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Post Date: 2012-03-17
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    Posted: 17 Mar 2012 at 8:23pm
Hey all, firstly just wanted to say I love my Digital Storm comp, it's awesome.

But my question is given these specs...

DSO-306273     Digital Storm Desktop 306273     1    
    Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Black OPS HailStorm Edition
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 960 3.2GHz (Quad Core)
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X58 (Intel X58 Chipset) (Features USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s)
System Memory: 6GB DDR3 2000MHz GTX-8 Digital Storm Certified Extreme Performance (Highly Recommended)
Power Supply: 1000W Digital Storm Certified (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) (Silent Edition Highly Recommended)
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (120GB Solid State (By: Intel) (Model: 320 Series)
Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Western Digital Caviar (7200 RPM) (64MB Cache) (Model: Black Edition)
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: Blu-Ray Player/DVD Writer (Play Blu-Ray and Burn DVDs)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card(s): 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB (Includes PhysX) (Overclocked EVGA Edition)
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Creative Labs X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional
Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 2: Asetek Liquid CPU Cooler (120mm Radiator) (Great Value)
H20 Tube Color: - Not Applicable, I do not have a FrostChill or Sub-Zero LCS Cooling System Selected
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: - No Thanks
Enhancements: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
LaserMark: - No Thanks
CPU Boost: FREE: Stage 1: Overclock the processor between 3.3GHz to 3.9GHz (Cooling Upgrade Recommended)
Graphics Boost: FREE: Yes, Overclock the video card(s) as much as possible with complete stability
Memory Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory
OS Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-Bit Edition)
Recovery Tools: Windows Recovery Toolkit (Bundled with Windows 7 CD)
Virus Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Pre-Install Game: - No Thanks
Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: Razer Lycosa Mirror Special Edition (Gaming Keyboard)
Mouse: Razer Deathadder Gaming Mouse (High-Speed Gaming Grade)
External Storage: - No Thanks
Exclusive T-Shirt: - No Thanks
Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: Life-time Expert Customer Care with 3 Year Limited Warranty< font=""><>        

What do y'all suggest I should do to upgrade with this system?  Without getting a brand new computer.

Thank you...   


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Wait for the new NVIDIA graphic cards to come out next month sometime.
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Yep, what surf71zx said. 
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Posts: 2254 		  Quote FrankW Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 18 Mar 2012 at 5:57am
Hi SnakePlisskin,

There are a few things you should consider.

1. Your Mobo will support SLI so you can add a second 580. You do have a problem with your case. You bought a LC case and have air cooled GPUs. You might have to add some addition air flow to do SLI. DS can help you with that.

2. You can change your cooler and go for a stage 2 OC.

3. You can replace the 580 with a 680 when they are available.

Frank
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Posts: 16314 		  Quote Alex Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 18 Mar 2012 at 10:41am
I'm always happy to see customers helping other customers. Big%20Smile
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Posts: 2 		  Quote SnakePlisskin Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 19 Mar 2012 at 5:12am
Originally posted by Alex

I'm always happy to see customers helping other customers. Big%20Smile


hehe...  Me too.

I was definitely going to get the new nvidia 680 "Kepler" card, but I thought it might be bottlenecked by my cpu.

Thanks for the replies and recommendations so far.
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Keep in mind that if the information circulating around is true you will only be able to use the new NVIDIA GPUs at PCI 2.0 speeds. It will still surpass the 580, but you won't see its full potential. 

Edited by Tidgxor - 19 Mar 2012 at 10:15am
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I think you could also upgrade your memory (RAM) if your motherboard supports it. Maybe two 8 GB DDR3's for a total of 16 GB? Just a thought...
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i agree with the ram upgrade
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