My Slade just arrived!

After placing my order on March 30th this was how fast the whole process went:
- Stage 2: March 30th
- Stage 3: March 30th
- Stage 4: April 8th
- Stage 5: April 8th
- Stage 6: April 11th
- Stage 7: April 11th

The order was then shipped on the 11th and finally arrived this Monday (April 19th). Overall I don't have many cons when it comes to this purchase, it's exactly what I ordered, the rig runs really well, any game at ultra settings on 1080p easily hits the 100fps mark. For casual browsing and use it also handles awesomely. It boots fast, handles a lot of pressure and processes at the same time, and it works great with a great modem/router and wired connections reaching huge speeds. The box wasn't as heavy as I expected, it is bulky though; inside of it I not only found the rig but also a few CDs for the installation of drivers, manuals, and tutorials of how to set up the computer. The inside of the rig is great, it's not noisy at all and it was designed in all so air flows through the whole thing, while cable management is also something which was greatly done. However, the only down sides of this purchase is that the front cover (the one that attaches to the rig through tiny pieces on its corners) probably broke during its transport and I just couldn't find both pieces which were supposed to be located on the right-hand side of the cover, it still attaches to the front of the computer through the pieces located on the left corners, but I guess not as it was supposed to. Another very similar thing that happened is that another tiny piece of the left-side cover broke, I did however find the piece and fixed it with superglue. I sure will buy again from DigitalStorm, and would recommend it to anyone who's looking for a great machine; I'd however advise beginners like me to research more first before ordering, and ask for help/opinions on the wanted build, so then you'll get the best for your money.


A really good looking case


As you see there's still a lot of space inside of it


You can only see a few cables since they're all chilling on the other side of the rig behind some kind of wall/cover


I can hardly ever hear the fans, and I'm actually thinking about buying some more


The front of the rig without its cover


Unfortunately both pieces of the front cover came missing, thus kind of broken


One of the pieces on the side cover also broke but I was able to fix it with superglue


It has great performance and it runs smoothly

Edited by gorolho - 19 Apr 2016 at 7:40am

Hi gorolho,

Thanks for the good review.

If it was my system I would remove the center HDD caddie so the fan has an unobstructed path.

For sure you should contact DS and get the door/hardware problems resolved. A perfect computer should be perfect.

Frank

Depending on what 980ti you have, the multi fan Strix type cards have 0 rpm fans that only turn on at a certain temp, usually the low 60C.  You can use HWmonitor to check the temps on the gpu while stressing with a game for example.

The top HDD caddy has 2 thumb screws on the face that are removed to take out the top caddy.  I did that with my ODE 600 t case. 

I'm thinking you have the EVGA 980ti ACX video card since its using a 6 pin/8pin power connection.    I believe the ACX uses the 0 rpm fans. 


Edited by bprat22 - 19 Apr 2016 at 10:16am

Originally posted by gorolho ... do they turn on automatically when a X temperature is reached ....

This.

Thank you for posting your review. Feel free to contact us, we'll be happy to send you a replacement part if you can send over photos.