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Aerows

(39,961 posts) Fri Oct 16, 2015, 11:15 PM Oct 2015

Ordered a new motherboard because mine bit the dust ( From New Egg) [View all]

I have probably spent, over the years $30,000 with New Egg building computers for myself, for clients, and for business.

I am, to put it mildly, incensed.

It took forever to get here, and I'm pissed that my Hyper 212 cooler won't fit unless I move the RAM to slots 2 and 4. I have RipJaws with factory heat sinks.

Who on God's green earth designs a motherboard for two video cards that can't accommodate heatsinks on the RAM modules!?

I'll find a way to make it work, but frankly, Newegg has finally, utterly and totally lost my business.

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Ordered a new motherboard because mine bit the dust ( From New Egg) [View all] Aerows Oct 2015 OP

Don't blame Newegg, blame Asus or MSI or whoever the motherboard manufacturer is Spider Jerusalem Nov 2015 #1

Asus - I've never had good luck with their products. Aerows Nov 2015 #2

Asus eh? Good to know. retrowire Nov 2015 #3

I've always found Gigabyte to be of superior build. Aerows Nov 2015 #4

It has nothing to do with drivers or OS Aerows Nov 2015 #5

Oh I know my socket retrowire Nov 2015 #6

I'm currently running off of the crappiest Aerows Nov 2015 #7

I'm running WD Raptors at 10,000 rpm err, I was. :( Aerows Nov 2015 #8

It can be a fantastic boost Aerows Nov 2015 #9