Well Corsair produces some top of the notch RAM, but AFAIK they aren't the most reliable.
I own a little computer shop and ask from time to time my suppliers which are the brands that usually have more or less RMA. Unfortunately Corsair don't belong to the group of the less.
But to be complete honest the ones I sold never had any complain from my customers.
Great rig you've Jason.

Glad you like guys.

I ran into some perfomance issues with ROF and I thought it was hardware related. I have a thread in the ROF section about it and it was really worrying, but glad to say it was not another hardware failure or bad ROF code, it was some Chipset drivers that did not install correctly first time around. ROF and all other games are performing very well now on this rebuilt rig on Win 7 64.

I need to update this thread with pics of the paint-job I'm working on.

Ya I've never had a problem with Corsair RAM until now. It happens I guess. At least their Customer Service is responsive.

Jason

Ok guys,

So now that I know my hardware is working correctly and I can fly and play without worries, let's paint this sucker. So, I have decided to do a ROF inspired paint-job based on the Red Baron. Why the Red Baron? Well, I'm short on time these days and it seems like a pretty straight forward process and I think a red machine with an Iron Cross on it will look pretty darn cool.

I'm going to try and make this as easy as possible. I'm going to only paint the plastic bits and the side panels and the little swing doors on the front. All the grills will remain black. I'm going to leave the aluminum tub alone. I have painted the inside of cases before, but it is a #%&*$# to do and if you look at the Dr.1 in ROF the gas tank is right in front of the pilot and it has a metal finish, so I think my decision not to pain the inside of the case makes artistic sense.

Painting the top exhaust grill brackets.



Looks good once re-assembled.



Painting the side panels with some grey primer.



Side panel now painted red. I will add a gloss coat to even out the surface since I used a spray can and not a spray gun.



So it's coming along. More pics soon.

Jason

I'm anxious to see how it turns out. It might inspire me to paint one of my old cases.

Red Baron case?

VP,

Yes a Red Baron case. It's amazing what you can do with a can of Krylon...err I mean Rustoleum. LOL.

Jason

You could sell a special package for WWI loonnies like myself. ROF and Red Baron PC Case.
You could also have a Guynemer, Rickenbacker or a McCudden case.
I'd buy ROF again.

Ok so I'm still at it, but the Holidays have slowed me down. I managed to paint an Iron Cross on each panel. Was not an easy thing to do. At least not for me. I completely porked one of the panels and had to sand off all the paint and start over, but I finally got it done. There are some small blemished and bleed-thrus, but I hope to touch them up. From more than 2 feet away it looks real nice. I need to put a gloss coat on each panel, especially the one on the left as the cross is flat black. Working with lame spray cans from Home Depot is not how the pros do it, but I didn't want to invest too much money. The computer alone cost enough.

Now I just have to paint the rest of the plastic trim and the handles.

Jason

Hey guys,

Ok now I'm making some good progress. The side panels are done. They are about as good as they are gonna get. The finish is not perfect, but it looks good enough. I'm diggin' the red.

Jason

That does look pretty cool.


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