almost affordable configuration with questionsPost Date: 2010-05-17 |
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Shar
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Topic: almost affordable configuration with questionsPosted: 17 May 2010 at 7:40am |
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Total Price with Instant Savings: $1,200.00 Specifications: Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Cooler Master CM Storm Scout Exterior Finish: - Not Available Trim Accents: - Not Available Processor: Intel Core i5 750 2.66GHz (Quad Core) Motherboard: EVGA P55M SLI (Intel P55 Chipset) System Memory: 4GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested) Power Supply: 750W Digital Storm Certified (Dual SLI Compatible) (Silent Edition Recommended) Expansion Bay: - Not Available Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (500GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA) Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks Optical Drive 1: DVD\261R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 22x / CD-Writer 48x) Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections) Video Card: 1x ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB Add-on Card: - No Thanks Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 1: High Performance Cooler (Compatible With ONLY i5/AMD Processors) H20 Tube Color:- Not Available Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans Internal Lighting: - No Thanks Enhancements: - Not Available Chassis Mods: - Not Available Noise Reduction: - Not Available Boost Processor: FREE: Stage 1: Overclock the processor between 3.3GHz to 3.9GHz (Cooling Upgrade Recommended) Boost Video Card: - Not Available Boost Memory: - Not Available Boost OS: - Not Available Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-Bit Edition) Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based) Virus Protection: - Not Available Office: - Not Available Benchmarking: - Not Available Install/Test Game: FREE: Please include a free copy of a hot-selling game 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 Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed Warranty: 3 Year Limited Warranty with Life-Time Customer Support My Monitor is 20 inch wide screen at 1680x1050 used for wow and lotr online games. I was happy with current computer that has intel Q9300 Quad 2.5 and nvidia 250 video card. Problem is it crashes and often have to jiggle the video card to make it work. Questions. 1. the P55M SLI motherboard. Will it do the job? 2. I am considering upgrading in a few years to crossfired Ati 5770 cards. Will digital storm do that upgrade in their free labor upgrade center? 3. Will the DS warranty install any bad parts for the 3 years free of labor charges if I ship the computer to them? Will they pay the return shipping charges? I can slide the side off and blow air and jiggle the video card and thats about it. 4. How are the dust filters inside that scout case cleaned? How do I get to the filter on the bottom thats under the power supply to clean it? 5. Will DS send me the windows 7 install disk with the computer? I know there are better configurations but I can not afford them. Have to borrow for this one. I went for the scout case because it has dust filters and looks good and will fit on the desk. DS lists the video card as more important than cpu so getting best card I can afford now. I do not expect these DS prices to last long. Any suggestions or comments welcome. You guys are great.
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Posted: 17 May 2010 at 9:05am |
Take a configuration like into consideration. Ticket #407176, Price: $1281 Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Cooler Master CM Storm Scout Exterior Finish: - Not Available Trim Accents: - Not Available Processor: Intel Core i7 930 2.8GHz (Quad Core) Motherboard: EVGA X58 Micro Edition SLI (Intel X58 Chipset) (Supports SLI or CrossFire) System Memory: 3GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested) Power Supply: 750W Digital Storm Certified (Dual SLI Compatible) (Silent Edition Recommended) Expansion Bay: - Not Available Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (500GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA) Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks Optical Drive 1: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 22x / CD-Writer 48x) Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections) Video Card: 1x ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB Add-on Card: - No Thanks Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio Extreme Cooling: Standard Factory Heat-sink and Fan H20 Tube Color:- Not Available Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans Internal Lighting: - No Thanks Enhancements: - Not Available Chassis Mods: - Not Available Noise Reduction: - Not Available Boost Processor: FREE: Stage 1: Overclock the processor between 3.3GHz to 3.9GHz (Cooling Upgrade Recommended) Boost Video Card: - Not Available Boost Memory: - Not Available Boost OS: - Not Available Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-Bit Edition) Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based) Virus Protection: - Not Available Office: - Not Available Benchmarking: - Not Available Install/Test Game: FREE: Please include a free copy of a hot-selling game 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 5-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed Warranty: 3 Year Limited Warranty with Life-Time Customer Support That x58 platform config doesn't have an add on cooler, but even with the stock Intel cooler a i7 930 should be able to hit 3.3-3.5Ghz overclock, and you would then also have hyper-threading for a total of 8 threads vs the 750's 4. The EVGA Micro motherboard has two PCIe x16 slots which would let you run two ATI 5770 in Crossfire, but you would be out of PCIe at that point. If you think you would need more PCIe slots for any other add on cards you would need to select the EVGA LE for +$29. However if that still costs too much then there isn't really much that can be done about it, and the P55 platform isn't terrible and will shave a bit of the price off. But you lose some performance, motherboard functionality, and upgradability (if you went with a x58 system you could later on pop in a cheap six-core Intel i7, instead of having to move up to a whole new system). They do ship you the Windows 7 install disk with your PC, so you are free to reinstall as needed. Digital Storm's warranty page states "If you would like Digital Storm to upgrade your system for you, you will be responsible for shipping costs back and forth and a small labor fee." The good news though, is that video cards are probably the second easiest things to install next to RAM sticks. If you've ever played with LEGOs then they were preparing you for this day. They just slide neatly into the PCIe slot until they are in firmly, at which point they usually make a click noise, and then you just plug in the power cord on the back of them. This video from Digital Storm on reseating parts will show you how. |
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