Bolt X Review

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   Time Line
Ordered: 12/1718
Stage 1: 12/18/18
Stage 2: 1/4/19 
Stage 3: 1/4/19
Stage 4: 1/4/19 
Stage 5: 1/7/19 
Stage 6: 1/10/19 
Stage 7: 1/10/19
Shipped: 1/10/19

Delivered: 1/16/19

Config Details
Case: Bolt X
CPU: Ryzen 2600X
Cooling: Digital Storm water cooling
GPU: MSI RTX 2070 Armor
MOBO: ASUS RoG Strix 470-I Gaming
Ram: 16gb Corsair Vengeance RGB
Storage 1: 250gb Samsung 970  Boot drive
Storage 2: 2TB Samsung 860
Storage 3: 3TB Hitachi HDD

THE REVIEW

(I will only be reviewing DS, meaning I will not be reviewing hardware or software of PC I will only be reviewing what DS is responsible for. People giving bad reviews because of hardware are ignorant)

Choice of GPU 

The MSI Armor is perfect with my white exotic cable

11/10

Length of build/delivery
It was busy season but it still took way to long, I know some people who have builds that took twice as long

6/10

Packaging

Packaging was great, I would have liked a second layer of foam.

9/10

First look at rig

When I first saw the rig I was blown away, I could not have been happier, it looked absolutely stunning with the black and white accent of the GPU and cables. I was contemplating getting the corsair water cooling but i'm glad i got the digital storm cooling, the RGB DS bolt on the CPU cooler is awesome. I did notice a little scratch on top of the pc case, it inst too bad, but its there forever hence the 9.9.

9.9/10

Wire Management

Not perfect but not the worst, Better than what I could have done

8/10

Customer Service

This is a difficult one because DS is very hard to reach, but once you have somebody helping you out they are great. ill give two rating here

5/10 on reaching someone who can actually help

8/10 once you get to someone who can help with what you need.

Alex is the true champion

I would give 6.5/10 overall but Alex bumps it to 7.5/10

Value

SO I did some research and I'm paying about a 600$ charge for DS to make my system. This is a lot more than most companies but it isn't horrible. They do make it better with financing and free shipping was a plus, but I still believe they charge a bit to much compared to other companies.

6/10

Overall grade

8.5/10 I would recommend and I would buy again. Pictures coming (hopefully) soon

P.S. Im having an ongoing issue with my RGB strip and the RGB cooler which is connected to the strip, it seems to only work for a little bit then turn of, no one can see to tell me what is wrong.

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Nagooker Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 22 Dec 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 54	Quote Reply Topic: Bolt X Review Posted: 10 Feb 2019 at 7:27am
	Time Line Ordered: 12/1718 Stage 1: 12/18/18 Stage 2: 1/4/19 Stage 3: 1/4/19 Stage 4: 1/4/19 Stage 5: 1/7/19 Stage 6: 1/10/19 Stage 7: 1/10/19 Shipped: 1/10/19 Delivered: 1/16/19 Config Details Case: Bolt X CPU: Ryzen 2600X Cooling: Digital Storm water cooling GPU: MSI RTX 2070 Armor MOBO: ASUS RoG Strix 470-I Gaming Ram: 16gb Corsair Vengeance RGB Storage 1: 250gb Samsung 970 Boot drive Storage 2: 2TB Samsung 860 Storage 3: 3TB Hitachi HDD THE REVIEW (I will only be reviewing DS, meaning I will not be reviewing hardware or software of PC I will only be reviewing what DS is responsible for. People giving bad reviews because of hardware are ignorant) Choice of GPU The MSI Armor is perfect with my white exotic cable 11/10 Length of build/delivery It was busy season but it still took way to long, I know some people who have builds that took twice as long 6/10 Packaging Packaging was great, I would have liked a second layer of foam. 9/10 First look at rig When I first saw the rig I was blown away, I could not have been happier, it looked absolutely stunning with the black and white accent of the GPU and cables. I was contemplating getting the corsair water cooling but i'm glad i got the digital storm cooling, the RGB DS bolt on the CPU cooler is awesome. I did notice a little scratch on top of the pc case, it inst too bad, but its there forever hence the 9.9. 9.9/10 Wire Management Not perfect but not the worst, Better than what I could have done 8/10 Customer Service This is a difficult one because DS is very hard to reach, but once you have somebody helping you out they are great. ill give two rating here 5/10 on reaching someone who can actually help 8/10 once you get to someone who can help with what you need. Alex is the true champion I would give 6.5/10 overall but Alex bumps it to 7.5/10 Value SO I did some research and I'm paying about a 600$ charge for DS to make my system. This is a lot more than most companies but it isn't horrible. They do make it better with financing and free shipping was a plus, but I still believe they charge a bit to much compared to other companies. 6/10 Overall grade 8.5/10 I would recommend and I would buy again. Pictures coming (hopefully) soon P.S. Im having an ongoing issue with my RGB strip and the RGB cooler which is connected to the strip, it seems to only work for a little bit then turn of, no one can see to tell me what is wrong.

Alex Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Digital Storm Supervisor Joined: 04 Jun 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 16314	Quote Reply Posted: 10 Feb 2019 at 12:19pm
	Thank you for taking the time to post your review, looking forward to seeing photos too! We're working on fixing the availability issue with our phone staff and with backlogs, we're making progress but will in full swing by end of February.


Nagooker Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 22 Dec 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 54	Quote Reply Posted: 16 Feb 2019 at 7:07am
	Im having issues posting pictures for some reason

Cretae Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS Veteran Joined: 22 Mar 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 7331	Quote Reply Posted: 16 Feb 2019 at 8:45am
	Go to Windows Paint and re-size your photos to under 500 pixels. Should solve the problem.

Snaike Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Just a dude trying to keep the spam away Joined: 23 Jan 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9462	Quote Reply Posted: 16 Feb 2019 at 12:36pm
	When you resize make certain you keep the aspect ratio... or it looks weird...

HockeyBuck Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS Veteran Joined: 27 Jul 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1608	Quote Reply Posted: 16 Feb 2019 at 12:56pm
	Nice Bolt X review!

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