Hailstorm II: Risen - From the Ashes

The Transportation of the system was freight this time around, (it was Fed-Ex last time) and while the rig stayed in apparent good shape, you can't help but see boot marks on top of the box. It was delivered by Crystal Freight as they handle the NY metro area.

After a "hi-ho silver away" he was gone and I had the good fortune to run into the building supervisor on my way out the door. He, and a helper managed to get the rig on a dolly and roll it into the building and up the elevator to my apartment. My grateful thanks and two Alexander Hamilton notes smoothed everything out.
 

So, after unpacking and basking in it's glory, I untaped and prepared to power up. Here is a picture of the inside:

Here is a view from the front:

All I can say to this rebuild is "Job well done". The Hydolux software is giving me some growing pains. As the system cools down the fans come on and off in what sounds like an unhealthy cycle. I can turn it to performance and let it run or bypass the Hydrolux software completely. I will use the large RAM pool to create a RAM Drive to play with. The machine runs very fast and is very quiet. Good work to all at Digital Storm. This Phoenix of a machine has risen better than before!

Sweet looking rig! DS does build some awesome machines!!

Sub! You gotta move the PC to the other side!!  That way you can see the inside haha.

Love the blue.  No offense to anyone, as it is their PC and really their opinion on appearance is all that matters... but god I'm so glad you did that sexy blue instead of the typical red.  (Even I have a Red and Black system and wish I would have went say blue).  Seriously... that blue looks freaking amazing.

Normally I'm a "blue" person as well, but when I was building my rig, I guess I just wanted something different for myself...

Edited by fstcvc - 04 Oct 2013 at 10:31pm

Im getting a hydrolux But IDK if I should go blue green or orange

Wait how do you get the option for clear tubing with blue liquid? I cannot find that in the config.

Congratulations on your new rig. It looks insane. Nice blue color and black case.

Thanks for the positive reviews. Like fstcv I have a long history with this system that goes back quite away. To Clarify, the Hydrolux system can be a single color or change as your systems temperature climbs. In retrospect I should have researched a pump and reservoir that wouldn't have interfered with the drive cages so much. Currently I use between 12-16 GB of data as my camera is a beast at 18 MP. &  I turn over a lot of photos and video files to clients. The Dual Titans and 6 core CPU rip through projects in seconds instead of hours.
Word of warning, spec your build and ship the special parts to be assembled. The cost of DS doing the buying of items not in the build list is a very large markup. Other than that, Alex was very considerate and answered my emails at all hours and even Sundays! I will probably look to sell this system before too long and get the next generation CPU, Motherboard & GPUs. The system is very quiet and very powerful. Not to mention pretty! I was surprised to find no clear tubing in their stock, as well as the blue fluid. Red seems very popular for some reason.

 

Nice !