My Beast Arrived a day earlyPost Date: 2008-06-17 |
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Kliebor2 ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 22 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 659 |
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Hey All Here it is in all its glory
So far just unpacked, installed anti-virus and started playing around a little.
The Box
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![]() So far so good. Will keep you all up to date.
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Digital Storm 950Si - Q9450 Quad Core @ 3 Ghz
Dual PNY OC2 GTX 560Ti 8 Gigabytes DDR2/800 2 Western Digital 500 GB SATAII 7200 RPM HD |
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e.fruman ![]() Groupie ![]() Joined: 14 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 140 |
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pics?
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SunfighterLC ![]() DS Veteran ![]() Joined: 18 Feb 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1527 |
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They mailed you a red X!!!! |
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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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Kliebor2 ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 22 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 659 |
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Odd the pics show up for me, they are on photobucket
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Digital Storm 950Si - Q9450 Quad Core @ 3 Ghz
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e.fruman ![]() Groupie ![]() Joined: 14 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 140 |
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dont see them lol,
edit nvm i see them its just firefox 3 not showing them. Edited by e.fruman - 17 Jun 2008 at 8:34pm |
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!ender_ ![]() DS Veteran ![]() Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4219 |
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lol at capturing a pegboard, a 3k computer, spock all in the same photo.
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Tyler Lowe ![]() Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 14 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
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Looking at those photos brings back memories of the day my system arrived.
![]() Staring intently inside the machine, in awe of all the components and the build quality...
I think a solid hour passed before I started looking for ways to improve it (this is a long time to pass before I start that thought process, trust me).
![]() That looks like one killer system too. Is that a 780i and a pair of 9800GTX we're seeing in the window? Great stuff. Thanks for sharing the photos.
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SunfighterLC ![]() DS Veteran ![]() Joined: 18 Feb 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1527 |
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lol photobucket got hacked the time i looked at this thread, and they had their site down which every photo went to the red X.
Seriously nice looking system dude. wonder what the 480 means on the top of the box.
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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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Kliebor2 ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 22 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 659 |
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yes, 780i mobo, stage II cooling and dual 9800gtx and 8 gigs of ddr2
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Digital Storm 950Si - Q9450 Quad Core @ 3 Ghz
Dual PNY OC2 GTX 560Ti 8 Gigabytes DDR2/800 2 Western Digital 500 GB SATAII 7200 RPM HD |
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Kliebor2 ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 22 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 659 |
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ok well after some tweaking, download of the latest bios revision, and updates of the motherboard drivers, she is stable and fast.
SLI running like a champ 100+ FPS in Hellgate
70+ FPS in Conan
300+ FPS in WOW
120+ in Oblivion with all the candy turned on...
Really nice so far, I am liking it.
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Digital Storm 950Si - Q9450 Quad Core @ 3 Ghz
Dual PNY OC2 GTX 560Ti 8 Gigabytes DDR2/800 2 Western Digital 500 GB SATAII 7200 RPM HD |
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Kliebor2 ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 22 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 659 |
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Ok I popped in my fan, drawing air into the case and dropped my GPU temps almost 10 degrees centigrade (8 degrees to be precise) I am quite happy with the air cooling so far
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Digital Storm 950Si - Q9450 Quad Core @ 3 Ghz
Dual PNY OC2 GTX 560Ti 8 Gigabytes DDR2/800 2 Western Digital 500 GB SATAII 7200 RPM HD |
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Nickdapimp ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 324 |
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sexy beast, if uyou put LED lights on that case, does it look nice inside?
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Kliebor2 ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 22 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 659 |
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It is really nice inside. I was able to route the fan wires I added so they go around the edge of the 5.25" drive bays so they are invisible. I also added a second 500 gig data hard drive after I saw my main drive go fromm 468 gig free to under 300 gig free in my first week and half owning the machine... so now I am the proud owner of a terabyte of storage in my beast...
as I said really happy so far, it has the green case lighting, not really easy to see in that picture, tried taking one in the dark, but all you see is the glow and a suggestion of part outlines, not really a good looking pic, must be my camera as to the eye it looks sweet in the dark. |
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Digital Storm 950Si - Q9450 Quad Core @ 3 Ghz
Dual PNY OC2 GTX 560Ti 8 Gigabytes DDR2/800 2 Western Digital 500 GB SATAII 7200 RPM HD |
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AROE ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9 |
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Kliebor2, a couple of questions whose answers could really help me out...
Which case is that? and What are the approximate dimensions of the box your system was shipped in? (I need to know if the box for my system will exceed 108 inches combined height girth, for purposes of APO shipping). |
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Kliebor2 ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 22 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 659 |
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I will measure tonight... give you some numbers. I am at work right now.
![]() It is the 950si Case... my favorite by far. It has great cooling and is massively expandable I will tell you it is mammoth and 108 inches is likely exceeded in girth alone :) Edited by Kliebor2 - 01 Jul 2008 at 4:16pm |
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Digital Storm 950Si - Q9450 Quad Core @ 3 Ghz
Dual PNY OC2 GTX 560Ti 8 Gigabytes DDR2/800 2 Western Digital 500 GB SATAII 7200 RPM HD |
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Kliebor2 ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 22 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 659 |
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Ok, I would say rough length 32, width 12, height 30, for a total of around 118... best guess.
The case itself out of the box is a massive 23.5" deep, 8.125" wide and 20.5" tall (including feet) This monster will hold anything you might want to put in it apart perhaps from a full size Olympic swimming pool |
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Digital Storm 950Si - Q9450 Quad Core @ 3 Ghz
Dual PNY OC2 GTX 560Ti 8 Gigabytes DDR2/800 2 Western Digital 500 GB SATAII 7200 RPM HD |
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AROE ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9 |
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Thank you very much, although it's definitely not what I wanted to hear, lol.
FedEx international looks like it'll be about $580 from Cali to Italy given current fuel prices...compare that to free shipping (well, USPS included in price anyway) via APO, and you see why that stings. Oh well, thanks again. |
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