5/5

posted Nov-02-2006

I did my homework. I checked prices on the Web for weeks, generating a blizzard of files and paper work on every PC configuration that seemed to fit my requirements. My wife almost left me. But once I found JNCS my search was over.

I've purchased 6 PC's in my life, 3 of them were "customized" online. I won't mention any brand names but two were Dell's. Dell sells computers like AOL sells online service ... it just isn't for me.

OK ... I ordered my dream system from JNCS on 5/19/06. On 6/2 I called Scott and he said it would ship "today". I received unit on 6/6 but had to wait an extra day before I could set it up because the DVI to VGA adapter had been shipped separately. (??)

I set up the system. Looks great .... solid aluminum Cooler Master case. I had to load a bunch of drivers etc ... and I won't go into detail because of 5000 character limit here. My system was an AMD 64X2 4400, 7900GT GPU, 2 gig DDR2, on a A8N32SLI-Deluxe mobo, 2 Lite-On Lightscribe drives, Seagate 250, etc. ... NICE!

Unfortunately it was already out of date by the time I got it because AMD and Intel had "just" come out with new "kick ass" CPU's, and they were slightly cheaper than what I paid. Ok .... my bad luck. Should have waited a day or two before ordering. Story of my life.

In a nut shell - PC wouldn't boot at first. I had to reset BIOS to default settings and then it booted. It was booting slow, was crashing on games like NFL2006, DH2K5, etc. so I ran memtest on it. Failed. Called JNCS - tech said pull mem sticks one at a time etc.... did all that... still no joy - he said "send them back".

Research on the 'Net told me to dis-able Legacy USB in BIOS. Memtest showed perfect scores after that. My only other tiny complaint is that JNCS did not hook up fan/speed sensors to the mobo but opted to hard wire them some other way; and that renders PC Probe, temp sensors, etc ---- useless.

AMD has since released "dual core fixes" for older games, and NVidia's latest 90 series drivers have improved overall "joy factor" but this has nothing to do with JNCS.

Don't get me wrong ... JNCS builds quality systems and you will NOT find a better, quicker, more responsive tech support dept. Period.

My overall experience with JNCS (for a $2000 system) was the best deal I ever made as far as computer buying goes.

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