Stage 1 Newb

Hi Everyone,

     I'm a new member and just purchased and Aventum X this past Monday. I know I have a long wait in front of me and just curious to here how accurate the lead times are from some current Digital Storm owners and seeing as this is my first liquid cooled computer the maintenance part has me a little intimidated. Also for anyone here that's curious these are my specs.


Order Contents:
- Digital Storm Desktop -

System Configuration:
Chassis Model: Aventum X
Exterior Finish: Black Metallic Matte Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (16-Core) 4.9 GHz Turbo
Motherboard: ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Formula (Wi-Fi) (AMD X570 Chipset) (Up to 3x PCI-E Devices) (No SLI)
System Memory: 128GB DDR4 3200MHz HyperX Fury RGB
Power Supply: 1000W Digital Storm Performance Series (Semi-Modular) (80 Plus Gold)
Expansion Bay: Dedicated Hardware TPM Module (Trusted Platform Module)
Optical Drive: - No Thanks
Storage Set 1: 1x SSD M.2 (2TB Samsung 980 PRO) (NVM Express) (Gen4 PCIe)
Storage Set 2: 1x SSD M.2 (2TB Samsung 980 PRO) (NVM Express) (Gen4 PCIe)
Storage Set 3: 1x SSD M.2 (4TB Sabrent Rocket Q4) (NVM Express)
RAID Config: RAID 0: Striping: Performance, But No Data Fault Tolerance (Requires 2 Identical HDDs)
RAID Card: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Graphics Card(s): 1x GeForce RTX 3090 24GB (VR Ready) (Performance Edition)
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster AE-9 (Hi-Res) (Ultimate Audio Playback)
Add On Card: - No Thanks
Extreme Cooling: H20: HydroLux PRO: Exotic Custom Cooling System (1x Graphics Card + CPU)
HydroLux Tubing Style: Copper Tubing (Requires HydroLux PRO Custom Liquid Cooling System)
HydroLux Fluid Color: Clear Fluid + Clear Tubing (Requires HydroLux Liquid Cooling System)
Cable Management: Exotic Cable Management - Black - (Cable Combs with Custom Color Sleeved Extension Cables)
Chassis Fans: Corsair QL Series (RGB Fans) (Software Controlled Effects) (14 Fans Total)
Internal Lighting: Remote Controlled Advanced LED Lighting System (Multiple RGB Color Modes)
Software Control: Corsair Commander PRO Management Control Board & Software (3x Boards)
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
LaserMark: - No Thanks
CPU Boost: Stock Factory Turbo Boost Advanced Automatic Overclocking
Graphics: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
OS Boost: Yes, Disable and tweak all of the non-crucial services on the operating system
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Professional (64-Bit)
Recovery Tools: USB Drive - Windows Installation (Format and Clean Install)
Virus Protection: Windows Defender Antivirus (Built-in to Windows)
Office: - No Thanks
Mouse Pad: - No Thanks
Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks
Branded Gear: - No Thanks
Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 21-28 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: Life-time Expert Care with 5 Year Limited Warranty (5 Year Labor & 3 Year Part Replacement)

Originally posted by Onkel_Ken bkjolly. Welcome to Digital Storm! I have been a customer for over 12 years and just bought a new one myself couple a months ago. Mine doesn't have the high end specs that yours has but sure is blazingly fast enough for my needs. Regarding shiping times here is what mine were: Stage 1 10/11/21 - Backlog Queue: Stage 2 10/18/21 - Pending Inventory Stage 3 10/22/21 - Pending Assembly Stage 4 10/25/21 - Assembly Started Stage 5 11/8/21 - Stress Testing & Benchmarking Stage 6 11/10/21 - Quality Assurance Stage 7 11/15/21 - Packaging The Digital Storm system arrived on 11/19/21. Shipping times can be impacted by supply side issues. I added a few days to mine because after I ordered I changed my order from a RTX 3070 to a RTX 3080. It was worth the few extra days since they got me the EVGA FTW3 ULTRA RTX 3080 I wanted which is a nice match for my 5900x. I love my Samsung 980 Pro. I opted to go with a 500GB 980 Pro for my OS & daily go to games and then got a 970 EVO Plus for my game library which is fast enough for me. By the way, I see you like good audio too. I have the AE-7 in mine and love it. I was spoiled by the Soundblaster X-Fi Fatal1ty I have on the older one. I imagine with the configuration that you have that you are planning to do more than play occasional games. Perhaps CONTENT creation or video/audio editing of some type. As I mentioned, you have configured what most of us would consider the computer of our dreams! When people buy systems like yours the Forum loves to see the unboxing and the new system fired up and your happy face with pictures of the joyful event. I know you will be happy with your purchase and it is a shame about the tornado damage & I pray that there were no injuries in your family. Losing the house and computer was bad enough.

Thanks Man!

   I'm glad to be here, I've been lusting after a DS rig for years and finally pulled the trigger. I'm doing a whole new setup with desk chair and everything. I was just worried I'd be waiting 4 months to get it, I'm ready to game in 4k. Everything is here and ready to go for when the computer gets here. I'm just crazy excited .

                                          Thanks,
                                              Brian

Edited by bkjolly - 14 Jan 2022 at 3:30pm