Hailstorm II: IT'S HERE !

Greetings one and all,
Finally able to get everything together here and let everyone know about this absolutely AMAZING PC that DS put together for me.
To begin with I wanted to start out with Shipping/Receiving og the unit.
1) The First step of it's trip to me by "SB Freight" was great they had it to the local warehouse by Tuesday (after being picked up the previous Thursday @ DS) which was great time getting it to Ohio.
2) the end Shipper/Delivery had to be contacted (by me) on Weds. as I hadn't heard anything from them by late on that date.The lady I spoke with confirmed that the item was at their warehouse and should be delivered the next day. Thursday about noon I get a call from them that I expected to be from them about to make delivery but, instead was from another lady saying that she wanted to make delivery arrangements for Friday...grrrr. I explained my conversation of the previous day and she asked for me to hold... about 10 minutes later she gets back on saying it sill be here within a few hours. Lo and behold at 1325 hrs their he is at the front door WOOOOHOOOOO'
3) The pallet was completely destroyed and the box was (still strapped to the pieces of the pallet) on it's side with the BIG ARROWS on the side showing the correct way it was to be shipped. so he cut it away from the pallet grabs it and lifts. I ask if he minds taking it inside and he replies "No Problem" sets it on the front porch and be fore I can say anything ...rolls it thru the front door.
UNBOXING:
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It's in good shape as you can see even after the abuse
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Nice Packaging ain't it
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Look at all the Swag mmmmmmm
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Just so ya know...this thing was so well packed that we could barely get our hands down the sides to extract it from it's comfy lil Cocoon.

This thing is massive and def. takes two people to manage it's Size and Weight.a nice thing when we were moving this beast there was NO sign or sound of anything moving within it's cavernous interior at all. this thing is so tightly built even after being rolled into the house and THAT simply amazed me considering all the components involved in it's build. Kudos to all of the build team on this thing.

First power up and it had no troubles what so ever. it immediately recognized all displays attached to it as well as all routers,external drives as well as all of it's componentry. have run it thru some games Rift/GW2/Neverwinter/Splinter Cell/Tera etc. All games at MAX settings and it just chews em up and spits em out. Have also run it thru some of my Graphics Arts programs Anime Studio/Autodesk Sketchbook/Adobe Photoshop/Maya/etc. once again with no problems at all.

Congrats, Tio.      

Grrrrrrr wrong link try this one instead
http://3dmark11/3dm11/7021937

Congrats! Looks like a killer rig!

Congrats on your killer system, Tio!! Can't wait to get mine (waiting on a backordered part)... Enjoyed the pics!

Oh, here's a proper link to the 3Dmark...

Congrats system looks like a killer!!

 

For those of you who haven't noticed, the new online pics for the HailStorm II is Tio's awesome creation... Way to go buddy!!

Edited by fstcvc - 30 Aug 2013 at 12:11am

Thanx everyone for the well wishes and the system "Likes" this thing is a BEAST !!! does everything I want and more except for a few problems with some games (Tera mostly at this point) but I think that may have more to do with the SLI than anything. @meller yes it is a dual loop system my friend the other reservoir is on the front of the case wish they had switched out that LED for a red one Also, YES those are pics of my rig WOOOOOOT in the Hailstorm ads now. DAMN but she looks good don't she !? Just noticed the new cooling system to.....GRRRRR is standard now as well. How can I get that Alex ? No pun intended but that is "Cool" as hell

Congrats on your new rig. Totally Badass.

Tio is that DigitalStorm SLI bridge of yours LED backlit? Your system looks awesome!