Yet another Remarkable Build from DS.

System Configuration:

Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Black OPS HailStorm Edition Exterior

Processor: Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz (Quad Core)

Motherboard: EVGA X58 SLI 3 Edition (USB 3.0 & SATA 6Gb/s) (Model: 131-GT-E767) System Memory: 6GB DDR3 2000MHz GTX-8 Digital Storm Certified Extreme Performance (Highly Recommended)

Power Supply: 1200W Digital Storm Certified (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) (Silent Edition Highly Recommended)

Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (80GB Solid State (By: Corsair) (Model: Drive Force Series CSSD-F80GBP2-BRKT)

Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (500GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM)

Optical Drive 1: Blu-Ray & DVD Writer/Reader (Burn + Play Blu-Ray & DVDs) (12x BD-R) (Lite-On iHBS112)

Internet Access: Wireless-USB N 300Mbps (Supports 802.11n/g/b)

Video Card(s): 2x SLI Dual (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 1.5GB (Includes PhysX Technology) (EVGA Brand)

Integrated Motherboard Audio Extreme

Cooling: H20: Stage 6: Sub-Zero LCS Dual Loop: CPU & Dual SLI/CrossFire Video Cards H20

Tube Color: Blue Tubing with High-Performance Fluid (UV Lighting Reactive) Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans Internal

Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (UV) (Creates Glowing Effect for H20 Tubes)

Enhancements: - No Thanks

Chassis Mods: - No Thanks

Noise Reduction: - No Thanks

CPU Boost: Stage 2: Overclock the processor between 4.0GHz to 4.2GHz (Requires H20 Cooling Upgrade)

Graphics Boost: FREE: Yes, Overclock the video card(s) as much as possible with complete stability

Memory Boost: Memory Fan Kit Only (Does not include memory overclocking service) OS Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (64-Bit Edition)

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Stages

Stage 1 : 11/04

Stage 2 : 11/05

Stage 3 : 11/05

Stage 4 :  11/08

Stage 5 :  11/09

Stage 6 : 12/01

Stage 7: 12/01

Arrival 12/3 (Two Day over night Air)

Ok Brass Tax $4,410.00

Ok “The Beast” is breathtaking.  Yes, I said it I named my new computer the Beast, because it is.  First, my build time is not typical, and believe me the delay between stage 5 and stage 6 was excruciating, but I would have it no other way.

Digital Strom takes the time to make sure the computer is stable, and exactly what you order no matter what it takes.  My long delay time was due to two things, First I order the 2000 MHz Ram and this took time to make sure this memory worked properly with my other settings and over clocking. Second, Thanksgiving, damn holidays.

Here are the benchmarks provide by DS after stage 6, I do not know how to do the cool ones that people take pictures of and post, I don’t think I have the software for that:

Processor Speed GHz: 4.1

CPU Multiplier: 23

Voltage CPU VCore: 1.4375

VDroop Control: Yes

i7 - BCLK MHz: 183

i7 - Voltage QPI\DRAM:

i7 - Voltage QPI\PLL:

i7 - Voltage CPU VTT: 250

i7 - Voltage IOH Vcore:

i7 - Voltage ICH Vcore:

i7 - Voltage IOH/ICH I/O:

i7 - PWM Frequency:

780i/790i - Memory Clock Mode:

780i/790i - CPU FSB MHz:

780i/790i - Voltage FSB:

780i/790i - Voltage SPP:

780i/790i - Voltage MCP:

Overclocked Video Card Settings

Core MHz: 720

Memory MHz: 934

Shader MHz: 1440

In my computer is shows 4.2 Ghz, yes that’s right they overclocked a i950 3.06 Ghz to 4.2 Ghz.  I played BC2, Black ops, and Crysis maxed out for about 6 hr straight, and the CPU never got above 39 C !

I never know how amazing the games are visually until this beast of a machine powered them out.  I am sure this computer will last a long time, and when it dies I will be right back here to get another one. 

My computer is on the side of my desk can’t really see it so the look did not matter to me, but this rig is awesome, I almost want to put a mirror on the wall next to it so I can look over and see it J.

I got the memory fans, probable does not have much effect on performance but they look cool.

So if you are reading this far and did not just skip down to see the pictures lets recap.  Get ready for the wait of the build, regardless it if takes 5 days to build or 30, once you push the order button, the only thing you think about is getting the computer and playing on it.  Second, you get what you ordered and more, it is well worth it, best computer I have ever owned.  Third, Once my wife finds out how much I paid for it and sees how big it is (out of town all weekend. Has not seen it) I will be outside in the dog house with a card board box as my computer desk.