Best course of action?? ODE Lvl 4 or Custom Rig?

Hello everyone,

After perusing around the internet for a few months, I have chosen to go with Digital Storm. I am very impressed with DS and their products, the community, and some of the reviews I read about them. This will be my first big PC gaming rig purchase and am looking for a pleasant experience.

Im new to the forums here and would like to ask for some assistance in my decision making before such a large purchase. Cause to be honest, Im not sure what I should do.

This rig will be used for gaming 99% of the time. I may dabble in some video editing, but that wont be the primary use of it. I play a wide variety of games - everything from FPS to RTS to MMORPG. My main goal is to be able to play games for years to come, but Im not too picky about having each and every game run on Ultra settings. Im fine with taking the settings down a notch or two to play.

Id say my budget can be a bit flexible (~2500-3000), but needs to stay in check due to the international shipping costs to Canada (which will add a good 350 to my order). I currently use one monitor, but have the potential to go 3 displays as I use dual for my work at home. I run a 1920x1080 resolution on the single display.

To start off, the rig I am looking at (and leaning towards) out of the gate is the ODE Level 4. I know its pre-configured, but it seems like a kick ass machine at a very good price and has just about everything I am looking for. My questions I have with the ODE is the following:
- How is it for cooling?
- Does it run quiet?
- Should I get another case\cooling option to improve the cooling or noise? (I really do like the white case. Looks sexy)

Noise is a BIG deal for me in this purchase. Well, its more of a courtesy for my wife. She hates how loud the GPUs are when Im gaming. So I need something relatively quiet.

So my question is, does the ODE Level 4 suffice for what I need it for?? Does it run quiet enough for me to get it?? Or should I look at doing more of a custom config? If custom, any suggestions?

Thank you all for reading and I appreciate any help you guys offer. Thanks.

Happy 4th of July!!!
- JT

ps- I apologize for such a long post.

Thank you so much for taking time in answering my post as well as giving your insight bprat22. It is greatly appreciated.

If I go with the custom config, would I have to worry about cooling my video cards at all? Would I need to look at a LC option, or is air cooling fine with the HafX case?

Is the Noctua you recommended better than what DS has in their pre-built ODE?

Thank you once again for your help and explanation, bprat22. You have been a great help. 

Just to quickly add, the Noctua is one of the quietest coolers out there.