Can’t wait for my Lumos

Hi,
First of all, I would like to thank John18 for his advice.Thank you for telling me to wait until the RTX 300 series is out before purchasing from DS. I have placed an order on a lumos last week.

Here was my post a year ago: https://www.digitalstorm.com/forums/help-with-purchase-and-advice-costume-config-tidf51995-pnf1/#376116

My order:
Chassis Model: Digital Storm Lumos
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i9-11900K (5.3 GHz Turbo) (16-Thread) (8-Core) 3.5 GHz (Rocket Lake)
Motherboard: ASUS Prime Z590-P / MSI Z590-A Pro (Intel Z590 Chipset) (Up to 2x PCI-E Devices) (No SLI Support)
System Memory: 32GB DDR4 3200MHz Digital Storm Performance Series
Power Supply: 600W Digital Storm Performance Series (Supports up to an NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti GPU)
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Optical Drive: - No Thanks
Storage Set 1: 1x SSD M.2 (1TB Digital Storm M.2 Performance Series)
Storage Set 2: - No Thanks
Storage Set 3: - No Thanks
RAID Config: - No Thanks
RAID Card: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Graphics Card(s): 1x GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB (VR Ready)
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Add On Card: - No Thanks
Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 2: Digital Storm Vortex Liquid CPU Cooler (Dual Fan) (Fully Sealed + No Maintenance)
HydroLux Tubing Style: - Not Applicable, I do not have a custom HydroLux liquid cooling system selected
HydroLux Fluid Color: - Not Applicable, I do not have a custom HydroLux liquid cooling system selected
Cable Management: Premium Cable Management (Strategically Routed & Organized for Airflow)
Chassis Fans: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: Remote Controlled Advanced LED Lighting System (Multiple RGB Color Modes)
Software Control: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
LaserMark: Option Not Available
CPU Boost: Stage 1: Overclock CPU - Up to 4.7GHz on All CPU Cores
Graphics: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
OS Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Home (64-Bit)
Recovery Tools: USB Drive - Windows Installation (Format and Clean Install)
Virus Protection: Windows Defender Antivirus (Built-in to Windows)

I hope it’s enough for my needs, this baby really looks beautiful! 😍🙃

Been reading comments on YouTube of people wishing they had waited until the rtx 300 series came out early this year, peewww! Thank god for john18’s advice😰😊


Is it true lumos has better airflow than lynx 3?.

Will try and correct my email, thanks.

Edited by FrankShoot - 06 Dec 2021 at 8:26pm

You are wasting money on more Ram than you'll need for gaming. You really should get better storage instead. I also urge you to upgrade your power supply. DS systems are well known for longevity, and a GPU upgrade could be in your future. The 600W PSU will limit your choices, and a PSU is a really tough upgrade if you don't know your way around a computer build.

I have a couple of suggestions to consider, one Intel and one AMD:

https://www.digitalstorm.com/configurator.asp?id=4205141

https://www.digitalstorm.com/configurator.asp?id=4205142

The 11900K vs the 5600X is most of the difference in price, and it's more CPU than you need. Nothing wrong with that, but the AMD build allows for a nice motherboard upgrade for more input/output options and some quality enhancement. They both include the stronger PSU. Here's how the procs compare:

https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i9-11900K-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-5600X/4110vs4084

The 5600X runs cooler than the Intel chip, so a single fan cooler is all you need. It will game well for several years to come, but so will the 11900K.

Whichever way you go, the 500GB 980 PRO SSD is an upgrade you surely want. The DS SSD is SATA, the 980 is NVMe running off the same bus as a video card. The 980 is up to 9 TIMES faster, and will enhance your experience every time you use your computer. Response from the combo of either CPU, your GPU, and storage is instant.

It is never recommended to overclock a modern CPU for gaming. It makes all the cores run hot all the time when only a couple will be involved running a game. One or two cores will "Turbo" to a higher speed on demand from the workload.

Honestly, the 980 PRO is a game-changer for all you do.

Good catch. I didn't see anything about video editing in the post. Yes, 32GB will be a better choice with that in mind.

Originally posted by FrankShoot Originally posted by FrankShoot So you think I don’t need 32gb for my video editing aswell? Damn it bro! I should have added an much powerful PSU.Should have gone with the 850W.

You can call/email and change anything you want in the early stages. DS wants you to have exactly what you want.   If you are running video editing software on this rig, you definitely want a 980 PRO to run it from, or at least a 970 EVO PLUS.

Agreed, the ssd will benefit you now and you'll see a major improvement on performance. And you could save a little money on the ram IMHO

Originally posted by Cretae I didn't know about your video editing use when I suggested the AMD build. That's a good gaming rig, but not heavy processing power. You want the Intel 11900K for that, and the dual fan is needed with that proc. The 32GB of RAM is also a good choice for that work. I'm sorry for the confusion.    Here's what I would do at your price point: https://www.digitalstorm.com/configurator.asp?id=4208321 I hope you can squeeze that into your budget. You could save $116 and get RGB fans if you built into a Lynx case, but I know you like the Lumos. https://www.digitalstorm.com/configurator.asp?id=4208318 Hope it helps.

I choose the lumos cause in my original post, john18 recommends it, but yeah,it looks way good than the lynx. On my cpu boost, I choose stage 1 overclock cpu. I came across a YouTube video who recommends it, why shouldn’t I if I may ask?

Originally posted by Cretae Once again, the original post didn't say you had a productivity use. I didn't look at your post from a year ago. If you want to overclock your CPU for video editing, that's a use that makes some sense since you will be using all cores. The Turbo feature is plenty for gaming.

Hi Crate,
Just spoke with DS about changing my SSD storage. I now have the 500GB Pro, but wasn’t able to have the 2TB Seagate / Toshiba / Hitachi you suggested on my other Storage. They said it’s incompatible with my lumos built

Edited by FrankShoot - 20 Dec 2021 at 7:58pm

Originally posted by FrankShoot Hi Crate, Just spoke with DS about changing my SSD storage. I now have the 500GB Pro, but wasn’t able to have the 2TB Seagate / Toshiba / Hitachi you suggested on my other Storage. They said it’s incompatible with my lumos built

That's news to me, and, I think, everyone else here. This image shows two of them mounted behind the motherboard in a Lumos case.. These are 1TB Western Digital Black HDDS, but larger capacity (like 2TB) HDDs are the same size as these.



Edited by Cretae - 21 Dec 2021 at 3:51am

"Thanks got soughted😰😊. Yes"

Curious what soughted means? I hope something positive.

      

According to tech radar it should be fine for 1440.

https://www.techradar.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3060-ti

A short blip from it says:
While the RTX 3060 delivers decent 1080p performance, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti lets you run all the best PC games with Ultra settings and ray tracing at 1440p – and maybe even 4K if you use DLSS – for not much more.

Originally posted by Cretae Yep, it's a heckova card!

Cool.😎

Stage 5 means that they are checking everything to be sure it does everything you expect and paid for! Congrats!!!!