The pleased silent majority

Hey folks,

I got my system today after a 10 week wait through supply shortages. Like many, I reached out to DS during those many weeks, and monitored these forums. I was concerned about some reporting damage in shipping, or instability issues, or receiving a founders card in place of a performance card. Someone else commented that while there are outliers, most of us are pleased with our experience.

I can only speak for my own, but I wanted to echo that and share my experience. Once shipped it arrived undamaged, and faster than expected. Its a beautiful machine. The quality is higher than I expected, the cable management great, and the component quality superb. The AIO cpu cooler and tubing quality is better than I expected. The case is extremely high quality.

One of the RAM sticks was not fully seated which I thought a bit cliche, but easily fixed.

The inventory delays were inconvenient but understandable in the current market. When I did reach out to DS for updates, I was told estimated fulfillment times that differed from those I realized.

All in all, I'm still very happy with the purchase and the quality of the product makes up for the prolonged wait, inconsistent communications, and unseated ram stick.

Hang in there.


Bolt X
RTX 3080
i9-10850K

12/19 Ordered
12/21 Stage 1
2/11   Stage 2
2/16   Stage 3
2/19   Stage 4
3/2    Stage 5
3/2    Stage 6
3/2    Stage 7
3/3    Shipped
3/5    Received

You said 1 of the ram sticks was not fully seated? Is there a special way to order dual channel options? All I saw were amounts of ram and brand?

Originally posted by Jackal Hey folks, I got my system today after a 10 week wait through supply shortages. Like many, I reached out to DS during those many weeks, and monitored these forums. I was concerned about some reporting damage in shipping, or instability issues, or receiving a founders card in place of a performance card. Someone else commented that while there are outliers, most of us are pleased with our experience. I can only speak for my own, but I wanted to echo that and share my experience. Once shipped it arrived undamaged, and faster than expected. Its a beautiful machine. The quality is higher than I expected, the cable management great, and the component quality superb. The AIO cpu cooler and tubing quality is better than I expected. The case is extremely high quality. One of the RAM sticks was not fully seated which I thought a bit cliche, but easily fixed. The inventory delays were inconvenient but understandable in the current market. When I did reach out to DS for updates, I was told estimated fulfillment times that differed from those I realized. All in all, I'm still very happy with the purchase and the quality of the product makes up for the prolonged wait, inconsistent communications, and unseated ram stick. Hang in there. Bolt X RTX 3080 i9-10850K 12/19 Ordered 12/21 Stage 1 2/11   Stage 2 2/16   Stage 3 2/19   Stage 4 3/2    Stage 5 3/2    Stage 6 3/2    Stage 7 3/3    Shipped 3/5    Received

Exactly the experience I had, minus the ram stick and my communications were not terrible. The wait was a little longer than I wanted, but the machine is gorgeous and very high quality. I also got an RTX 3080 and an i9-10850K, and as I suspect you're seeing - it is blazing fast and quiet.

I agree to anyone seeing this - hang in there. It is worth the wait.

64 GB of RAM won't help anything for gaming. Games won't use it. The difference between dual channel and quad channel for Zen 3 is negligible at 3000/3200 MHz. Like I said, it's complicated. Strictly for gaming, RAM speed isn't all that big a deal.

Zen 3 is dual channel, whether you opt for two or 4 sticks. The key is to have at least two sticks inserted into the proper slots (e.g., 1 and 3, or 2 and 4). Two sticks inappropriately inserted will only give single channel.