Hello Steve,
Yes, I saw the ATACOM post on AMDZone earlier, it looks like I'm toast!!!
Seriously, once I knew what to look for and had other processors to compare them to, my oldest three K7 700's did appear different than the 40 latest K7 700's. At this time, I feel OK with the last 40. ATACOM is getting quite a reputation (bad) with lots of customers. To be fair with them, I think they must get "jacked around" a lot by the customer, the gamers run everything to and beyond the limit and when they burn something up they "come back crying".
Still that's no excuse for selling tampered products (if ATACOM knew it when they sold it). The real question is "are they willing participants in the re-marking game"? That could get them in real trouble if it can be proven. It would be interesting to see AMD's viewpoint on re-marking, i.e., what pattern exists with what vendors?
Other than those first three processors, I've got no complaint about ATACOM, I have found them to be good to deal with. On the other hand I've never tried to return anything (RMA wise), I think they get sticky with that.
From what vendor did you get your stuff? Were you pleased? Would you buy from them again? Do you recommend them?
Kindest regards,
Crazyman |
