Velox Upgrade

Welcome back to the forum Uglyyoda! Yes DS can do that.

You should talk to DS Sales about costs for shipping your old rig back to re-use the 2016 Velox case in a new build...vs buying components from DS for you to install.

You will have to decide if it's better buying a full new rig or doing it as you suggested. Obviously if DS builds the rig, it's all system Parts warrantied for a year or more by DS and gets lifetime Support...if you build it then that doesn't happen and you rely on manufacturer warranties.   If you decide to have parts shipped for you to build yourself then you would probably find it less expensive to shop those components and buy from NewEgg or amazon on your own I think.

We can't put a build config together without a case, so I did a suggested comparable upgraded Velox config for you. I don't know if there are components of your old rig you would expect to re-use, but think your budget would perhaps be a bit light.

I would use the excellent Intel i7-9700K CPU with a Stage 2 Overclock, solid Corsair H115i AIO Stage 2 cooler to support the processor, a solid Asus ROG Strix-H Z390 ATX mobo, 32 GB of Corsair DDR4 3000 mHz Vengeance Pro RAM as RAM is very inexpensive now, a fast Samsung Evo 970 Plus 1 TB M.2 NVME SSD, an 850W Corsair Gold efficiency PSU, Corsair LL Series RGP case fans that includes a Corsair Fan Expert Pro control module so that all the Corsair RGB components may be synched & controlled via Corsairs iCUE software, and just one NVidia RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB VRAM GPU. Expensive enough for one of these top GPU's, SLI isn't so necessary for top performance nor as popular as it once was...but SLI now called NV-Link would still be possible if you wanted or required 2x GPU. You would want to boost the PSU if you would want to be able to just add a 2nd GPU later on. I would suggest the excellent 1200 watt Corsair AX1200i Platinum efficiency Digital modular PSU in that event.

Velox Config # 2822143   $4,142 Minus DS Sale $400 Off = $3,742 and Free Shipping

This raft of components would I think be a good update and solid upgrade from your current SLI X-99 build.


You of course could still keep that old rig going a bit longer with a GPU upgrade, but the performance benefits of a brand new rig using DDR4 RAM and a current CPU and mobo would be the strongest move. I have an older 2011 DS X79 rig I upgraded from 2X SLI RTX 680 Classified to one EVGA RTX 2080 FTW3 Ultra and it plays Ultra settings in WoW at 5760 x 1200 on 3x 24" monitors....

I agree more with Hoserator. I think if you built a whole new rig right now, a lot of the power your system still has would go to waste. IMHO, you should upgrade your GPU and get an NVMe SSD if you have an M.2 slot on the mobo. Wait for the next CPU/GPU tech cycle to go all-in. That's just a year away. In the case of GPUs, it's six months. You're much too strong yet to spend a lot on what would be relatively minor improvement.