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Are you building that yourself or trying to order it here?

Well listen, you can't compare build from here to some place else.

it they were all the same, I would not give over $10,000 my good earned money to DS and not somebody who was cheaper.

first you got great customer service here, other places you are pretty much sh*t out of luck.

then you got the parts, on your first build you got a 700w power supply, but I can't tell anything from that about the psu, is it a good one, a crappy one, I don't know, here I know what psu is what and which I recommend, and which I don't. The cpu cooler you listed are inferior to the a70 and noctua that they have here, the mobo is better in the config from here.

You have listed a lot of parts like the psu/hdd/ram with general description, but they are not all the same, make and model on a few things can mean a big difference, the case is not even listed, that is a pretty big deal.

In short I can't comment on your first build since without knowing the parts, I would pretty much be talking out of my arse, and bs info does you no good.

on your ds build here, if you can give me a ticket number for it so I can look at the whole config, that would be great.


if you want to list the make and model from teh config from teh other place I can tell you how crapy they are, I can't even believe they are offering you 1333MHz ram these days with these oc levels.

Edited by DST4ME - 21 Jul 2011 at 5:21pm

Velocity Micro is ok but I'm no big fan, and I don't like most of their parts to be honest.

Alex does not like us talking about other companies in a bad light, so I will stop commenting on that company and config.


your config here needs to be changed to this:

Here you go Ticket# 578352 --- $1,271 (To see this build click here)

Copy of Specifications:
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Cooler Master Elite 430
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz (Unlocked CPU for Extreme Overclocking) (Quad Core)
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO (Intel Z68 Chipset) (Features Intel Quick Sync Technology)
System Memory: 8GB 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: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (1TB Hitachi/Seagate (7200 RPM) (32MB Cache)
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 24x / CD-Writer 48x)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: 1x NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1GB (Includes PhysX Technology)
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 2: Corsair A70 Dual 120mm Fans High Performance Cooler
H20 Tube Color:- Not Applicable, I do not have a FrostChill or Sub-Zero LCS Cooling System Selected
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: - No Thanks
Enhancements: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
Boost Processor: Stage 2: Overclock CPU 4.5GHz to 4.8GHz (Requires Pro or Deluxe Series Motherboard)
Boost Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
Boost Memory: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory
Boost OS: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-Bit Edition)
Recovery Tools: Windows Recovery Toolkit (Bundled with Windows 7 CD)
Virus Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Benchmarking: - No Thanks
Install/Test Game: - No Thanks
Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks
External Storage: - No Thanks
Exclusive T-Shirt: - No Thanks
Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: Life-time Expert Customer Care with 3 Year Limited Warranty

this pc is lot more powerful then the 2 you listed and has proper cpu cooling, tho the 520 gpu is not very powerful at all.

I rather have a hx psu in there, a ssd, but budget does not allow us to do that.

You get another $50 off the price I listed with the current promo.

now I want you to look at the prebuilds DS has that are called ode, there is an ode 0,1,2,3,4, I want you to look at ode 0, its price is right up your ally, and tho I'm not crazy about the psu in it, everything else is better then what me and you have configed:


ode 0 Ticket Number: 578358

check it out and let me know what you think.

Edited by DST4ME - 21 Jul 2011 at 5:38pm

Ok well I don't work for DS, I'm just a customer like you.

So you are not talking about my company (I have my own but its not this one, lol).

since I'm a customer I have no conflict of interest, so when I tell you I think DS is the best, its not because I'm an employee and that is what I have to say, its because I did my homework and based on customer service, parts, workmanship, I believe DS to be the best place to spend your money, which is why I gave them mine for the terminator you see in my sig.

for your price range we are kinda lock down as to what we can get, for example I like to give you the 2600K but in your budget thats not gonna happen.

as far as going sli, you are not gonna need it, nor would it make sense to go sli 520 anyways.

the config you posted from micor can't do sli either, nor the mobo or psu can do sli 460.

shipping I think is like around $70 or so I don't remember to be honest.

the $50 is off that price range $1000 to $1500, its a promo, the higher the price the more get off but it does not apply to ode.

when you are ready to order just call them or email them.

Edited by DST4ME - 21 Jul 2011 at 6:13pm

Originally posted by sdwas   Finally, if I decide to purchase, should I contact you directly?  I want to make sure you get the credit/commission if that applies.

DST is not an employee of DS. He is a knowledgeable customer. I also looked at Velocity Micro but stopped shopping around after I found DS.  You will get excellent advice here from DST and some of the other "old timers".

We should have a big notice on DST4ME's name saying he isn't an employee, but, a very passionate Digital Storm customer.

Why not just hire DST?