Bolt 3 review. The pint sized power plant.Post Date: 2016-03-30 |
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DigitalPickle ![]() Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 03 Dec 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 44 |
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A few days ago I received my Bolt 3. The only thing I could say when I got it out of the box was holy sugar honey ice tea!(not really what I said, but lets roll with it)
It looks stunning and came more well protected than Fort Knox. I plugged it in and fired it up. I was pleasantly surprised that the GPU was overclocked to 1513Mhz. This computer may be small but it would give most systems a run for their money. I haven't tried many heavy hitter games yet. The one I'm mostly playing is Skyrim with 4k textures and a really intensive ENB along with over 100 mods. Surprisingly it stays at 60 Fps and doesn't move. At first I was worried about the Bolt 3 only having one 240mm radiator. However, even during a heaven 4.0 benchmark it never even cracked 40c. Under heavy gaming I never saw above 35c. I tip my hat to Digital Storm, they have the cooling down to a science. I must also give my thanks to Digital Storms customer service. Their customer service and I were in contact quite a bit and they were always helpful and respectful (Alex and Jericho you're awesome). The only complaint I would have is the fans are a tiny bit loud for my own taste. But once I am gaming I don't notice them. After I'm done gaming I normally go into the Digital Storm software and turn the fans down so they aren't really audible.If I had to sum It up in a few words it would be The Bolt 3 is a gorgeous pint sized power plant. All in all I would give the bolt 3 a 10/10 Edited by DigitalPickle - 30 Mar 2016 at 7:09pm |
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hoserator ![]() DS Veteran ![]() We don't need no stinking "Avatars" ! ![]() Joined: 08 Oct 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 7966 |
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Congratulations. That is one sweet system.
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eeekman ![]() Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 06 Oct 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 95 |
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Aventum 3
i7-6700k @ 4.6GHz 32gb 3200MHz RAM Gigabyte Auros Waterforce Extreme 1080ti |
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bbq4tw ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 29 Mar 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3 |
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Is that hardline tubing or regular flex tubing?
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DigitalPickle ![]() Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 03 Dec 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 44 |
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Hardline tubing |
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JohnnyO777 ![]() Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 03 Jun 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 69 |
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That's a great looking machine.
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lucKykev ![]() Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: 05 Jun 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 107 |
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I'm more of a fan of the regular tubing because it reminds me of a car engine but, that build looks SICK. Congrats!
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db188 ![]() DS Veteran ![]() ![]() Joined: 29 Jul 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2115 |
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very nice! enjoy and gg.
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Aventum 3
I7-6700K Gigabyte G1 Z170X Gaming GT 16GB Corsair Dominator 3000MHz Corsair Hx1000i 1000W Samsung M.2 980 Pro 2TB;Samsung 850 EVO 1TB MSI RTX 3080 Ventus OC 10G LHR Gigabyte M28U 4K |
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oldlady RPGer ![]() DS Veteran ![]() One of the cool kids ![]() Joined: 09 Sep 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1080 |
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Me sitting my ECMO in PICU. Now you know why I like LC. ;)
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Salangsang ![]() Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 13 Jun 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 35 |
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Your rig looks sick!
Does it still run at 35 degrees Celsius under a heavy gaming load a few months later? |
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Bolt 3:
LC'edIntel i7 6700k @4.6gHz LC'ed nVidia GTX 1080 @2038mHz 16GB 3000mHz DDR4 Corsair Dominator Platinum 250GB Samsung 850 Evo + 1TB WD Caviar Black |
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