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My 1 week review

Post Date: 2008-07-28
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    Posted: 28 Jul 2008 at 10:40pm
Sadly I have no pics Unhappy

After getting it on July 21, I've been on this thing NONSTOP. This system is so stable considering the hardware I have on it (see bottom for specs). Been playing AoC and Crysis on max for 3-4 hours at a time and the temps are very cool. On idle my temps are 49-53 and on heavy load it reaches 70-74. Gotta love that 3 year warranty and the life time phone support. I highly recommend them, since you can really customize your machine at a comppetative price. I really want to thank Alex for answering my calls (which have to be 20-25 times, lol) and helping me out throughout the process. Cheers!!




Chassis: Digital Storm 950Si
Exterior Finish: Enhanced Interior Air Flow (Optical Drive & Floppy Cables (Red Cables)
Interior Finish: Personalized Platinum Digital Storm Binder (Includes Paperwork/Benchmarks/CDs/Manuals)
Power Supply: 1200W PC Power & Cooling (ESA Edition) (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad QX9770 Extreme 3.20GHz (1600MHz FSB) (12MB Cache)
Motherboard: nVidia 790i Ultra Core 2 Quad (nForce 790i Ultra SLI) (DDR3 Only)
System Memory: 4GB DDR3 OCZ at 1800MHz Platinum Edition
Card Reader: - No Thanks
Hard Drive 1: 150GB Western Digital Raptor (10K RPM) (16MB Cache) (SATA) (Extreme Speed)
Hard Drive 2: 150GB Western Digital Raptor (10K RPM) (16MB Cache) (SATA) (Extreme Speed)
Raid Option: Setup hard drive 1 and hard drive 2 in a Raid 0 Stripe Configuration (Expert)
Hard Drive 3: 1TB Western Digital (7200 RPM) (16MB Cache) (SATA) (Extreme Speed)
Optical Drive 1: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 20x / CD-Writer 48x)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card(s): 2x SLI Dual (nVidia GeForce 8800ULTRA 768MB)
TV Tuner: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi FPS Fatal1ty Champion (Includes Front I/O Unit)
Extreme Cooling: Liquid Chilled FrostBite CPU & Dual Video Cards (Blood Red Liquid)
Internal Lighting: Blizzard Internal Lighting (Red Edition) (Cold Cathode Tubes)
Modifications: NVIDIA Enthusiast System Architecture (ESA) System (Install, Test, Optimize Computer)
CPU Boost: Yes, Overclock the processor as much as possible with complete stability
Graphics Boost: Yes, Overclock the video card(s) as much as possible with complete stability
Memory Boost: Yes, Overclock memory timings (Includes Memory Fan Kit Installed)
Windows Boost: Yes, Disable and tweak all of the non-crucial services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate
Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based)
Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Benchmarking: - No Thanks
Pre-Install Game: Crysis (Pre-Install, apply updates, and test gameplay with my system)
LCD Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: APC 1200VA Uninterruptible Backup Surge Conditioner (Recommended)
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks
External Storage: Lifetime Toll-Free Platinum Care Technical Support
Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty
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Posts: 1527 		  Quote SunfighterLC Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 29 Jul 2008 at 1:17pm
Kinda intrested why you selected 2 88 Ultras in a rig as expensive as that. Save some cash or some other reason?
E8500@ 4.03Ghz
XFX 790i Ultra
1000W Corsair HX
2 280 GTX EVGA FTW
4GB OCZ Reaper 1800Mhz
250-80-300GB VR HD
Logitech Z-2300 2.1 Speakers
Asus Xonar 7.1
Hanns-G HG 281D 28" HDMI Monitor
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Posts: 287 		  Quote Rolet Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 29 Jul 2008 at 2:24pm
I ordered the system on May 1st, so the GTX 280 was not out, and I heard that the 9800 GX2 did not do so well compared to 88 ultra that would make me want to spend more money. I'll upgrade my cards when my 2 88 ultras are not getting the job done, and atm its running everything max Big%20smile


Thanks Harley


Edited by Rolet - 29 Jul 2008 at 2:25pm
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Posts: 1527 		  Quote SunfighterLC Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 29 Jul 2008 at 2:51pm
I can attest to the problems of the 9800GX2, though, i believe a lot of my issues were with the fact that i got a pretty gimp one. It could run at stock speeds but no more. Im dead serious about that too...if you went up even 5mhz on the core the thing would spaz out and even at stock speeds some of the graphics were artifacting during vantage. I do believe this was from a poor quality card though (PS zotac sucks haha). I got a second GX2 when the 280s came out and it ran perfect alone, put in with the zotac though and it just sorta bogged down the EVGA GX2 and the zotac would overheat a lot...so i went another route and got 2 GTX 280s after their price plummeted.
 
I dont regret it...even though people whine that the 4870 is a better deal..and it is...im more then satisifed with the performace of these two cards. As a bonus they run MUCH Cooler then single Zotac GX2 did. 20C cooler to be exact.
 
E8500@ 4.03Ghz
XFX 790i Ultra
1000W Corsair HX
2 280 GTX EVGA FTW
4GB OCZ Reaper 1800Mhz
250-80-300GB VR HD
Logitech Z-2300 2.1 Speakers
Asus Xonar 7.1
Hanns-G HG 281D 28" HDMI Monitor
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