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    Posted: 28 Oct 2014 at 5:30pm
So I've been PC gaming for quite some time and have always built them myself. But I've never really looked into pre built systems cause they usually always seemed overpriced and sh*tty. But this Digital Storm...The quality is pretty magical. I'm kind of sad that a lot of the box opening videos of the Aventum aren't that great. So I was thinking since I'm a film maker I could probably make a really nice box opening video. I've been debating on whether to buy this computer for 3 days now sigh. Been trying to read up on reviews etc..Should I buy it or nah?
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If you have the budget for it, you HAVE to get the Aventum II. It's more than a gaming computer, it's a work of art. Even the kids at PCGaming magazine used this for their Large Pixel Collider (the biggest, baddest computer they could buy/build! .. it's on YouTube.)

So, yes... if you have the budget. If you REALLY have the budget, you can buy 2 and send me one... envy green please and thank you.   
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Hahaha I definitely have the budget. I just know I'm incapable of such art. And would love to own something like this...I think I'm gonna order it :D
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I do wonder if there is a newer model coming out soon though...And if I should wait?
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Other than industry upgrades (ie NVIDIA cards, INTEL cpus, ect) there is never notice that internal changes are made. This has more to do with using the stock on hand then making future sales, iirc.

Let me know if you need my address for the 2nd system...   
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Originally posted by Snaike

Other than industry upgrades (ie NVIDIA cards, INTEL cpus, ect) there is never notice that internal changes are made. This has more to do with using the stock on hand then making future sales, iirc.

Let me know if you need my address for the 2nd system...   



Yea Id be kind of sad of some new badass digital storm case comes out
Right after ahaha. That second address! I'm debating on the sli 980 or the sli titan
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Hi,
I will be getting my Aventum II Lvl 4 tomorrow, Stage 1 on 9.24.14, Droolingand I was going to post how it arrived. I ordered the freight delivery. From what I have read here you don't have to order all I did on it (I went w/4x980s instead of 2xTitan Zs, 2xPSUs.....)OopsIm%20with%20Stupid, but............Big%20Smile
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God! Lol 4 980s haha that's bananas. I've never had a liquid cooled computer either so I'm not sure if I need the video card liquid cooled too. DECISIONS. My current PC though


Cooler Master Haf x full tower i7 3770k 3.5ghz Nvidia 680GTX 4GB ABS 1100 Watt Psu 16GB Ram G.skillz 256GB Vertex 4 SSD 128GB Vertex 4 SSD 1TB WD 10,000 Rpm Hd
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I am upgrading from a CM Stacker 830, QX6800 @ 3.4GHz, 2x265s. air cooled and waayyy too noisy.
Live and learn.
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Ok here's the config


Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Black OPS Aventum II
Exterior Finish: Pure White Matte Finish with Black Stand
Trim Accents: - Not Available
Processor: Intel Core i7 5820K 3.3GHz (Six-Core) (Unlocked CPU)
Motherboard: ASUS X99-DELUXE (Intel X99 Chipset)
System Memory: 32GB DDR4 2666MHz Corsair Dominator Platinum DHX (Extreme-Performance)
Power Supply: 1050W Corsair HX1050
Expansion Bay: Internal Digital Media Card Reader (Black)
Optical Drive: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 8x / CD-Writer 8x)
Storage Set 1: 1x SSD (250GB Samsung 840 EVO)
Storage Set 2: 1x Storage (1TB Western Digital - Black Edition)
Storage Set 3: 1x SSD (500GB Samsung 840 EVO)
RAID Config: - No Thanks
RAID Card: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Graphics Card(s): 2x SLI Dual (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4GB (Includes PhysX)
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
HPC Processor: - No Thanks
Extreme Cooling: H20: HydroLux Level 3: Digital Storm Exotic Custom Cooling System (2x Video Cards + CPU + Chipset)
H20 Tube Color: Blue Tubing with High-Performance Fluid (UV Lighting Reactive)
Chassis Fans: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: Digital Storm RGB LED Lighting System (Requires Thermal Management Control Board & Software)
Airflow Control: Digital Storm Thermal Management Control Board & Software
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
LaserMark: - No Thanks
CPU Boost: Stage 2: Overclock CPU 4.5GHz to 4.8GHz (Requires High-End Motherboard Selection)
Graphics Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
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 8.1 Professional (64-Bit Edition)
Recovery Tools: Windows Recovery Toolkit (Bundled with Windows CD)
Virus Protection: FREE: McAfee AntiVirus Plus (1 Year Service Activation Card) (Not Pre-installed) ($35 Value)
Office: - No Thanks
Game: - No Thanks
Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks
NVIDIA SHIELD: - No Thanks
Branded Gear: - No Thanks
Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 15-20 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: Life-time Expert Care with 3 Year Limited Warranty (3 Year Labor & 1 Year Part Replacement)
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Nice rig.
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Pure white.... nice.   
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Looks like a solid setup!
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I think I might have to pass on the Aventum II case..I forgot about tax and shipping. I'm tryna get out the true total to around 6500 and not 7500+ lol but still having crazy specs
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you can always drop the 2nd and 3rd storage set and just go with one big storage drive
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I could do just 16gb of ram and lose the liquid cooling on the gpus+chipset?
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https://www.digitalstormonline.com/configurator.asp?id=1073908

