Review: new Lumos

Hi all: I am a returning customer and, first things first, my new computer will need a name. The first computer I got from here about five years ago - called it The Beast. It was an i7-6700K oc'd to 4.0 Ghz, Asus Z170 Pro Gaming mobo, GTX 1080, 32 gigs 3000 Mhz ram. The case was awesome, I think it was called DS Apollo? It is still running great, and I will be giving it to a friend in desperate need of a computer who can't afford to spend much. I will post some photos of it below.

The new computer is due to arrive tomorrow or Friday, will post specs for it below and update with photos when it comes in (very excited).

There is a lot of talk about backlogs and communication, so I thought I would share my experience. Digital Storm has been great for me so far. I expected to have delays given everything going on right now with Covid, silicon shortages, GPU's being snatched up by crypto-miners, etc., so I was prepared for some production stages to possibly run longer than normal. This is my timeline:

1-5-21: Order placed, email confirmation received, Stage 1.
2-4-21: Stage 2, Stage 3, and Stage 4 emails all rec'd on same day (that's inventory assigned, initial setup, and final assembly begun).
2-26-21: Stage 5 email, stress testing.
3-1-21: Stage 6 email, quality assurance - into Stage 7 email, packaging later that day.
3-2-21: Order Shipped, email with tracking info rec'd.

I had three to four interactions with Digital Storm staff, all were good. One was by phone early on asking how bad the back order on parts was currently, told there was a back order yes - mainly on PSU's and graphics cards, but that they were catching up slowly but surely and making progress.

One or two interactions were later through the e-chat function on the website. They were able to look up my order and see what was going on, one confirmed delayed but wasn't sure for exactly which parts - the other confirmed waiting on PSU and the AIO cooler.

Another interaction was through direct email to and response from Alex, also about delay. He responded within 24 hours and was courteous, apologetic for any delay, and very up front about what they were working through.

Right as the new computer shipped a couple days ago, out of curiosity, through the e-chat website function I asked about which RTX 3080 I had gotten - turns out it was a Founder's Edition, which I am excited to receive. The staff member was able to send a photo of my actual rig showing the FE card in it, which was kind of amazing.

All my peripherals are already here (not from Digital Storm, just mentioning) - new mechanical keyboard, gaming mouse, gaming headset, and 4k 144hz 27" monitor. Looking forward to putting all of this together, fingers crossed nothing happened in transit. Paid for 2-day air, and it is right on time according to Fedex (yes I have been stalking it).

As I say, will update with photos of new rig, but this is my current Digital Storm computer from five years ago, The Beast. Still running like a champ - this is as boxed back then, being set up in my grubby needs-cleaning desk nook at the time, and then ablaze with RGB:









Edited by Unir - 06 Mar 2021 at 1:27pm

Unboxed, on little table.



We have liftoff!

Enjoy your new rig!!!

Nice! nice rig, nice set-up and nice view...

Guessing 10th floor? Dunno the city, but that's an excellent view.

Originally posted by Unir Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 2: Digital Storm Vortex Liquid CPU Cooler (Dual Fan) (Fully Sealed + No Maintenance) HydroLux Tubing Style: - Not Applicable, I do not have a custom HydroLux liquid cooling system selected HydroLux Fluid Color: - Not Applicable, I do not have a custom HydroLux liquid cooling system selected

We ordered around the same time, though I'm still on stage 4. I'm assuming my stage 3 liquid cooling might have something to do with it.

Congrats on getting your build.

Originally posted by Snaike Nice! nice rig, nice set-up and nice view... Guessing 10th floor? Dunno the city, but that's an excellent view.

Thanks everyone! It's working like a charm. Got OBS and my Adobe stuff installed, MS Office, etc., have been fiddling with HDR settings (Windows 10 implementation of that is still messy).

It was Nashville, 17th floor. Enjoying the rig quite a bit!

