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Patrick Norton of Tekzilla interviews Jon Bach about component failure rates and PC reliability. There's some great info there, check it out!
Remember that when Puget Systems talks about component failure rates, we consider ANY problem to be a failure. A fan might have a ticking sound, there might be a faint buzz from the power supply, or a rarely-used port on the motherboard might be nonfunctional. We catch a huge majority of these problems before our PCs ship out -- that's our job!
Puget Systems Announces its 2nd Annual ‘Just in Time for the Holidays’ Sale
Puget Systems’ Line Up of Christmas Specials Offer Special Holiday Incentives for Students, Gamers, Content Creators and Those Who Crave a “Silent Night” System
SEATTLE, WA (December 11, 2009) – Puget Systems (www.pugetsystems.com), a boutique integrator of custom PC systems for enthusiasts, gamers, consumers and SMB markets, announced today its second annual ‘Just in Time for the Holidays’ sale with special incentives for customer across its entire line of high performance custom systems. Beginning immediately, customers can enjoy the following Christmas Specials through January 1, 2010:
Free Acoustipak sound dampening kits with purchase of the new Serenity silent PC;
Free 3 year warranty with purchase of the Obsidian desktop system;
$100 savings on Puget’s Student PC;
Free shipping for Puget’s Echo system for home theaters with 1080p video playback;
Free 3 year warranty on Genesis, high performance systems for post production and design pros;
Free overclocking on Deluge, Puget’s ultra-high performing gaming system.
“2009 was an excellent year for Puget Systems, thanks to our loyal and enthusiastic customer base. So for the holidays this year, we wanted to give back to our customers with some holiday specials tailored for each customer,” said Jon Bach, president of Puget Systems. “For our student customers, we thought some extra cash back in their pockets would go a long way; for our customers who crave quiet systems, we’re providing the gift of even more peace and quiet; and for our enthusiastic gamers, we’re giving the gift of more speed! We had a lot of fun thinking of creative ways to celebrate the holidays with our customers.”
For more information on the Puget Systems ‘Just in Time for Christmas” specials, or to place an order, please visit http://www.pugetsystems.com/go/christmas_specials.php. For those customers seeking delivery in time for Christmas, all orders must be placed no later than December 15, 2009.
About Puget Systems
Puget Systems is a specialized integrator of custom personal computing systems meticulously designed to exceed the discriminating requirements of consumers, enthusiasts, gamers and businesses in multiple industries. Puget Systems combines industry-unique custom innovations, the highest quality leading-edge components with an unparalleled commitment to personal service and support. Founded in 2000, Puget Systems is now headquartered in its new facility in Auburn, Washington. For more information, please visit www.pugetsystems.com.
Puget Systems Delivers Tranquility to the Home and Workplace; Launches New Family of Ultra-Quiet Workstations
Serenity from Puget Systems Combines Ultra-Quiet Engineering with Extreme Performance and Cooling Innovations in Affordable New Workstations for Consumers, Gamers and Professional Enterprise Environments
SEATTLE, WA - Puget Systems (www.pugetsystems.com), a boutique integrator of custom PC systems for enthusiasts, gamers, consumers and SMB markets, today announced it has launched a new family of affordable, ultra-quiet high performance workstations -- the Puget Systems Serenity series. With this launch, Puget Systems’ engineering and design teams have created a new standard in affordable, ultra-quiet systems that deliver jaw-dropping performance in a virtually silent, extremely cool system - solving the ‘perfect storm’ issues plaguing many systems manufacturers that attempt to achieve extreme performance in the quiet computing category.
"Puget Systems has long been known as a leader in quiet computing, however with the launch of the Serenity series, we’ve set out to set an even higher standard," said Jon Bach, president of Puget Systems. "Our rigorous testing and thermal imaging have allowed us to take on the challenge of providing excellent quiet cooling without sacrificing high performance. The Serenity is a product that takes our best practices, and packages them into a highly optimized configuration ideal for home computing, gamers and for the professional workspace."
The Puget Serenity Series is available in three models, with each specially tailored for home use, gamers or for professional environments. Each model’s core components include:
Asus P7P55D Pro motherboard
Intel Core i5/i7 CPUs
NVIDIA and ATI video cards
Home Model: Completely silent passive NVIDIA cards
Gaming Model: Quietly-cooled video cards from NVIDIA and ATI
Professional Model: Quietly-cooled Quadro video cards from NVIDIA
Kingston DDR3 memory
Antec P183 quiet chassis;
Corsair TX 650W power supply (highly reliable, quiet);
320GB to 2TB hard drives, hand selected as Puget’s most quiet drives;
Quiet fan upgrades, sound insulation, and hard drive dampening enclosure options;
Full Windows XP, Windows 7 and Ubuntu options
Pricing and Availability
The Puget Systems Serenity Series systems are available immediately with prices starting at $1,500.00. For more information, or to custom tailor a Serenity Series system, please visit http://www.pugetsystems.com/serenity.php. Customers ordering online using the Puget Systems Serenity configurator will have their new systems shipped within 5-7 business days.
About Puget Systems
Puget Systems is a specialized integrator of custom personal computing systems meticulously designed to exceed the discriminating requirements of consumers, enthusiasts, gamers and businesses in multiple industries. Puget Systems combines industry-unique custom innovations, the highest quality leading-edge components with an unparalleled commitment to personal service and support. Founded in 2000, Puget Systems is now headquartered in its new facility in Auburn, Washington. For more information, please visit www.pugetsystems.com
In the course of my work as a sales consultant here at Puget Systems, I am often asked how I recommend setting up a computer. After all, providing advice like that on hardware configurations is my job! However, there are some deeper insights into how a computer can be set up which go beyond just selecting the right hardware. There are things I don't often have the opportunity to discuss, and which aren't really within the purview of a system builder. I wanted to take some time to write about the ideas and practices I use in my own computer setups, in the hope that some of this advice will help others to get the most out of their computers.
A few years back, Ageia Technologies launched a product designed to help handle the increasingly complex physics calculations which were becoming popular in modern games. They named this product "PhysX", and it was the worlds first dedicated physics card. Enthusiasts were excited, and many thought that this technology was set to be the next piece of essential hardware for enthusiast systems. We decided to independently test the Nvidia PhysX platform, and share our results.
There has been a lot of talk about whether or not the new Antec P183 is truly an improvement over the old Antec P182. The P182 has long been one of our favorite cases at Puget Systems, so there is some resistance to the P183 taking over the role as the flagship case in our lineup. The question is: is the P183 truly superior to the P182, or is the latest revision of the P180 series a step in the wrong direction?
