First time buyer what you think?

Assuming your budget allows for your build to be consistent quality across all systems, there are some significant gimps.

The mobo is the cheapest one here on a high-end build. At minimum, you would want the Asus ROG Strix. MSI Gaming Pro Carbon is better.

For a mere $11, you step up to Corsair RAM. Your warranty goes from 1 year to lifetime.

The DS power supply also carries just the one year DS parts warranty. The Corsair RM850x is warranted for 10 years, and will give you around 150W of overhead in that monster Aventum. Better, of course, would be the Corsair 1200W, but quite a premium.

You MUST NOT get the DS M.2 SSD. It is a mere SATA drive bound to disappoint you with poor performance. You should select at a minimum the Samsung 512GB 970 PRO. The 500GB 970 EVO PLUS is newer, faster but not by a lot. BOTH of them are ~5x faster as the DS SATA, and come with 5 year warranties.

If these quite necessary upgrades are not in your budget, I suggest you consider a Lumos case, which would save you over $400 and make everything affordable, including a CPU upgrade, a Stage 2 overclock, and maybe a case fan upgrade. If you did that last, you wouldn't need a module to control them, Corsair iCue software could do that.

Alternative to that, you could consider if you really must have the RTX 2080 Ti. If you're not trying to game at 4K, the 2080 SUPER will be killer at 1440p for something like $580 saved.

We don't advise disabling and tweaking Windows.

Hope it helps.

Call DS directly with your order number.

Originally posted by Cretae and maybe a case fan upgrade. If you did that last, you wouldn't need a module to control them, Corsair iCue software could do that. Hope it helps.

    Are you saying if i get the corsair ll series (for instance) i won't need to buy the corsair airflow control board?

Originally posted by Bob100 If your budget allows, I would suggest the Corsair Magnetic Levitation fans (quiet). They come with RGB color and are controlled with the free iCUE software download - no need to buy the control board. That would certainly complement the DS Internal RGB lighting that you are getting.

would it also complement the remote control rgb advanced led lighting?

Originally posted by Bob100 Your configuration lists "Internal Lighting: Digital Storm LED Lighting System". On my order I selected the "Internal Lighting: Remote Controlled Advanced LED Lighting System (Multiple RGB Color Modes)". Yes, the Corsair Magnetic fans would look nice with this Advanced option. That is the route that I went. The remote would control those LED lights, while the Corsair iCUE software would control the fan lights. I also ordered the Corsair Vengence RGB Pro RAM sticks, which are also controlled by the iCUE software.

you are correct sir. My order does indeed list the DS lighting. However as suggestions have come in i keep changing little things and noticed that i could upgrade that as well. Might as well make all changes now before i talk to DS. I think ive just about got it all figured out. Thanks for all the suggestions.

Ok all done mucking about. Changes and upgrades done and ordered. Thanks for your opinions and suggestions.

And now to the waiting...
Here is my final build.


System Configuration:
Chassis Model: Aventum X
Exterior Finish: Black Metallic Matte Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K (5.0 GHz Turbo) (16-Thread) (8-Core) 3.6 GHz
Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (Wi-Fi) (Intel Z390 Chipset) (Up to 3x PCI-E Devices)
System Memory: 64GB DDR4 3000MHz Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro (RGB Light Bar)
Power Supply: 1200W Corsair HX1200i (Digitally Controlled Power)
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Optical Drive: - No Thanks
Storage Set 1: 1x SSD M.2 (1TB Samsung 970 EVO PLUS) (NVM Express)
Storage Set 2: 1x Storage (2TB Seagate / Toshiba / Hitachi)
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 2080 Ti 11GB (VR Ready)
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
HPC Processor: - No Thanks
Extreme Cooling: H20: HydroLux PRO: Exotic Custom Cooling System (1x Graphics Card + CPU)
HydroLux Tubing Style: Flexible Tubing (Requires HydroLux Liquid Cooling System)
HydroLux Fluid Color: Green Fluid + Clear Tubing (Requires HydroLux Liquid Cooling System)
Cable Management: Premium Cable Management (Strategically Routed & Organized for Airflow)
Chassis Fans: Corsair ML PRO Series (14 Fans Total) (High Static Pressure) (Magnetic Levitation)
Internal Lighting: Digital Storm LED Lighting System
Airflow Control: Corsair Commander PRO Management Control Board & Software (3x Boards)
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
LaserMark: - No Thanks
CPU Boost: Stage 2: Overclock CPU - Up to 5.1GHz on All CPU Cores
Graphics Boost: Yes, Overclock the video card(s) as much as possible with complete stability
OS Boost: Yes, Disable and tweak all of the non-crucial services on the operating system
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-Bit Edition)
Recovery Tools: USB Drive - Windows 10 Installation (Format and Clean Install)
Virus Protection: Windows Defender Antivirus (Built-in to Windows 10)
Office: - No Thanks
Mouse Pad: - No Thanks
Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks
Branded Gear: - No Thanks
Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 20-25 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: Life-time Expert Care with 3 Year Limited Warranty (3 Year Labor & 1 Year Part Replacement)

