Toss DIY, often need to buy a variety of hardware, how to use the lowest price to buy a variety of new DIY hardware, is the question you players often ponder. Especially for pirate brands, Asus, Anime, EVGA and other faithful brands, the appeal of these brands is still relatively strong, the product itself is of reliable quality, excellent performance, and after-sales support, UNPROFOR is very convenient. Another aspect is that the products of these brands are comparatively preserving their value and that they will not be devalued too much. This is a very real problem for the often tossing DIY players.
One, sea Amoy is kingIn order to be able to buy your favorite DIY hardware at the cheapest price, some players have spent a lot of time trying to think of the difference after the product is converted into RMB. . In addition, with the development of the Internet, the development and expansion of shopping guide websites such as what is worth buying, Hui Hui, etc., will allow everyone to obtain the latest sales information and price changes of a product more timely and accurately.
Some conservative players may be dismissive of the sea, mainly due to the following:
1, due to language reasons, in foreign shopping sites, apply for and open account trouble.
2. Haitao generally requires VISA or MASTER multi-currency credit cards, and some people do not.
3, Haitao generally need to contact related companies to transfer, time-consuming and laborious.
4. During the transit of goods across the sea, packaging and products are prone to damage. Once it occurs, it can only be considered unlucky.
5. After the product enters the country, if it is sampled by the Customs, the taxes and fees generally need to be taken care of themselves. Haitao’s price advantage is eliminated.
6, if the product fails, some brands of products do not have global warranty, after sale, no one can only think of ways to spend money to repair.
But for more players, this is not a problem, and you can easily solve these problems in just a few steps.
1, to see the favorite products, simply contact the purchasing business can, these businesses will be in accordance with the exchange rate, and receive a certain service fee, order, payment, transfer all help get. Even powerful purchasing businesses can apply tax packages and customs clearance services. These shopping malls are a large number of casual searches at Ma Yun.
2. In order to reduce the after-sale risk of the product, you can choose products with global UNPROFOR brand, such as DIY hardware brands: Corsair, INTEL, Zhiqi, EVGA and other brands, like the whole brand has THINKPAD, DELL, APPLE and other brands .
Second, Haitao motherboard "DOUBLE" repair1. Initial RMA
At the beginning of the year, he set up a set of X99 platform. The motherboard was my most discerning product, and finally chose the EVGA X99 MICRO2 motherboard. EVGA product quality, workmanship, materials are very important to me, and the key is that EVGA's products can be global warranty, if you need to send to Taiwan after the sale can be repaired.
After purchasing the motherboard, we started to prepare for the after-sales service of the product. At that time, I was thinking that I would not be afraid of 10,000 and I was afraid of a state of mind. EVGA's global warranty has always been very famous. It has a very formal process. The following is a one-by-one approach for everyone.
Log in to EVGA Taiwan official website, register ID, and then promptly enter the product serial number to complete the registration.
After successful registration, the e-mail will receive an email confirming the registration information.
The use of the motherboard is very good, but after two months of normal use, there is no light. The fault phenomenon is that the 5VSB LED indicator of the main board displays the “breathing light†effect, alternating between light and dark, and under normal conditions, it is always on. EVGA official website must be applied for technical support, but it seems to have little use.
So, ready to apply for product RMA.
Applying for RMA must be ready for the electronic version of the product invoice, if there is no invoice, there must be an order screenshot. Otherwise, it will affect the normal RMA.
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After receiving the RMA application, EVGA will also have an email notification and feedback back to the RMA ID.
After the RMA has applied for approval, it will send an e-mail to the e-mail, which contains a PDF file, which needs to be printed out and put on the outer package.
The way to send to Taiwan is usually SF Express or search for a transshipment company. In fact, the price is almost the same. I finally chose SF Express and sent it to Taiwan to fill in the international waybill.
After I filled out the goods receipt information, the quotation and other information was filled in by the staff of SF Express. They tried to ensure that they would not be taxed.
After sending out the express delivery, you can pay attention to the RMA information on the official website. At the same time, you can also check the status of SF Express.
After the EVGA official receives the main board, there will be a change of information indicating that the RMA product has been received and the time has been indicated.
After the product has been overhauled, the fault will be confirmed and the same good product will be promptly sent for use by the player and the delivery number will be indicated.
At the same time, the product information in the EVGA account has also been changed, and emails will be sent to the mailbox for explanation.
2. Have to say "tax"
After the EVGA official mailed the product, it will send an e-mail explaining the tax problem.
