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    Posted: 29 Nov 2013 at 7:17pm
I'm a repeat customer. Bought 5 years ago and have done some upgrades from original purchase. Currently the original i7-920 but now with a GTX 570 card. Play various games, mostly strategy plus some driving and the odd FPS. Dual 1920x1080 monitors. Budgeting 2500 - 2750.

Leaning towards a Bolt due to small form factor. Started with Lvl 4 and upped the motherboard as I like the wireless option. I've been happy with Corsair in the past so I went to that memory and upped the OS and data drives. Thoughts? Also looked at the Lvl 4 Virtue but it was at the top of my price range.

http://www.digitalstormonline.com/configcheck.asp?id=898807

Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Pre-built Digital Storm Bolt
Exterior Finish: Metallic Dark Grey Gunmetal Matte Finish with Black Vents and Black Stand
Processor: Intel Core i7 4770K 3.50 GHz (Unlocked CPU) (Quad Core)
Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VI IMPACT (Intel Z87 Chipset) (Mini-ITX) (SupremeFX Impact, Sonic Radar)
System Memory: 16GB DDR3 1600MHz Corsair Vengeance
Power Supply: 500W Gold Plus Series Digital Storm Certified BOLT Edition (Enhanced Quiet Operation)
Optical Drive: DVD/CD 8x Multi-Drive (Writes and Reads DVDs, CDs)
Storage Set 1: 1x (240GB Solid State (By: Corsair) (Model: Neutron GTX Series) (SATA 6Gbps)
Storage Set 2: 1x (2TB Western Digital (7200 RPM) (Model: Black Edition) (SATA 6Gbps)
Graphics Card(s): 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB (Includes PhysX)
Extreme Cooling: High Performance Cooler with Four Heatpipes
CPU Boost: Stage 1: Overclock CPU 4.0GHz to 4.4GHz
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Professional (64-Bit Edition)
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Looks real sweet, just ordered my BOLT LvL 4
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Thats one killer setup!
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Very nice system.
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Looks like a very solid build! I would switch to the Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD, it has better performance for the same price.

Edited by danjw1 - 01 Dec 2013 at 6:57am
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Nice build should rock the house!!

Hailstorm Black Ops
I7 3930K 4.5GHZ
16GB 1600MHZ ram
2 x GTX 680
120 GB SSD, 1 TB hardrive
Fully liquid cooled CPU, GPU and chipset.
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Thanks for the feedback. Changed the SSD to the Samsung after the comments and a bit of research. Placed the order and should be set for a new machine for Xmas!

Edited by DL13 - 01 Dec 2013 at 6:47pm
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Congrats on the new rig and looks to be one sweet machine! Hope Xmas comes early for you!!
HailStorm II
i7 4770K @ 4.5GHz
Asus Maximus VI Extreme
16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum
3xSLI EVGA SuperClocked GTX TITAN
Samsung 840Pro SSD 256GB+512GB
HydroLux+XSPC CPU/MoBo/GPU Liquid Cooling
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Ordered mine the other day just received update on my system is in Stage 7: (QA Passed)
Your order has successfully passed our stringent quality assurance process. Everything from top to bottom on your purchase has been verified by an experienced Digital Storm technician.
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Best of luck to you

Estimated Shipment Date: 0-1 business days (Mon-Fri) from 12/2/2013

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Good luck with yours. I'm at Stage 3; however had to change the memory to "16GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series" as the Corsair Vengeance memory is too high for the Bolt case. Not a big deal and saved me $30.
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Originally posted by DL13

Thanks for the feedback. Changed the SSD to the Samsung after the comments and a bit of research. Placed the order and should be set for a new machine for Xmas!


I am glad my advice helped! I hope you enjoy the new computer.
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