New Customer!

Congratulations and welcome to DS.

Please excuse the curiosity, what did you order? You will be very pleased with the results and quality.

That is a nice system and .

Anything to keep "she who must be obeyed" happy, even if its getting a super gaming system. Oh the sacrifices we make.

Keep us posted and maybe an image or two when the pc gets home would be appreciated.

Don't have any wide screen monitors to suggest. Personally have (for gaming) an Asus PG279Q (1440/144Hz, don't have it oc). Dell and Acer models are also some of the ones that have been recommended.

Good luck. 

That is a nice system and .

Anything to keep "she who must be obeyed" happy, even if its getting a super gaming system. Oh the sacrifices we make.

Keep us posted and maybe an image or two when the pc gets home would be appreciated.

Originally posted by ThePinkGoat I have this monitor Asus PG279Q 27 inch is perfect and the price is right. BTW the 2070 super is good but you will want better FPS and for that monitor, I suggest the 2080 super best bang for your buck. Never go cheap on your GPU or your monitor.

Great information, thank you!

The 2080 Super was my dream card, but I had to stay within a max limit or I end up sleeping in my garage for a few days!

I'm a bit late to this party, but I'll give a few thoughts based on your posts in this thread so far. 

1. I can't speak to monitors, haven't bought one since 2010. Dell used to make awesome monitors (so long as you went with their upper-end series), no idea if that holds up anymore. Sounds like you already have a few recommendations here though.

2. With Digital Storm patience is key. Please don't take that as me saying you've been impatient, you haven't. But a lot of the concern that crops up with DS is not with their build quality but with misunderstandings/miscommunications about build time. I own two DS rigs (they're in my signature; technically I don't own Mr. Bojangles anymore but it is still running strong) and between the two of them I've had decent waits on both, with the Bolt (Mrs. Bojingles) taking slightly longer than expected. This might sound crazy in the world of two day-shipping on budget rigs (that will die in 3 months), but I would mentally prepare yourself for 1 - 2 months of waiting. I've not hit 2 months, but I have waited over a month before, so if you are expecting that time frame and it comes sooner, then it's a pleasant surprise and if it does take that long then you aren't disappointed.

3. Building on point 2. We're (mostly ) DS fans here on the forums and while we encourage people to have patience, the fact of the matter is that you are paying DS, a lot of money, to deliver a product. So, if you have any questions or concerns. Contact DS. Post on the forum for sure, but contact DS. If DS doesn't return your call/email/etc. in a timely manner, then contact DS management. Some might balk at me suggesting you contact management, but you're paying for the service. While forum members can try to help and are here to chat, we can't answer any specific timeline/build/testing/etc. questions for you - only DS can. So don't fret about contacting DS, in fact I'd encourage it. Now, don't go crazy ex and call them 16 times a day, but if you have questions or concerns do reach out to them and give them a reasonable amount of time to respond.  I'll be the first one to tell you that DS is not perfect insofar as timely responses go, but I'll also tell you that in nearly 10 years of dealing with them I've only had one interaction with them where I wasn't entirely pleased with the result. That's a pretty good track record, especially compared to other companies which shall not be named where 90% of my interactions with them made me want to smash heads into a wall.

4. After you've received your machine be sure to give it a good look-over for damage. I've had no shipping damage (and I've used a DS box for two international moves), but it does happen. DS to their credit has basically created a space program of box technology, but as someone who once worked in "logistics" some parts of the transport chain could destroy even an Abrams tank, so you just have to hope for the best. It's unlikely anything will happen, but as soon as you get the rig is the best time to check. Once you've made sure everything looks ok, be sure to play around with the machine a little bit, maybe play a game or two. I realize you'll probably do this anyway but what I'm getting at is that I wouldn't recommend getting the machine then letting it sit for a month only to find some issue after all that time has passed. Since you've gone with a local build before, you likely haven't had to deal with shipping concerns, so it's good to have an upfront check on such things.