Apollo: My amazing Apollo.

I wanted to take a few minutes to write up a review on the Digital Storm Apollo. I ordered my comp on Monday the 20th of oct, and received it on Friday the 24th of October. (Priority build, and overnight shipping) I have been into hardcore pc gaming since pretty much the beginning, I've always had a rig that was capable of running all the newer games.....but never like this, My Apollo configuration dominates anything I've ever seen before, max settings on any game I load, every game boots up instantly and runs crisp and smooth and quite. From ordering the comp to receiving it, everything went amazingly smooth, from the beginning I was confident that I was dealing with professionals and that I was getting my money's worth.
   The first thing you notice about the computer.... is the computer, this thing is freaking massive, I mean knew it was a big comp, but it's huge. (60 pounds and over 2 & 1/2 feet tall and wide) It's deff the show piece of any room you put it in, and the quality and care that went into this machine is evident from first glance, it's truly beautiful. Everything was built exactly how I wanted it, and exactly how I would of done it myself.
     It fired up smooth right out the box, I didn't have to do anything but install my games, and I've never seen games run so smooth and crisp before, I deff feel like I got more than what I paid for with this rig, and I would recommend using Digital Storm for whatever your looking for, be it big or small, this company knows what there doing. I'll wrap this up with the specs of my build, and several photos.

   Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Digital Storm Apollo
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 5820K 3.3GHz (Six-Core) (Unlocked CPU)
Motherboard: ASUS X99-DELUXE (Intel X99 Chipset)
System Memory: 16GB DDR4 2666MHz Corsair Vengeance LPX (High-Performance)
Power Supply: 1050W Corsair HX1050
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Optical Drive: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 24x / CD-Writer 48x)
Storage Set 1: 1x SSD (250GB Samsung 840 EVO)
Storage Set 2: 1x Storage (1TB Seagate)
Storage Set 3: - No Thanks
RAID Config: - No Thanks
RAID Card: - No Thanks
Internet Access: Wireless PCI-E ASUS PCE-N53 (Dual Band Performance) (Supports 802.11n/g/b)
Graphics Card(s): 2x SLI Dual (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB (EVGA Superclocked ACX Cooler Edition)
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
HPC Processor: - No Thanks
Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 2: Digital Storm Vortex 240mm Radiator Liquid CPU Cooler (Extreme-Performance Edition)
H20 Tube Color: - Not Applicable, I do not have a FrostChill or Sub-Zero LCS Cooling System Selected
Chassis Fans: Upgrade Chassis With LED Performance Fans (Green) (Up to 6 Fans)
Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Green)
Airflow Control: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
LaserMark: - No Thanks
CPU Boost: Stage 1: Overclock CPU 4.0GHz to 4.4GHz
Graphics Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
Memory Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory
OS Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Professional (64-Bit Edition)








Edited by Dwik30 - 12 Dec 2014 at 11:27am

Awesome looking rig.

Love the pics and Enjoy.

I love the green!  Nice pics - thanks for sharing and congrats!!

Envy Green indeed

Originally posted by Tidgxor Look like someone has already laid claim to it.

You can almost see the thought bubble over her head... ((MINE!))

Outstanding!

How do you like the Evga card? Any issues with coil whine or anything?

Great photos! Glad to hear you are enjoying your new PC.

Looks really good Dwik, Glad you like it. It seems the Green for Apollo is really catching on. I see you went with the RAZR setup as well got to match of course.

Quick update, been playing Dying Light all week, and it shows off the amazing computer that DS has built so very well. Not that I didn't appreciate my computer before, but traversing Harran's gorgeous cityscape on a 4k display with maxed out graphic settings almost brings a tear to my eye.

I like to think of myself as a pretty tough video game critic, I run through most games in no time at all, average time I put into a game is about 8 hrs tops. I'm going on 40 hours in the first week of launch, and I'm still amazed, I'm at like 53% of the story mode finished, and it's a very well written story, keeps you drawn into it from the very beginning. There is always something different to discover, or a different way of doing something, the physics of the game just blow me away, even the weather you can use to your advantage, my mind is still blown. And like you said, it's soooooo beautiful. And that's just during the day, playing at night has honestly had my heart pounding sitting at the edge of my screen, scared, nervous, excited. It's an amazing game, get it when you upgrade your comp. OR if you can't wait, from what I read the ps4 version is graphically not that far off at all from running it maxed out on a pc.

Ha! Most games I play, I'm just getting started in 8 hours. Once I start playing a game it takes that long just to figure out what I'm doing and which way I'm going to do it.

Love the rig Dwik, I am looking to purchase one in the coming weeks. My only concern was how I'm going to access my wi-fi. I do not have access to hard wire unless I keep my setup in the living room...which is not happening..and I'm renting right now..so I'can't drill and run wires. How do you like the " PCI-E ASUS PCE-N53" any issues with connectivity at all?

I just want to make sure I go the correct route. I did some research and I am not sure I really want a motherboard that is wi-fi capable, seems a lot of people have had issues with them. I am more interested in a PCI card than a USB adapter, but I thought I'd ask how your experience with it has been before I go that route.

Thanks!

Oh, great! This is good news to hear. I don't think the motherboard I'm going with is wi-fi capable...I can double check though. Either way I will get the PCI-E and see how it goes, I am glad you are having such a great experience with it, and everything in general!

Also, thanks for the response!

Hi misstwiztd,

The PCI-e card is the way to go but the 802.11n/g/b may not be the best way to do it. Look into a 802.11/AC router and 802.11ac/n PCI-e card for the computer. The speed and distance of the 802.11ac router/PCI-e/ac card is twice as fast as a n level setup. If you are budget limited I would still buy the 802.11ac PCI-e card. It should be backward compatible with a n level router. Then buy the 802.11ac/n router when you can afford it.

Frank