HailStorm: My better late than never DS review

Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Black OPS HailStorm Edition
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz (Quad Core)
Motherboard: EVGA X58 SLi 3 Edition (Intel X58 Chipset)
System Memory: 6GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 1200W Digital Storm Certified (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) (Silent Edition Highly Recommended)
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (40GB Solid State (By: Intel) (Model: X-25V Edition) (Extreme Performance)
Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Hitachi/Seagate (7200 RPM) (32MB Cache)
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: Blu-Ray Player/DVD Writer (Play Blu-Ray and Burn DVDs)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Internet Access: Wireless-PCI N 300Mbps (Supports 802.11n/g/b)
Video Card: 2x SLI Dual (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 1.5GB (Includes PhysX Technology)
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 6: Sub-Zero LCS Dual Loop: CPU & Dual SLI/CrossFire Video Cards
H20 Tube Color:White Tubing with High-Performance Fluid (UV Lighting Reactive)
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: - Internal chassis lighting system
Boost Processor: FREE: Stage 1: Overclock the processor between 3.3GHz to 3.9GHz (Cooling Upgrade Recommended)
Boost Video Card: FREE: Yes, Overclock the video card(s) as much as possible Warranty: Life-time Expert Customer Care with 4 Year Limited Warranty

 

Now onto the review, if you were to ask me what i thought about this computer 3 months ago I would tell you it's the best damn workstation I've ever owned, Google SketchUp, AutoCAD and a plethora of other programs that I use for school and work run extremely well no issues to be found here.

 

However, I didn't get this computer just so I can be more efficient in my work life, I got this computer to do some serious gaming and HOLY CRAP does it ever exceed my expectations, every game I've run from Starcraft to Crysis 2 Ultra Upgrade and everything in between runs buttery smooth.

 

Crysis 2 Ultra I run at 1920x1080 everything maxed and 16xQ AA and no framerate issues whatsoever. The computer is simply and in a word perfect, no issues, no problems just sweet perfection.

 

Now onto DSO themeselves, the customer service that I was given was far and away the best experice I've ever had with a PC vendor, everyone I dealt with went out of thier way to ensure that each question and each request no matter how big, small or silly were answered in a thoughtful and professional way, I give Alex and everyone at DigitalStorm the highest marks in customer service and they have certainly made me a customer for life.

 

Now what about the negative side, everything has to have a negative side right?

 

Full disclosure I'm Canadian and this computer was delivered to me in the middle of December, odds are temperatures were around -20 or -30'C on the date of delievery and once I got my shiny new machine I noticed there was a great deal of condensation present, might I suggest thermally insulated shipping crates for your frozen neighbors to the north

 

In all seriousness DSO has far exceeded my expectations as a Company and the PC that was built blew my mind in every way.

 

Thank you so much this computer is exactly what I wanted.