Purely Amazing! My DS ReviewPost Date: 2010-07-26 |
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gondrin
Newbie Joined: 05 Jul 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2 |
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Topic: Purely Amazing! My DS Review Posted: 26 Jul 2010 at 3:47pm |
This is the first review of a PC that I have bought in the past 14 years that I've been buying them and I can honestly say that this is honestly the best built PC I've seen.
Just to start out, I do not have a digital camera or a cell phone so no pictures of the PC, but if you want a general idea, look at TrakDay's pics and sub out the 480 for a 470 and sub in a SB X-Fi with the front I/O dock.
Anyway, I was looking for a new PC since my Alienware(yes, I know) was deciding to have issues of its own(general slowing down and various other things) and saw a review of on DS's PCs on G4TV's Attack of the Show and it had one of the Assassin cases and it really piqued my interest. Anyway, long story short, after doing a lot of research on the forums here(looking at tech support forums, customer reviews, config discussions), I decided to purchase this PC.
All I have to say is purely AMAZING! I honestly couldn't be happier. Between it running cool(I'm in a room where it is almost constant 83F, it doesn't get above 55C air cooled with it OCed to 3.946GHz with it bumping to over 4GHz), no stability issues in any game I've tried so far(WoW, EQ2, Borderlands some benchmark programs) and with it booting up extremely fast even without a SSD, it is honestly money well spent. If I would have found this company before I bought my Alienware, I would have never went with them.
I've only had this PC since Friday but I will post more in a month or so with screenshots of actual performance, if I remember to.
Config: 422043
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Cooler Master HAF 932
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish Processor: Intel Core i7 930 2.8GHz (Quad Core) Motherboard: EVGA X58 LE Edition SLI (Intel X58 Chipset) (Supports SLI or CrossFire) System Memory: 6GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested) Power Supply: 1250W Enermax Galaxy EVO (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) (Recommended) Expansion Bay: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (1TB Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS (7200 RPM) (32MB Cache) (SATA) (Extreme Speed) Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS (7200 RPM) (32MB Cache) (SATA) (Extreme Speed) Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks Optical Drive 1: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 24x / CD-Writer 48x) Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections) Video Card(s): 1x NVIDIA EVGA GeForce GTX 470 1.2GB (Includes PhysX Technology) Add-on Card: - No Thanks Sound Card: Creative Labs X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion (Includes Front I/O) (PCI-Express Slot Based) Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 2: Noctua NH-D14 Extreme Performance (Does NOT fit on the regular EVGA X58 3X SLI) H20 Tube Color: - Not Applicable, I do not have a FrostChill or Sub-Zero LCS Cooling System Selected Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans Internal Lighting: - No Thanks Enhancements: - No Thanks Chassis Mods: - No Thanks Noise Reduction: - No Thanks CPU Boost: FREE: Stage 1: Overclock the processor between 3.3GHz to 3.9GHz (Cooling Upgrade Recommended) Graphics Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s) Memory Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory OS Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-Bit Edition) Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based) Virus Protection: - No Thanks Office: - No Thanks Benchmarking: - No Thanks Pre-Install Game: FREE: Hot-selling game with a NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 or above graphics card Display: - No Thanks Surge Shield: - No Thanks Speakers: - No Thanks Keyboard: - No Thanks Mouse: - No Thanks External Storage: - No Thanks Exclusive T-Shirt: FREE: Digital Storm T-Shirt - Black (Xtra Large) Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed Warranty: Life-time Expert Customer Care with 5 Year Limited Warranty Overclocked Processor Settings
Processor Speed GHz: 3.967 CPU Multiplier: 21 Voltage CPU VCore: 1.36875 VDroop Control: Yes i7 - BCLK MHz: 180 i7 - Voltage QPI\DRAM: A i7 - Voltage QPI\PLL: A i7 - Voltage CPU VTT: 175 i7 - Voltage IOH Vcore: A i7 - Voltage ICH Vcore: A i7 - Voltage IOH/ICH I/O: A i7 - PWM Frequency: A |
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Caleb
Groupie Joined: 19 Jul 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 354 |
Quote Reply Posted: 26 Jul 2010 at 3:51pm |
pictures dog pictures!!
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gondrin
Newbie Joined: 05 Jul 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2 |
Quote Reply Posted: 26 Jul 2010 at 4:06pm |
Sorry, currently at the time, I have no means to take them otherwise I would.
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TrakDay
Groupie Joined: 08 Jul 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 136 |
Quote Reply Posted: 26 Jul 2010 at 4:26pm |
Congrats man... I know I am loving mine!
Edit: I actually bought and installed the same sound card, but no front I/O. Edited by TrakDay - 26 Jul 2010 at 4:27pm |
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rholyrag
Senior Member Joined: 17 Oct 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 841 |
Quote Reply Posted: 27 Jul 2010 at 5:40am |
Congrats on getting your rig and welcome to the forums!
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