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Merchant Member
2009-12-09
5/5
"I just received my first AVA computer in the mail today. It is housed in a Cooler Master Cosmos S case, and it is a thing of beauty. Popping the case open and looking inside the plumbing was, as it seems to someone who's built several of his own computers, very well done also. I think I'm going to like this system. So here's my experience with AVA.
Pros:
-Best selection of components for the price I've seen on any custom rig site I could find.
-They spent someplace around two weeks testing and burning in the parts, as a result everything works perfectly so far.
-Prompt response to any communication through a simple message system on my account page on their website.
-System was shipped with probably 500% of the packing protection needed to get it here in one piece.. and it from that it looks like it was cleaned and polished ten minutes before it arrived on my door.
Cons:
-Every time I submitted a potential build to them for compatibility information I got a reply with a build $400 - $500 more, though I was able to build exactly what I wanted for what I wanted to pay with no real resistance, so this is a very minor con.
-For the money I spent, I'd have expected free shipping, but it wasn't that much for the weight, so this is also a minor gripe.
Overall, considering I've had the computer up and running for about 8 hours, I'm so far very satisfied and the buying process was very pleasant. Barring this thing blowing up in the next few days, I would quickly do business with AVA again in the future.
System Specs:
CUSTOM WORKSTATION, Quad-Core Core™ i7 Extreme Graphics Workstation
> COOLER MASTER, Cosmos S (RC-1100-KKN1-GP) Black Tower Case, EATX, No PSU, Aluminum
CORSAIR, CMPSU-750HX HX Series Power Supply w/ Modular Cables, 750W, 80 PLUS®, 24-pin ATX12V EPS12V, Four 8-pin PCIe
>MICROSTAR, Eclipse SLI, LGA1366, Intel® X58, 6400 MT/s QPI, DDR3-1333 24GB /6, PCIe x16 CF SLI /3, SATA 3 Gb/s RAID 5 /10, HDA, GbLAN /2, FW /2, ATX, Retail
>INTEL, Core™ i7-920 Quad-Core 2.66GHz, LGA1366, 4.8 GT/s QPI, 8MB L3 Cache, 45nm, 130W, EM64T EIST VT XD, Retail
>COOLER MASTER, Hyper N520 CPU Cooler, Socket 775/1366/754/939/940/AM2, Copper/Aluminum
>SERVICE, Mild Overclocking, 10-20% Performance Increase(2.67 upped to 3.21)
>PATRIOT, 6GB (3 x 2GB) Extreme Performance PC3-10600 DDR3 1333MHz CL7 (7-7-7-20) 1.65V SDRAM DIMM, Non-ECC
>SAPPHIRE, Vapor-X Radeon™ HD 4890 870MHz, 1GB GDDR5 1050MHz, PCIe x16 CrossFire, VGA+DVI, HDTV-Out, DP, Retail
>WESTERN DIGITAL, 750GB WD Caviar® Black™ (WD7501AALS), SATA 3 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 32MB Cache
>RAID, No RAID, Independent HDD Drives
>LITE-ON, iHOS104 Black 4x/8x/32x BD/DVD/CD Blu-ray Disc™ BD-ROM Drive, SATA, Retail
>LG ELECTRONICS, GH22LS50 Black 22x DVD±R/RW Dual-Layer Burner w/ Lightscribe, SATA, OEM
>SABRENT, CRW-UINB Black 65-in-1 Card Reader/Writer Drive, 3.5" Bay, Internal USB
>MICROSOFT, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition w/ SP2c, OEM
>UBUNTU, Pre-Installed Ubuntu™ Linux 64-bit Latest Available Desktop Edition, No Media, No Support
>WARRANTY, Silver Warranty Package (3 Year Limited Parts, Life-Time Labor Warranty)"
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