My ODE Level 4: Ultimate Review

 

I got my PC a couple days ago. I wanted to use it for a couple days before posting the review. I've own computers since the Vic20 days and upgrading about every three years and this is by FAR the most badass rig I've ever owned. Everything from the look to the performance screams awesome. I haven't pushed it too much just yet, I've only really played sw:tor and comparing the performance of the ODE vs my old XPS720 is meaningless. With my ODE the framerate is through the roof all the time, I haven't experience any lag whatsoever and the game generally looks awesome. I didn't have the patience to build myself a rig this time around and reading about the different components in the ODE convinced me it was the right choice for me. I looked around a bit before buying and DS came out on top with both the quality of the components included AND price.

 

Overall my experience with DS has been outstanding. I had a couple issues but nothing major that DS couldn't help with.

 

Here are some of the issues I ran into before moving on to the awesome pics.

 

1- I placed my order by phone and both my email and first name weren't recorded properly. Feels like that could of been avoided if he would of confirmed this important information. This led to not being able to log into my account for a couple days. Luckily Alex (who's been awesome) quickly fixed everything up for me once I made DS aware of my issues.

 

2- When I opened the case to remove the protective airbag type thing, I noticed the panels fans weren't plugged in. I had to call to confirm that 1- These were suppose to be plugged in and 2- Where I should plug them. I wish there would of been a small paper in the user manual informing me that that was normal and where to plug the fans.

 

3- When I first turned-on the computer. I didn't have any display... I freaked out for a second. Unplugged everything, checked that the graphics card were well plugged in and had power. When I was sure everything was good, I turned the PC back on and finally had display. Not sure what happened there, but I was a little stressed by initially not having display.

 

4- Once I finally got display and the PC booted, I got the Overclocking failure message... I called DS, read some posts on the forums (thanks DST4ME for the CPU-z tip) and figured everything was normal and that it happened from time to time that such a message appeared. It only happened once and the OC on the PC is rockin so far.

 

5- My only complaint about the PC itself and its a minor one is the noise level. When running full steam it can be pretty loud. I think I'll investigate if anything can be done for this. Suggestions?

 

 

Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Pre-built Digital Storm ODE Level 4
Exterior Finish: White Exterior Paint Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 3930K 3.20GHz (Unlocked CPU for Extreme Overclocking) (Six Core)
Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 DELUXE (Intel X79 Chipset) (Features USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s)
System Memory: 16GB DDR3 1600MHz Corsair Vengeance Series (High-Performance)
Power Supply: 1050W Corsair Pro Silver 1050HX (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible)
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (120GB Solid State (By: Corsair) (Model: Force GT Series CSSD-F120GBGT-BK) (SATA 6Gbps)
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Hitachi/Seagate (7200 RPM) (32MB Cache)
Optical Drive 1: Blu-Ray Player/DVD Writer (Play Blu-Ray and Burn DVDs)
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card(s): 3x SLI Triple (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1.2GB (Includes PhysX Technology)
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 2: Corsair H100 Liquid CPU Cooler (240mm Radiator) (High-Performance Edition)
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Red)
CPU Boost: Stage 2: Overclock CPU 4.5GHz to 4.8GHz (Requires Pro or Deluxe Series Motherboard)

 

 

 

 

 

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That's all folks!

 

I apprechiate your feedback as it allows us to constantly improve Digital Storm and our products for our customers. I am going to share your review with our team and we'll definitely see what we can do to improve our product. I agree with your statement about the side panel fans, and we'll look into a solution for this shortly.

In regards to the noise, you may be able to quiet it down further by slowing the fan speeds down. The first step would be to find out where the noise is coming from, it may be the CPU cooling system, if it is, we can either send you fan mounts which can slow the speeds down to quiet them, or, you may even have some of those black resistor based connectors in the accessories box to slow the fans down. Feel free to contact us and we can help you.

For the photos, if you can re-size them to a maximum width of 800px, that would be perfect for the forums. Once you get the photos up, we'll go ahead and move your thread to the "Customer Reviews" section.

Sorry guys, the team has been super busy, I let them know. They have to make a quote image to move over that's all. They've been slammed with a new upcoming product that we're launching.