Dreadnought: My Digital Storm Experience

There comes a time in every real man’s life where they decide they need to move up in the world in terms of computing power and has arrived for me. I had previously been a serious or what I would consider to be serious PC gamer. I drifted away from gaming on a PC around 2006 and since that time I have been getting my gaming jollies on an XBOX 360. I went to college and bought a Toshiba Qosmio in 2005 and that has been my only PC since that time.

Enough, however, was enough and it was time for me to get a gaming rig that did not make me feel physical pain whenever I used it. The Qosmio overheated terribly and parts of it actually melted. I felt this was a disgrace to modern computing and after much soul-searching I decided that the time was right for a new PC.

My first instinct was to go to Alienware and have them build me a nice computer. This turned out to be far too costly and so my gaze turned elsewhere to other companies that offered to build custom computers at a cheaper cost. After doing some diligent research on these other companies I was not happy with what I read of opinions from their customers and I decided to look elsewhere in my quest for a quality gaming PC.

Somehow, perhaps by fate, I stumbled upon reviews of Digital Storm and most of them were overwhelmingly positive. I had many questions that others looking for new computers also had and to my great joy and relief those questions were answered thoroughly. By lurking and studying I had determined precisely what I wanted in my new computer and I am certain that if I had the motivation to ask the questions myself, the great community at the Digital Storm forums would have answered me in kind.

System Configuration:
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Cooler Master 942 HAF X
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 3930K 3.2GHz (Unlocked CPU for Extreme Overclocking) (Six-Core)
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79 (Intel X79 Chipset) (Features USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s)
System Memory: 16GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 800W Corsair GS (Dual SLI Compatible)
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (180GB Solid State (By: Intel) (Model: 520 Series)
Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Western Digital Caviar (7200 RPM) (Model: Black Edition)
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 24x / CD-Writer 48x)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card(s): 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB (Includes PhysX)
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Recon3D Fatal1ty Professional 5.1
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 Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans <b></b>
Internal Lighting: - No Thanks
Enhancements: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
LaserMark: - No Thanks
CPU Boost: Stage 2: Overclock CPU 4.5GHz to 4.8GHz (Requires Pro/Deluxe/Sabertooth Motherboard)
Graphics Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
Memory Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory
OS Boost: FREE: Yes, Disable and tweak all of the non-crucial services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-Bit Edition)
Recovery Tools: Windows Recovery Toolkit (Bundled with Windows 7 CD)
Virus Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Game: - No Thanks
Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks
External Storage: - No Thanks
Exclusive T-Shirt: FREE: Digital Storm T-Shirt - Black (Large)
Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 10-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: Life-time Expert Customer Care with 3 Year Limited Warranty

Sub-Total: $3,012.00

That is the build that I ended up with and I am hoping that it will be everything I want in a gaming PC and more. I have gone through all the stage updates and right now my computer should be just days away from arriving at my doorstep. The waiting for delivery has been the absolute worst part of my experience thus far with Digital Storm and it seems downright rude for them to not have the capability to teleport my computer to me.

I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of my PC and testing just how patient I can be because going into a medically-induced coma until the delivery date was not an option for me.