Tweak Town Bolt Review - March 2013Post Date: 2013-03-12 |
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Alex
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Topic: Tweak Town Bolt Review - March 2013 Posted: 12 Mar 2013 at 3:55pm |
Tweak Town gave the Digital Storm Bolt a final score of 90/100 with an in-depth review containing a full unboxing, benchmarks, temperatures, noise output, and power consumption results.
The Level 3 configuration priced at $1,599 was reviewed. When compared to a full size $2,700 standard gaming desktop, the Bolt ran just as cool and as quiet as a normal gaming desktop system. It also was almost as fast in certain benchmarks. The review gives a great example of how the 3.6" wide Bolt gaming PC shatters the status quo by being as quiet, cool, and powerful as a full size desktop computer.
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Tidgxor
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Quote Reply Posted: 12 Mar 2013 at 4:41pm |
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My Two Digital Storm Rigs: Mr. Bojangles (HAF-X, 2010) & Mrs. Bojingles (Bolt I, 2013).
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Alex
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Quote Reply Posted: 12 Mar 2013 at 5:54pm |
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Solidus1833
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Quote Reply Posted: 12 Mar 2013 at 6:11pm |
i have to say after looking at the bolt no other company's mini desktops come even close. Not by a longshot. Man i wish these were runnin about when i was in college. Would have been life of the lan party lol
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DomTheBomb
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Quote Reply Posted: 12 Mar 2013 at 7:35pm |
Nice to see some numbers on temps, power usage, and noise. Even nicer to see that the Bolt runs cooler than a competing full sized desktop and is also quieter.
Also great to read that the Bolt only draws around 300 watts under full load, as that seems to be one of the biggest concerns people have with the Bolt. Great work! |
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bprat22
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Quote Reply Posted: 13 Mar 2013 at 3:15am |
Looks like DS done good with yet another system. Way to go.
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retirednavysnipe
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Quote Reply Posted: 13 Mar 2013 at 5:52am |
Way too cool. The Bolt seems to be loved everywhere it goes. Digital Storm hits another one out of the park!!!!
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Timmyny
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Quote Reply Posted: 13 Mar 2013 at 9:55am |
"Nice to see some numbers on temps"
Actually, you can already see the temps of the Bolt compared to a full size desktop If you watch the video of the Bolt gaming PC by Robert Wall at Digital Storm, and pause the video at the 5:30 mark… the recorded temps while playing the video game are. CPU - 59c GPU - 79c And if you pause the video at the 6:06 mark, running all cores at 100% the CPU temp was 71c Now watch the video for the Dreadnought gaming PC by Robert Wall at Digital Storm The Dreadnought PC has the Cooler Master 942 HAF X case, with side, top and rear fans and is using the Noctua NH-D14 CPU cooler. If you pause the video at the 5:00 mark, the recorded CPU temp while playing the video game is CPU - 54c If you pause the video at the 5:08 mark, the recorded GPU temp while playing the video game is GPU - 78c So the small form factor of The Bolt is only really running 5 degrees hotter than the full sized HAF desktop with a Noctua NH-D14 CPU cooler.. I think that is really impressive !! |
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bprat22
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Quote Reply Posted: 13 Mar 2013 at 10:09am |
Good catch. I guess I should pay more attention to Robert's awesome presentations.
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DomTheBomb
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Quote Reply Posted: 13 Mar 2013 at 7:01pm |
Wow, that really is impressive. |
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xii
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Quote Reply Posted: 21 Mar 2013 at 5:55pm |
.. lol someone really pays attention.
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