Originally posted by Unir Hi all: I am a returning customer and, first things first, my new computer will need a name. The first computer I got from here about five years ago - called it The Beast. It was an i7-6700K oc'd to 4.0 Ghz, Asus Z170 Pro Gaming mobo, GTX 1080, 32 gigs 3000 Mhz ram. The case was awesome, I think it was called DS Apollo? It is still running great, and I will be giving it to a friend in desperate need of a computer who can't afford to spend much. I will post some photos of it below. The new computer is due to arrive tomorrow or Friday, will post specs for it below and update with photos when it comes in (very excited). There is a lot of talk about backlogs and communication, so I thought I would share my experience. Digital Storm has been great for me so far. I expected to have delays given everything going on right now with Covid, silicon shortages, GPU's being snatched up by crypto-miners, etc., so I was prepared for some production stages to possibly run longer than normal. This is my timeline: 1-5-21: Order placed, email confirmation received, Stage 1. 2-4-21: Stage 2, Stage 3, and Stage 4 emails all rec'd on same day (that's inventory assigned, initial setup, and final assembly begun). 2-26-21: Stage 5 email, stress testing. 3-1-21: Stage 6 email, quality assurance - into Stage 7 email, packaging later that day. 3-2-21: Order Shipped, email with tracking info rec'd. I had three to four interactions with Digital Storm staff, all were good. One was by phone early on asking how bad the back order on parts was currently, told there was a back order yes - mainly on PSU's and graphics cards, but that they were catching up slowly but surely and making progress. One or two interactions were later through the e-chat function on the website. They were able to look up my order and see what was going on, one confirmed delayed but wasn't sure for exactly which parts - the other confirmed waiting on PSU and the AIO cooler. Another interaction was through direct email to and response from Alex, also about delay. He responded within 24 hours and was courteous, apologetic for any delay, and very up front about what they were working through. Right as the new computer shipped a couple days ago, out of curiosity, through the e-chat website function I asked about which RTX 3080 I had gotten - turns out it was a Founder's Edition, which I am excited to receive. The staff member was able to send a photo of my actual rig showing the FE card in it, which was kind of amazing. All my peripherals are already here (not from Digital Storm, just mentioning) - new mechanical keyboard, gaming mouse, gaming headset, and 4k 144hz 27" monitor. Looking forward to putting all of this together, fingers crossed nothing happened in transit. Paid for 2-day air, and it is right on time according to Fedex (yes I have been stalking it). As I say, will update with photos of new rig, but this is my current Digital Storm computer from five years ago, The Beast. Still running like a champ - this is as boxed back then, being set up in my grubby needs-cleaning desk nook at the time, and then ablaze with RGB:

Originally posted by Unir https://www.digitalstorm.com/download-logo-wallpapers.asp

Unir beat me to it....

I don't really follow GPUs so am curious what the clunkers are. Thanks!

I wouldn't worry...stage 1 was by far the longest for me. A few of us have ordered Lumoses (Lumosi?) recently and a couple of us received them this week. Here were my dates:

Order - 1/23
Stage 1 - 1/25
Stage 2 - 2/24
Stage 3 - 2/25
Stage 4 - 3/5
Stage 5 - 3/8
Stage 6 - 3/9
Stage 7 - 3/9
Shipped - 3/9

Edited by ealderson - 17 Mar 2021 at 7:37pm

Wow! The view though.

Originally posted by Oldpcgamer I have but one name to submit for your new rig Stormbreaker

I'll take it! Officially naming it Stormbreaker now.

Update as of April 19, 2021 - still running well, still monster fast, no problems.    

Gaming in 4k w/ ray-tracing on in various games with 100-120+ fps while OBS recording at 1440p (OBS got twitchy trying to record in 4k for some reason, probably need to fiddle with it some more). Adobe AE notably smoother and more fluid, video render times quicker. Having hardware encoding on with that 3080 makes a big difference in working in the preview panel and rendering.

Productivity tasks not a problem at all, but no surprise there - this is a lot of computer for just productivity work.

That glass case with the lighting inside is just gorgeous. Consistently gets many oooh's and aaah's from people when they see it.

I could not be happier with this purchase. Slight delay in production, but definitely worth it.

Edited by Unir - 19 Apr 2021 at 5:27am

tbcmahar,

I thought that the Silicon Gods had blessed me when I got the surprise of scoring an EVGA FTW3 Ultra RTX 3080 10GB!

I just got my new Digital Storm beast last week to replace an excellent 12 year old Digital Storm system that was still playing games pretty good.

I need to write up my own review on my new one someday. Unir's review with all the pictures and details was interesting.

I have spent the last week or so just running benchmarks and playing games maxed out!