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Sin Stalker

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    Sin Stalker reacted to pntless in Linus Tech Tips Affiliates, Referral Programs and Sponsors   
    See both edits at bottom. TLDR: They more than made up for it.
     
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    So....dbrand...
     
    Over the last couple of years, I have placed 3 orders with dbrand. You guys, and others, push them so much that I'm always hopeful they will get better. Their products are great, but their service is, well, not.
     
    First order actually arrived in a timely manner and was good. Great.
     
    Second order never arrived. This was before they started using tracking. After 2+ weeks they finally agreed to reship. Second shipment arrived more than a week later and was wrong. Not only was it completely missing items, but it had skins for devices I've never even owned and certainly did not order. Third shipment was, finally, right and was shipped with tracking and actually arrived...mere days before Christmas for my November order.
     
    Third order, placed just over 2 weeks ago, arrived last Wednesday and was wrong. I ordered 2 back skins for my Pixel XL. I received only one and it wasn't either of the ones I'd ordered. I, again, contacted dbrand. In doing so, I asked them to change one of the skins in my order to a different pattern. I got a reply 2 days later saying they would reship with changes.
     
    That shipment has not yet been sent and they haven't replied to a follow-up email I sent asking when it would be.
     
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    Edit: Since posting this I have received both tracking information for the replacement shipment and a full refund for the order, which I never even requested.
     
    Took them a little while longer than I'd have liked, but props to dbrand for making it right.
     
    Edit 2: The replacement shipment arrived. Not only was it correct, but it was doubled. I received 2 of each skin rather than the one of each that I had ordered. That is in addition to the full refund and the initial, incorrect skin they sent which has been protecting my device in the meantime. They may have messed up initially, but went above and beyond to correct it. Their CS has improved significantly since my issues with them in late 2015.
     
    Thanks dbrand for stepping up. I'll be looking to order a Grip bumper probably next week!
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    Sin Stalker reacted to AMDNeko in Is there an AIO that should be avoided?   
    Just do not go with brands like deepcool or any budget brands because if they leak your done. Evga & Corsair for sure have your back in event of failure and I havent dealt with NZXT but I would like to imagine its the same. The Kraken and Evga CLCs are basically internally the same so go with what you like better if you do not want a Corsair unit but at the end of the day they are all the same Asetek CLCs (5th gen) I would avoid 4th gen Asetek units at this point. Besides that just avoid any used CLC that is 3+ years old if you want to use it for any meaningful amount of time~
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    Sin Stalker reacted to Arika in Is there an AIO that should be avoided?   
    As long as you get a well known brand one, then you don't really have much to worry about as each one will have about the same failure rating. you have to understand that these companies do not want their product to be known as one that will fail and leak in an expensive computer, so they get to what ever lengths reasonable to have the lowest possible failure rating.
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    Sin Stalker reacted to Hiitchy in Is there an AIO that should be avoided?   
    There isn't really one you can avoid... Avoidance is more based on what kind of CPU you're using. I.e. you wouldn't want to use a corsair H60 to cool a 7700k. 
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    Sin Stalker reacted to just_dave in Is there an AIO that should be avoided?   
    i would grab anything Corsair, NZXT or Fractal.
    The new EVGA coolers are nice too
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    Sin Stalker reacted to Klovnious in Is there an AIO that should be avoided?   
    Personally I haven't heard about any AIO's that has started to leak. I had my Corsair H100 (the first one) for 5 years running on 4.8GHz for 4 of them, and 4.7GHz the last year before I managed to shortcircuit it by doing a silly mistake from my end, so I think AIO's are pretty solid tbh.
     
    I bought a NZXT Kraken X62 a month or two ago, no complaints.
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    Sin Stalker got a reaction from Morgan MLGman in What kind of connector does this SSD have??   
    Yeah. Thank you.

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    Sin Stalker got a reaction from SpaceGhostC2C in Calculus as a name?   
    His name is officially Atlas.
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    Sin Stalker got a reaction from Xiauj in Calculus as a name?   
    His name is officially Atlas.
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    Sin Stalker got a reaction from Kobathor in Calculus as a name?   
    His name is officially Atlas.
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    Sin Stalker got a reaction from LAwLz in Calculus as a name?   
    His name is officially Atlas.
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    Sin Stalker reacted to Kobathor in Calculus as a name?   
    Atlas is a good name. Easy to spell phonetically, short and easy to write and say, but still sounds unique. Sounds like it would go well with most last names, too.
     
    I'm Koby. I really like my name, but every time I tell somebody my name I also have to mention that "it's with a K and a Y." Inconvenient.
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    Sin Stalker reacted to Himommies in PNY gtx 970 for only 220 $ CAD   
    AAAAAAAAAAND it's out of stock
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    Sin Stalker got a reaction from Septimus in PNY gtx 970 for only 220 $ CAD   
    PNY, blah. 
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    Sin Stalker reacted to Lord Nicoll in Does a 1700 go from 65w to 95w when Overclocking?   
    TDP is an average figure given for how much heat, in watts, a processor will output so system builders and integraters can design a cooling system that can cool it. When overclocking TDP is kinda irreverent unless you want to actually calculate it again, it is not a measure of power consumption either, however the two are related. 
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    Sin Stalker reacted to NoMercy in 1700 vs 1700x with $10 difference, which cpu?   
    Some reddit post, but it has been posted over and over in the forum, so not sure where is the original source.
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    Sin Stalker reacted to porina in Broadwell-e vs Ryzen?   
    Would really help to know use case and any other factors that might influence this. If Broadwell-E is on the cards, why not Skylake-X too?
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    Sin Stalker reacted to Brooksie359 in Broadwell-e vs Ryzen?   
    Can you seriously not look one post above mine?
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    Sin Stalker reacted to cj09beira in Broadwell-e vs Ryzen?   
    its also on the amds slides 
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    Sin Stalker got a reaction from He_162 in IS $30 worth going from a 1700 to 1700x?   
    I already own a good air cooler in hopes of getting the best OC I can get. I'd LOVE 4GHz
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    Sin Stalker reacted to Da OG Fish in First-time PC Build under $600   
    What are you going to use the computer for?
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    Sin Stalker reacted to Himommies in First-time PC Build under $600   
    The PC won't work because Ryzen has no igpu
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    Sin Stalker reacted to paddy-stone in How do I test RAM?   
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    Sin Stalker reacted to DrMikeNZ in How do I test RAM?   
    While I agree, I have to admit I personally do the opposite.
    I have a strict validation policy for any new PC, which needs to go through a weekend of memtest, aida64, prime95 then handbrake before I put it into the workflow.
    I would rather find issues during the build and RMA the components immediately before I prepare a workload than to find data corruption or stability issues and have to deal with it later. But then again, I am not normal, and rather OCD.
    Block testing harddrives is fun, and the only way to enjoy your new PC.
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    Sin Stalker reacted to asand1 in Best/Most Powerful 1366 Chip???   
    He will be happy, and you probably would be too, unless you just need the biggest e-penis. A 6 core 12 thread 1366 Xeon running at 4ghz+ is nothing to scoff at. 
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