Sub-Total: $5,946.00
Tax (0%): $0.00
S&H:
Grand Total: $6,345.00

Originally posted by Bob100 That is a very impressive configuration. Congratulations! Curious as to why you opted out on the Advanced Remote Control Interior LED Lighting?

Well i dont completely understand myself. But its somthing to do with the lighting being programmed through the remote instead of the control module. However i asked and the DS internal lighting is still multi color and effect-able.

Well technically i didn't. Sort of stumbled onto a order now and upgrade in a few days sort of loophole.
So i had enough money to build a nice machine. However... it was spread across multiple cards. And you can't split a payment over multiple cards. Eh.. sigh..
So in steps BREAD. Sure... we will finance 2500 of that build. Awesome. I thought i can push that pretty far since i can split payment between card and bread....and so my first build was ordered. And i posted it here. Got some suggestions for making it a better build. Ok well then i guess ill call and see about upgrading it. Oh double awesome, i can now use a whole new card. Sweet. So i tweaked the build to the current one, used my new payment method and viola. The machine i wanted and was able to split the hell out of the payment.

Moral of the story is... if you need to split a payment for your builds just order under your first payment limit then Call and upgrade using another. Hope this helps anyone wanting to split payments to get a better build.

It's not uncommon. Many times one might see two or three stages in a couple of days, once it gets going. It's been said elsewhere that a calendar month overall seems to be how it shakes out, but I've also seen that the back to school rush has tapered off. They do their best to ship in 20-25 business days.

You can always e-mail management if you're concerned. Your build is a good deal more complex than average.

DING, Stage 7. Sooo exited. ~(^_^)~

Well shipped finally. Unfortunately R+L won't have it
To me until the 6th... But the wait is almost ovee. Im so stoked.

Ok. Arrived yesterday. Checked it out. Everything seemed fine. Nothing seems loose. To be completely fair and honest i didn't "reseat" anything as it all seems snug as a bug. No leaks that i can tell. However.... got 2 windows bsod crashes in the couple of hours i had it running. It wasnt under stress... just downloading cod. Twice it crashed during the download process. Also there's a huge air bubble in the gpu cooling block . And the processor cooling block seems to be an 8th from being full. Im kind of angry. Also not sure if they overclocked my cpu...dont know how to tell. When i right click this pc properties it shows cpu at 3.6 dont know if it shows overclock there. However i paid for a stage 2 overclock. And it looks to just be stock clockspeed. Anyway.. not sure what now. But could use some help. P.s. will upload pics later.

Chris, I had a similar problem with the plugging in years ago. The high draw of the power supply makes a problem for many of the apc/surge strips, especially older ones - they don't supply the correct amount of power at the correct amp. plugging directly into the wall means the device draws exactly what it needs at the amperage it needs, and may be a quick fix for your power issue.

Also i am prone to power outages and brownouts where i live so i dont really want to run it without surge protection.

Can you link me? Money not really an issue. Also us that gonna be good enough for my pwr supply (Power Supply: 1200W Corsair HX1200i (Digitally Controlled Power))

Just an additional not on ups/apc's - I had one working for the same reason, but the power draw from the computer (1000 watt) was too great, and caused shut downs/bsod - so before you invest in that, check with DS for information on your computer's power draw etc and match that to the specs of what you're looking at purchasing. It's a perplexing problem I know, but with a bit of research you can get a good solution.

PS: D/S replaced my power supply TWICE before we realized that this was actually the issue. Once we identified this issue, there were no further problems whatsoever related to that. Just FYI.