Originally, SF came to Taiwan from Shanxi and it only took about 5 days. This time it took 8 days. I estimate that the Customs will get the tariff. When I received the courier, I saw a 168-yuan document. Taxes are paid on behalf of SF Express and can be sent directly to the SF Express courier.
Finally, I communicated with the official EVGA official about the tariff. It turned out that the initial declaration of EVGA was made with a product value of $60. The result was that the customs had said that the price was low and required a new declaration. The second offer was $150, and finally SF Export, but the tariff was 165 yuan.
3, again "RMA"
After two weeks of normal use, the motherboard malfunctions again and is the same fault.
This time I couldn't stand it. I picked up the phone directly and beat EVGA's official customer service phone.
But ... My mobile phone does not have international calls and cannot make calls. This difficulty is difficult to live with, directly on the universal Ma Yunjia, find an international long-distance IP card shop, bought directly after the fight.
EVGA's customer service phone during the voice process, asked to enter the product SN number, I have tried the two SN motherboards, saying that is an invalid number, it is so annoying. Return to the main menu and transfer directly to labor. After I explained the fault condition of the motherboard and the operator, after 5 minutes, the EVGA service engineer called and the Taiwanese people were very modest in speaking and gave a big praise! I explained the failure process and failure phenomena of the two main boards. After the product RMA was included, why did it fail continuously in such a short period of time? I also asked him if other users had the same symptoms. His final conclusion is that it may be a problem with the power supply. Regardless of the reason, the motherboard has now been suspended and the RMA process can only be completed first. After the motherboard completed RMA, he suggested that I replace the power supply.
After hanging up the phone, I was thinking myself. As a DIY player with some experience, my power supply and this custom module line were used on my Z97 and B85 platforms for almost half a year. No, the GTX980TI and GTX970 SLI have been running normally. Finally, I had to start doubting this custom module line, but this is also speculation, but it cannot be proved.
After the same RMA application process, after the EVGA official approved my RMA application, I took the initiative to send an e-mail to the sister who was last contacted. When she sent the product back, she declared the value of the product at 90 US dollars. This would not be a waste of time, but also Less pay a tariff.
When I received SF Express, it really was, there was humanity, the tariff was 100 yuan, but also acceptable.
At the same time, EVGA official has updated product registration information in my personal account. Little friends, watching the same three boards, isn't it spectacular? ? ?
Now the hottest graphics card is none other than GTX1080. Originally, it was very much like to believe in the public version, but the supply was too small, resulting in the price being fired very high. MSI GTX1080 Dark Dragon became the best choice. The new version of the MSI GAMING graphics card has changed the previous single "gas stove" shape, using the latest three-fan heat pipe radiator, has 8 + 2 piles of power supply module, but also added RGB colorful LED lights, graphics back cover Thermal backplane guarantees long-term use, PCB will not bend.
After the motherboard RMA, at the same time, it also upgraded the graphics card. For the sake of safety, I decided to replace the power supply.
After this matter, I only have two requirements for the new power supply. 1, not in the power size, the output must be safe and reliable. 2, the original module line must be woven material, reliable quality.
After a long period of selection, an Anilami Platimax DF Platinum Ice Core II power supply was finally rated at 500W.
Every time the motherboard fails after a normal shutdown, it cannot light up the next day. The symptom is that the 5VSB LED on the main board is abnormal. From this, it is presumed that there may be a problem with the standby voltage of the main board. So, I demand that the 5VSB power supply must be enhanced.
The power supply box of Anaimei Platinum Core II is mainly black and red, which is more in line with the current GAMING style. The 5-year warranty, 80PLUS platinum efficiency, and Japanese main capacitor are all excellent selling points of the power supply. In order to save costs, this series of power uses a unified box, for different power products, use different stickers to distinguish. The 500W label is glued and fixed instead of printed.
Open the box, full set of products:
annex
The accessories for the power supply include module lines, power cables, storage bags, warranty cards, and cable management clips. The wire has a flat design and the material is very soft and easy to route.
As a full-module power supply, a total of 8 module lines, a small 4PIN cable, the module line material is an independent network pipe braided wire, texture, color, feel good.
power supply
The shell of the power supply uses a matte shell.
The power supply adopts full module design, 2 sets of CPU power output, 2 sets of PCI-E 8PIN power output, and 3 sets of SATA 6PIN power supply interface. The interface that provides the standby 5VBS output for the mainboard is isolated and identified as the "VS" interface, which is more conspicuous.
