Stage five ongoing

Hey everyone,

Just thought I'd post an update on my stage five experience so far.

I got my stage 5 email on June 20th (bout a month a go) and have been there since. Now before you think I am going to go on some rant about how long it is taking, I am not. I wanted to rave about how the evolution of my system and communication has been handled.

First of all, credit to Alex for being so available and letting me know how things are going with the build. I believe we have somewhere in the region of 52 emails back and forth.

When I first ordered the system the tech team said they couldn't fit the copper piping on the system because of the triple loop on my system. Last week, just because Alex and I were having a back and forth I said, no harm in asking again. Sure enough Alex informs me that DS are doing more acute bends now, and if I was willing to hang on another week I could get the chipset cooled on my system with the copper piping. Sweet.

Other things like some of the piping not fitting how the team would like have slowed the process but in fairness to the team, I am the first to know.

Anyway, I just wanted to thank Alex and DS for making this a very involved process. I knew coming back to DS a 2nd time was going to be great, I had just forgotten how well they treat customers. Very refreshing. Posted a short spec list below. Now, just a little bit more of a wait and I am nearly there. These guys are ace. I don't know if this day and age you can call yourself a lifetime customer, but why would anyone want to shop anywhere else for a dream machine?


Here is a short spec list:
System Configuration:
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Black OPS Aventum
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Not Available
Processor: Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 3970X 3.5GHz (Six-Core) (Extreme Performance)
Motherboard: ASUS Rampage IV Extreme X79 (Intel X79 Chipset) (Features USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s)
System Memory: 32GB DDR3 2133MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 1500W Silverstone (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) (Recommended) <b></b>
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 2x (256GB Solid State (By: Samsung) (Model: 840 Pro Series)
Set 1 Raid Options: Configure HDD Set 1 to a Raid 0 Config - Stripe Performance (Requires Two HDDs)
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 2x (256GB Solid State (By: Samsung) (Model: 840 Pro Series)
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 8x / CD-Writer 8x) (Slim Slot Loading Edition)
Optical Drive 2: - Not Available
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card(s): 3x SLI Triple (NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN 6GB (Includes PhysX)
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: Digital Storm Aventum Liquid Cooling System: CPU + Video Cards
H20 Tube Color: Black Tubing with High-Performance Fluid (UV Lighting Reactive)
Chassis Airflow: Digital Storm Aventum Automatic Response to Excess-Heat System (ARES)
Internal Lighting: Digital Storm Aventum RGB LED Lighting System
Enhancements: - Not Available
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
LaserMark: - No Thanks
CPU Boost: Stage 2: Overclock CPU 4.5GHz to 4.8GHz (Requires Pro/Deluxe/Sabertooth Motherboard)
Graphics Boost: Yes, Overclock the video card(s) as much as possible with complete stability

Ah yeah, wasn't sure was it more a config update or just more of a general discussion type of post. Thanks alex.

@bally7 - Man do I know how you feel. I placed my order on 7-8-13 (not quite as long ago as you!). DS is awesome in building YOUR machine. I've made numerous last minute changes and they're currently working on an OC'ing/stability issue with my system. I told them what I wanted and they are working hard to deliver! I know in the end, the wait will be well worth it! DS Rocks!
This is my DS rig. There are many others like it, but this one is mine. (couldn't help but throw in a FMJ quote!).