddy
don't try to get any other opinions here on things like heatsinks, cause everyone will just tell you to get what they just said. nothin else here is good enough unless it is a $200 custom pieced together water cooling setup.

I have access to a CNC mill... perhaps that would be the route to go? A bit excessive imo... but I'm not fully addicted to overclocking yet.

I was looking earlier today and found what looks like a blower moter that mounts instead of a fan on top of the heatsink... pretty good concept imo, but I dont wanna test it out on my machine in case it isn't up to par with the rest.

Then again, anything is better then the speeze that is on there now...

[BlueWraith]

Okay... so I got the package today. Wee?
A couple problems... my 10 pack of thumbscrews.. is a 12 pack of fan screws... *grumble grumble* I was like, okay... Thats easily fixed. No worries.. Pull out the rounded cables. Not the best construction.. the endcaps slide around with a lil bit of effort, but thats piddly. Then... for the main deal.. the cold cathode.. :drool: Hook it up, turn it on, and hear a buzzing/popping sound from my speakers(cheapos that aren't shielded.. so they tell me when things aren't playing friendly with radiowaves). Not very bright, either... Now I'm ticked off. Turns out there is a short in the wires where they go into the acrylic endcap of the CC. I'm sure I could fix it myself, but I dont want to risk not being able to fix it and killing the RMA. Sent an email in... now just waiting for the RMA on 66.6666667% of my goodies.

[blackhabit]

oh man that sucks i hope you get everything fix up. so that you are a happy camper good luck though

[pik4chu]

since everyone else has said basically what I would say..I figured Id add one more thing... if its christmas, why is the text red and blue not red and green? :p

[BlueWraith]

Okay... got my return email... but no RMA. Even better...

Dear Valued Customer

We apologize for the shipping error. We will send you the thumbscrews
and a red-blue Cathode. There is no need to send the fan screws and the
defective cathode. Once these items have left our warehouse, you will be
emailed a tracking number.


Best Regards,
The SVC Team
www.svc.com
rma@svc.com

I give the customer service an 11 out of 10 now. :D

[pik4chu]

Originally posted by BlueWraith
Okay... got my return email... but no RMA. Even better...



I give the customer service an 11 out of 10 now. :D

dude thats awsome!

[BlueWraith]

Originally posted by pik4chu


dude thats awsome!

Very. Now that they have already said to keep the items, I'm working on rebuilding the cc. Cut away the heatshrink and have noticed that the a wire wasn't soldered fully... Time to break out the soldering iron. The transformer is already dual-ready...

I dont think they'll send another whole kit.. just a tube.. but ya never know.

[BlueWraith]

A little solder, and a lil heatshrink later.. I now have a fixed cold cathode tube... How many people think its wrong to still get the new one after I fixed the first? I know theres a lot of people who say only to use the RMA if its the company at fault, or manufacturing... But I had every intention of sending the original back to them along with the fan screws when they gave me an RMA, yet I got the "keep 'em. we'll give ya replacements". I dont see myself at fault here, as the tube would have been trashed by them after they got it anyways... (fanscrews i can care less about. They are nice and shiney, but I already have tons from other cases)

[pik4chu]

Originally posted by BlueWraith
A little solder, and a lil heatshrink later.. I now have a fixed cold cathode tube... How many people think its wrong to still get the new one after I fixed the first? I know theres a lot of people who say only to use the RMA if its the company at fault, or manufacturing... But I had every intention of sending the original back to them along with the fan screws when they gave me an RMA, yet I got the "keep 'em. we'll give ya replacements". I dont see myself at fault here, as the tube would have been trashed by them after they got it anyways... (fanscrews i can care less about. They are nice and shiney, but I already have tons from other cases)

I would keep them, cuase technically you took "trash" and turned it into something useful. just like dumpster diving(which is legal) I guess it would be a question on how you feel about it. but if they dont want it back, it doesnt matter. plus they wouldn't accept it once you tinkered with it anyways so even if you do send it they wont take it nor use it.

[BlueWraith]

Originally posted by pik4chu
plus they wouldn't accept it once you tinkered with it anyways so even if you do send it they wont take it nor use it.

My thoughts exactly. If they wanted it back, then I would have sent it without tinkering, but I waited until they told me to keep it until I fixed it.

If I had white heat-shrink tubing, the fix would be impossiable to see.

[Mico]

When are you getting the replacement in? Would be really nice if they sent a whole other kit. Then you would have...2. Not 1. 2.

[BlueWraith]

Originally posted by Mico
When are you getting the replacement in? Would be really nice if they sent a whole other kit. Then you would have...2. Not 1. 2.

No clue. They said they would send a new cold cathode to replace the defective one, so I have no clue if its a whole kit or just the tube. Either way it works nicely, because the transformers they use are already setup to make use of 2 tubes.


Got some LED fans today too... shopped around and picked up some 4color flashing ones for $10 each... pretty quiet too. 2500rpm norm, but its just a case fan. :) Not quite what I was looking for, but they work.
Almost grabbed a blue orb for my northbride, since its kinda loosing its balls... but didn't feel like spending the $ for one today.

[bubba gump]

I imagine that they would send a whole nother kit. Not everyone who buy's cold cathodes can solder or even has access to a soldering iron.

Glad to hear on the sucess of RMA and the fact that you will have 2 cold cathodes (if my thinkin is correct) to make it even brighter =D

[BlueWraith]

Originally posted by bubba gump
I imagine that they would send a whole nother kit. Not everyone who buy's cold cathodes can solder or even has access to a soldering iron.

Glad to hear on the sucess of RMA and the fact that you will have 2 cold cathodes (if my thinkin is correct) to make it even brighter =D


The kits themselves require no soldering, unless they are the kind that I received. :p
Now just to wait for my thumbscrews/cc, and my fisher project $. :)

[zabomb4163]

who did you order from?

[BlueWraith]

Originally posted by zabomb4163
who did you order from?

http://www.svc.com
Pretty good prices. Great service and fast shipping.. I'm expecting the replacement CCFL and my original order of thumbscrews to be shipped monday and received wednesday or so.

[zabomb4163]

cant believe you got that much stuff for 20$ thats a bargain.

[sirtoby]

wow.. they send stuff without even wanting to check whether the stuff you said was broken really IS broken..

If people wouldn't be honest you could easily use this to get some free stuff.. not that I ever would, and I hope you won't do it either.. It's great that some companies trust their customers enough to have that kind of policy.. Too bad there are always people that will use it against them..

[BlueWraith]

Well, I'm suprised... my replacement CCFL and my original order of thumbscrews was waiting on my doorstep when I woke up. Nevermind the treatment it got from USPS, but nothing was broken. (how can you break thumbscrews? :D)
Didn't get another CCFL kit, just a tube. I stated in the RMA request that I belived the fault was in the wireing from the transformer to the tube, which it was.

Its nice to finally have my PC all togeather. I've had the panels off of it for so long... lol


Time to go check resellerratings to find SVC... I had a great first experiance with them, even with the misship.