shes arrived !!!

[stehal587]

Shes' arrived my new baby girl unk:

So here’s the story.
Had my old pc about 7 years and IV loved her to bits, served me faithfully, (specs: Intel I3 duel core (2.4 GHz), 2GB Ram, GeForce 8600GS graphics) but the old girl was getting slow in her golden age and no amount of disk clean or fragging was helping, so I decided it was time for a new mistress, one who would please me for years to come lo and Behold:

Case ............ ................. COOLERMASTER CM STORM ENFORCER - GAMING ENTHUSIAST CASE
Processor (CPU) .............. Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-4790k (4.0GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard .................. Gigabyte Z97X Gaming 3: ATX, LG1150, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, XFIRE/SLI
Memory (RAM) ................ 16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2133MHz X.M.P (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card .................. 4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 970 - 2 DVI, 1 HDMI, 1 DP - 3D Vision Ready
1st Hard Disk ....................240GB KINGSTON HYPERX SAVAGE SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s
2nd Hard Disk .................2TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive .......... 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply.....................CORSAIR 650W CS SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Processor Cooling...............Corsair H55 Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste................... ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Extra Case Fans................. 2 x 12CM Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)
Operating System .............Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
Monitor ........................... BENQ RL2455HM 24" LED GAMING MONITOR
Keyboard & Mouse............ CM Storm Octane LED Gaming Keyboard and Mouse
Surge Protection ...............MasterPlug SRG82 8 Socket 2m Surge Protector
Warranty .......................3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Price .............................£1,380.00
Required Power.............. 548W
Processed Date .............14-08-2015
Pre-Production Date .......18-08-2015
Build Date .................... 24-08-2015
Test Date 2..................... 4-08-2015
QC Date ....................... 24-08-2015
Awaiting Dispatch Date ....28-08-2015
Dispatch Date.................28-08-2015
Built By ........................ Andrew Vincent
Tested By ......................Zbear Ramzan
QC'd By .................. ..... Zbear Ramzan
Packed By ................... James Russell

A spec built with advice from members on this forum, so shout out guysunk:

I was worried that like my first girlfriend she would take ages or worse never come but after a few patient weeks of constantly asking, is she here yet? And stalking her activities daily on the statues guide she finally arrived.

I was at work however so she was taken in by a neighbour (despite warning labels that this package should only be delivered to address not given to anyone else) Not a big issue but didn't actually tell me until 10pm doh so alas I only had the foreplay of opening the box and taking a sneaky peak at her contents before crawling into bed, saving the excitement for the next day.

I have to say the contents scared me a little (I will attach pics later) but I did see bags of screws, nuts and bolts, thing-a-ma-bobs, plastic component, internal leads / wires and extra thingies that I don’t have a clue about. I’m hoping I won’t have to play around too much with her internal organs as I don’t know the first thing about tinkering with the heart and lungs of a pc.:stupid: The packaging was however immaculate, so well done to James Russell . You can do my xmas wrapping this year. all very secure and tight.

I’ll go home set her up and give a review later on how she performs or any issues (hopefully not )

 

[stehal587]

First impressions ohhh its massive….. (that’s what she said) :shifty:

The case was much larger than I had thought , so I’ve had to rethink my set up with a small working space, the tower is having to stay behind the monitor out of view. Also to jump from 15in monitor to a 24in widescreen feels like I now need popcorn when working on excel. :tt2:

The setup was actually very easy. My earlier worries of the nuts and bolts where unfounded as it became clear these where the extra bits from it being assembled. Only the foam bag inside needed to be removed which was easy. And ohhhh shes powerful everything’s been running’s super quick. Power up takes about 10-15seconds.

It’s not been without a few teething problems however. I had to play around with the sound for ages as it was only coming though on my TV (double monitor set up) and not though my speakers, it wasn’t a simple restart either. Got it fixed by uninstalling and reinstalling the motherboard driver after a lot of faffing about.

Also I’ve not been able to play any games yet. :surrender:The first one I installed is failing to load with a message cannot locate the DVD-ROM / Please insert correct DVD-ROM and restart aplication error. Even after a full install and reinstall of both the game and CD ROM DRIVER plus running in compatibility mode. it’s only an old RTS game (Battle for middle earth, 2006) but any help to solve this would be appreciated wasted hours and always get that message (happens with the original game disk and also the expansion disk both genuine copies. I don’t know what it could be.) :surrender:currently downloading other games I’ll see if they work later.


REVIEW
Case ............ ................. Big but beautiful, Also the red fan lights are very understated which is nice as it don’t feel like I’m in a disco
Processor (CPU) ..............Very fast, boot up takes seconds.
Motherboard .................. Some teething problems with the sound but seems to be perfect now
Memory (RAM) ................Can multi task the life out of my tv, youtube, music, browing and social life requirements.
Graphics Card ..................Not tested yet haven’t been able to load an old game never mind a graphics testing one. hopeful this is a small issue to fix
1st Hard Disk ...................Real quick and installing takes fraction of the time it usually took my old pc.
2nd Hard Disk ................. Not used yet
DVD Drive .......... Cannot locate the DVD-ROM / Please insert correct DVD-ROM when trying to play games. Been able to install files so it is working as far as I can see. ( need help with this:wacko
Power Supply.....................Quiet no issues
Processor Cooling...............Quiet no issues
Thermal Paste................... Duno how to review this … ummm nice to know I paid extra for it 
Extra Case Fans................. A mild annoyance that I can see the wires from the outside of the case (seen though the mesh but I can live with it )
Operating System ...............New and shiny learning to use :wub:
Monitor ........................... Massive and really vibrant I only need popcorn and a slushy
Keyboard & Mouse...........Very cool though it’s all one colour I would like options to select multiple colours for controls while gamming but still fun looks future-ry and very Star Trek unk:
Surge Protection ...............ummm it’s a plug
Warranty ....................... Hoping never have to use but nice to know I can
Price ..............................£1,380.00 next ones free right? :tt2:
Built By .........................Andrew Vincent all very tidy and neat on the inside good job nothing wobbly
Tested By .....................Zbear Ramzan sound and dvd game playing issues but hoping for simple quick fix still
QC'd By ....................... Zbear Ramzan
Packed By ................... James Russell wrapped up tighter & more secure than my mates wallet when its time for their round of drinks. well done .

At work ill upload pics when I get home later

 

[moosEh]

Noice review.

For the DVD issue, have you tried removing the DVDRW from device manager and rebooting? It can be an easy fix.

 

[stehal587]

Noice review.

For the DVD issue, have you tried removing the DVDRW from device manager and rebooting? It can be an easy fix.

Tried that a few times no joy unfortunately . the cd drive does work as I can install from it. but I get an error message when I try to play the game from it.

should say iv also updated all drivers to the latest and the games using latest patch notes etc.

 

[LFFPicard]

I had issues with BFME, although a good game it had it's issues.
It can be fixed a number of ways, getting a no CD crack or creating and image of it and using a virtual drive. It may seem odd but see if there is a patch online and then try and run it.

 

[stehal587]

I had issues with BFME, although a good game it had it's issues.
It can be fixed a number of ways, getting a no CD crack or creating and image of it and using a virtual drive. It may seem odd but see if there is a patch online and then try and run it.

The game worked on my old pc a few weeks back. I don't know what cranking or virtual drive is but assume that's a type of emulator. if I have to do that so be it :whistling: but I would like to find a legit solution first before downloading 3rd party software to play my legit game. My new PC should be ripping it a new one not crashing on it :wacko: will find out if its only with this game or if it happens with all of them. will test tonight

cheers for advice