ODE V2: My Level 1 Review

Hello Digital Storm Community,

     I've been wanting to type up a review of the PC that I ordered back on 11/7/2012 but as a college student, I have become very good at procrastinating. Plus, I wanted to use the PC for a while before I gave feedback.
     
I thought about ordering parts and building my own PC, but I was a bit nervous to do it for the first time. I shopped around for pre-builds on the web, and I came across Digital Storm. I thought some of the options here were overpriced and more for show, but there are also some machines that are not overpriced at all. In fact, the computer that I bought would have been slightly cheaper to build on my own, but not by much. It was a good price.

I know there is a way to type in your order # and it will bring up all the specs, but I'm not sure how to do that. Here are a few :

Processor: Inter Core i5 3570K 3.40 GHz (unlocked CPU)(Quad Core)
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V LX (Intel Z77 Chipset)
Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Corsair Vengeance Series
Power Supply: 600W Corsair GS
Hard Drive: 1 TB Western Digital/Seagate/Hitachi/Samsung (7200 RPM)
Video Card: 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2GB (Includes PhysX)
Cooling: AIR: Stage 1: Corsair A50 120mm Fan
CPU Boost: Stage 1: Overclock CPU 4.0GHz to 4.4GHz
Operating System: Windows 7

Initially, I thought that the cost of shipping was a bit high. I understood why they charge what they do when the delivery guy showed up with a gigantic box. It was very heavy and I needed my roommates help to move it into my room. I could tell Digital Storm really wanted the PC to arrive in perfect shape by the way they packaged it. I was pleased.

So when I got everything out of the box and set up, I had a bit of trouble getting a signal on my monitor. I had the HDMI going from the PC to the monitor, but the monitor was still showing a black screen. I called Digital Storm, and within 30 seconds I was talking to one of the techs. He asked me a question or two, and then told me that I had the HDMI cord in the wrong HDMI slot on the back of the PC. There was actually a 2nd HDMI slot that I had missed because it was covered with a rubber seal. I just took the seal off and problem solved.

This has been, hands down, the best PC that I have ever owned. I've been using it almost daily since I got it about a year and a half ago, and there has been no sign that it has slowed down. I consider myself a gamer, and I play demanding games like BF4 with no problems at all (even though we all know that Origin sucks).

I am going to post some pictures, but they way I have my computer set up, I can't quite see into the window without pulling the PC out and on to the floor.

Thanks for everything Digital Storm.
     

Congrats!

Thanks for the pictures and review

Awesome! Thank you for posting your review.

Thanks for taking the time to post some pics and a short review!!