Recieved! x17 level 1 laptop.

My expectations were blown away by DSO, Super fast, and easy with simple tasks of customizing and playing with what you want on the laptop. The customer service was great, no hassle fast responses with honest responses, I was in love. The package was in a tight sealed and foamed. When I opened my boxes I nearly crapped my pants I never expected this laptop to be a giant monster. Holy cow, I mean it is huge, felt like I could hack into what ever I wanted with this laptop. xD

IMHO, I highly recommend DSO if your wanting to buy a very unique laptop/desktop with premium quality. Much more superior than retail store laptops and very cheap in comparison to other competitors. I love the high quality
of customer service they bring to the table.

Service: A
Price:A
Packaging: A
Scaring the F**** out of me: A
I will be definitely coming back to buy my next desktop, once I get settled with the dorm situation. Make babies with me DSO (no homo)

bprat22- Thanks for helping me with the image situation.

Dates:
July 12th: Ordered
July 12th: Stage 1
July 21st: Shipped!
July 26th: Received. Finally!
 


Very cool DSO logo on the back.





Full QWERTY key board, I was blown away how big this monster was. This whole setup is very convenient and clean cut. My hands so small. o.o





Awesome packaging with multiple boxes and styrofoam, for those bumpy trips.




Comes with a carry bag, Win7, Drivers, etc. The AC/DC adapter is huge, scared the living Sh*t outa me. No wonder it can handle hardcore gaming.




Screen looks amazing, very clean cut and smooth, recommended.

System Configuration:
Chassis Model: Digital Storm x17 Laptop (Model: 8170)
Display: 17.3 Inch (16:9) (Resolution: 1920 x 1080) (Glossy Surface) LED-Backlit Display
Processor: Intel Core i7 2630QM (2.0 GHz Turbo Mode to 2.9Ghz) (Quad Core) (6MB Cache)
Thermal Compound: Stock CPU and GPU Thermal Compound
Memory: 8GB DDR3 1333MHz
Primary Hard Drive: 500GB 7200RPM (SATA 3Gb/s)
Secondary Hard Drive: - No Thanks
Optical Drive: DVD/CD 8x Multi-Drive (Writes and Reads DVDs, CDs)
Wireless Card: 802.11 B/G/N Wireless LAN Module
Video Card(s): NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M 1.5GB
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-Bit Edition)
Warranty Plan: Life-time Expert Customer Care with 3 Year Limited Warranty


Edited by Ducks - 28 Jul 2011 at 10:25am

One heck of a laptop you have there :)

@alofnc

 The battery lasts for around 3-4 hours at INTENSIVE heavy gaming this laptop needs to be fed for how much it can do. but if your searching through the web, or writing a paper its probably another 1-2 hours added to that.The keyboard is very comfortable, I love it, much bigger than I thought it to be. I pretty much bought this for intensive gpu games and its done very well, I'll try to post some CPU core temperatures but an hour of sc2 at ultra setting made me very happy. It was still very cool on the bottom. Smooth operation, everything works fast and very good, well worth the money than the fruit product laptops, which I can't probably name. The only thing is, its huge, I might get back probably lugging this baby around lol, and I wish the battery pack was a bit smaller. But overall its an A+. If you need any Q on gaming freely ask, I might try some other games once I get them downloaded.

Steam id: is Duckmucher.


Edited by Ducks - 27 Jul 2011 at 9:09pm

Ducks,
Thanks a lot for your followup.  While I had pretty much decided that I was getting a DS laptop.   I was still undecided between the X17 and XM17, mainly because I wanted some extra battery life when I travel.  If you are getting 3 to 4 hours with the X17, then I'm SOLD.  While my use will not be for gaming, I still want a really fast, reliable laptop with the added benefit of 2 SSD or HDD bays.

Thanks again and continue to enjoy your GREAT laptop.

My co-worker has the XM17 level 2 from DS and he gets significantly better battery life than my NP8170, but gaming-wise his fps is significantly lower on ultra settings for WoW and Rift.

This is just a normal idle stats on my laptop. I will get back to you on 4-5 hours of gameplay.

@sugjavier Im sorry if theres a misunderstanding I meant to say the AC/DC adapter but I will still give you some side pics, sorry for my typo.


Edited by Ducks - 28 Jul 2011 at 10:52am

Uhm I have no clue if this is the wattage but I found it on the AC/DC adapter, the AC input is 100-240V and DC output 19V.  I would ask management on that question, sorry I couldn't help


Edited by Ducks - 28 Jul 2011 at 12:41pm

Tried, sc2, killing floor, border land, sanctum, league of legends, and battlefield, for around 3 hours.






Edited by Ducks - 28 Jul 2011 at 7:54pm

If you use the same email address that you purchased a Digital Storm with, and with your forums account, your forums account will be verified.

Nice rig, kinda disappointed that my x17 Level 2 doesn't have anything on it saying it's a DS machine, every one else who has posted pictures of their laptops does. =/

@tartar,

@alofnc

No Problem at all. Sorry for taking so long replying to your question.

Overall I had never contacted DSO for any issues so far. Everything runs smooth and faster than ever! Battery life is still strong around 3 hours for heavy gaming, around 4-5 for casual experience. Service with DSO is the best. I'm actually looking into a desktop to spoil myself from DSO >:D Yes! Pretty much I can play anything I want! hehe. Sc2: ultra setting no lag. I'm ready for bf3/skyrim :) So far its been amazing, pretty much can handle any game I played. COOLING has been so far amazing, still at low temps around 110C after gaming. I still love it, haha hope you enjoy yours when you get it!

@axleman1011,

@alex
ok, if its just a sticker it shouldn't be a problem, i can take it off and put it on my bumper or something. Thanks

@ducks

ok cool, i don't plan on using the laptop on long bus rides or on a plane...     But that case looks kinda small, does it fit the laptop and adapter?

How is the sound quality with the sub woofer?

I know this is an old post but i was just wondering because i am getting this same model shortly for graduation with just a different graphics card. (AMD 6990) and how is performance on games like BF3 and Skyrim? I know this is no desktop but i was still hoping for good graphics and no lag on this laptop.

Wait... it's 110C after gaming? That's like 230F!!!! That is burning hot! Did you mean 110F by chance?

Ducks,