Focus on this, the 5VSB standby voltage of Anem Platinum Icy II is marked on the module line as "VS" interface. In order to play a safe role, if the module cable is not inserted into the VS interface on the power supply, the computer will not boot. , greatly enhanced the security of 5VSB output.
Anaimei Platimax DF Platinum Platinum II Platinum power supply uses a patented magnetic fan, the fan diameter is 14CM, has a special quiet and long life, the manufacturer claims MTBF is 160,000 hours. The fan also has a reversal bomb dust technology, this technology is more common in the video card fan, after the graphics card through the work, the first fan in the reverse rotation for a certain period of time, and then began to rotate in the positive direction, the purpose is to clean the dust.
The nameplate of the power supply shows all the information of the power supply, including: rated power, maximum power, output voltage and current, and the current value of each output. The ENERMAX Platinum Ice IIW uses a single 12V output with an output of 41A.
The test configuration is as follows:
CPU: 5820K OC 4.0G
Motherboard: EVGA X99 MICRO2
Memory: Zhiqi TRIDENTZ 8G×2
Graphics: MSI GTX1080
SSD: Micron MX200
HDD: Seagate New Fish 2T
System: Win7 Ultimate 64-bit
Display test platform
Test Plan Description: Test the output performance of the power supply by changing the working status of the complete machine and loading different power loads. The 3.3V, 5V, and 12V voltage test points were taken from the corresponding SATA power cable.
State 1
5820K OC 4.0G, after starting for 5 minutes, without any operation, test the power of the whole machine in the standby state, at the same time test the power of the whole machine and 3.3V, 5V, 12V output, and check the deviation of the power output.
State 2
5820K OC 4.0G, the whole machine running AIDA64 system stability test, only check the FPU pressure test, while testing the machine power and 3.3V, 5V, 12V output, check the power output deviation.
State 3
The whole machine runs FUMARK pager test software, and GTX1080 runs FIRESTRIKE ULTRA stress test mode to test the power of the whole machine and the output of 3.3V, 5V and 12V in this state and check the deviation of the power output.
Through testing, we can see that, under standby and high load conditions, the output of the ANIMEI Platinum Icy II is very stable, which is related to the 12V voltage output of the CPU and graphics card power supply. It is very stable and the voltage deviation range is also very small.
MSI Dark Dragon GTX1080 graphics card under low load conditions, in order to balance the mute feature, the fan does not rotate. Therefore, when testing the video card, it is necessary to run the FIRE STRIKE ULTRA stress test for 5 minutes. After the video card is stable, the test starts.
Before testing the graphics card fan speed, you need to paste reflective paper for the fan.
1, fan speed
Since the three fans of the graphics card use the same circuit for fan power supply and speed control, test any fan speed.
Graphics fan pressure
2, noise
Video card three fan noise
3, temperature
Select three locations of the “DUKE†of the video card shell, the top backplane, and the right heat pipe as the temperature test point.
Thanks to the process and architecture updates and advancements, the energy efficiency ratio of NV's next-generation Pascal graphics cards is indeed very good. With the GDDR5X memory support, compared with the previous generation of graphics cards, the performance has increased by 23% compared with the previous generation of graphics cards without significant increase in power consumption. about. At the same time, silence and heat dissipation are excellent.
1. When Haitao's hardware digital products are sent to RMA in Taiwan, they will not be taxed if they fill in relevant information according to SF staff.
2. For products returned from Taiwan, manufacturers will generally choose SF Express. Thanks to the SFG work method and the new customs tax inspection, it can be said that basically 100% will be sampled. Therefore, how to properly declare product value is a very worthy consideration.
3, Haitao hardware products advantage is cheap, but if the product occurs RMA, freight, taxes and fees are also part of the product cost, we all in the sea Amoy hardware products, we must take into account. If a product has a high failure rate or RMA occurs frequently, it is not recommended that you use Amoy.
3. For the two failures of the motherboard, the Anilami Platimax DF Platinum Ice Core II power supply was selected and an independent "VS" output interface was provided to bring more stable and safer output. 14CM large size magnetic fan, taking care of mute and heat dissipation, "reverse dust removal technology" excellent heat dissipation protection. So far, the computer has been used normally for more than two months and everything is normal.
4, through the motherboard failure, it is recommended that everyone in the use of computers, try to use the original module line, custom module line although beautiful, but because of technology, standards, workmanship, norms can not guarantee, will inevitably bring unexpected problems.
5, GTX1080 brings a powerful performance, but the increase in power consumption is not obvious, the performance is very good, if there is enough money, it is recommended that you start.