First off, everything is fine with my PC. Nothing is broken. It arrived yesterday at the exact (literal) time DPD said it would and came out of the box in pristine condition. ARMA 2 runs like I fantasized it would and everything is just plain faster (my previous PC was built in 2008).
But I just can't stand the M-ATX motherboard.
It's an oversight on my part, I should've changed it early on... but I didn't. It's sheer ignorance on my part, but to make myself look a tiny bit better, this is why I thought it would be OK: I'm used to single slot graphics cards. I use a Recon3D sound card that runs off a PCIe x1 slot that my new GTX 660 inconveniently blocks - I'm used to a 9600GT that would leave the PCI slot open. So now I can't use my sound card.
That aside, I've hard to install an old Sound Blaster Audigy SE that has no bracket so I've hard to jury rig and completely inconvenient looking "stand" to keep it firmly in place and not flop around inside the x16 (or whatever) slot.
So I'm wondering if the silver warranty covers the return and replacement of single components. If so, I'd want it exchanged with the full sized equivalent and just pay the extra money like I did when it was still processing via amendments.
If the answer is no, this isn't the end of the world. I'll just have to sell the board I have now somehow and order a new one.
But I just can't stand the M-ATX motherboard.
It's an oversight on my part, I should've changed it early on... but I didn't. It's sheer ignorance on my part, but to make myself look a tiny bit better, this is why I thought it would be OK: I'm used to single slot graphics cards. I use a Recon3D sound card that runs off a PCIe x1 slot that my new GTX 660 inconveniently blocks - I'm used to a 9600GT that would leave the PCI slot open. So now I can't use my sound card.
That aside, I've hard to install an old Sound Blaster Audigy SE that has no bracket so I've hard to jury rig and completely inconvenient looking "stand" to keep it firmly in place and not flop around inside the x16 (or whatever) slot.
So I'm wondering if the silver warranty covers the return and replacement of single components. If so, I'd want it exchanged with the full sized equivalent and just pay the extra money like I did when it was still processing via amendments.
If the answer is no, this isn't the end of the world. I'll just have to sell the board I have now somehow and order a new one.