i changed the ram and did one large storage drive
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MMMMMMMMM...that was a big difference..I wonder how much a difference would I see with 32gb of ram over 16gb that I currently have. I'll miss the speed of me SSD's </3 though. I think I can manage having 1 250gb sd and 1 big HD. Oh and I appreciate you doing that for me thanks :D

Edited by eldente - 30 Oct 2014 at 7:22pm
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You're welcome
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So I got amped up by my mom and girlfriend to stick to getting what I really want. I'll just hustle hard and get some film gigs and pay it off with work money instead of my precious savings lol.


Final config...



System Configuration:
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Black OPS Aventum II
Exterior Finish: Pure White Matte Finish with Black Stand
Trim Accents: - Not Available
Processor: Intel Core i7 5820K 3.3GHz (Six-Core) (Unlocked CPU)
Motherboard: ASUS X99-DELUXE (Intel X99 Chipset)
System Memory: 32GB DDR4 2666MHz Corsair Dominator Platinum DHX (Extreme-Performance)
Power Supply: 1050W Corsair HX1050
Expansion Bay: Internal Digital Media Card Reader (Black)
Optical Drive: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 8x / CD-Writer 8x)
Storage Set 1: 1x SSD (250GB Samsung 840 EVO)
Storage Set 2: 1x SSD (250GB Samsung 840 EVO)
Storage Set 3: 1x Storage (1TB Western Digital - Black Edition)
RAID Config: - No Thanks
RAID Card: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Graphics Card(s): 2x SLI Dual (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4GB (Includes PhysX)
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
HPC Processor: - No Thanks
Extreme Cooling: H20: HydroLux Level 3: Digital Storm Exotic Custom Cooling System (2x Video Cards + CPU + Chipset)
H20 Tube Color: Red Tubing with High-Performance Fluid (UV Lighting Reactive)
Chassis Fans: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: Digital Storm RGB LED Lighting System (Requires Thermal Management Control Board & Software)
Airflow Control: Digital Storm Thermal Management Control Board & Software
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
LaserMark: - No Thanks
CPU Boost: Stage 2: Overclock CPU 4.5GHz to 4.8GHz (Requires High-End Motherboard Selection)
Graphics Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
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 8.1 Professional (64-Bit Edition)
Recovery Tools: Windows Recovery Toolkit (Bundled with Windows CD)
Virus Protection: FREE: McAfee AntiVirus Plus (1 Year Service Activation Card) (Not Pre-installed) ($35 Value)
Office: - No Thanks
Game: - No Thanks
Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks
NVIDIA SHIELD: - No Thanks
Branded Gear: - No Thanks
Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 15-20 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: Life-time Expert Care with 3 Year Limited Warranty (3 Year Labor & 1 Year Part Replacement)
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Stage 2: 12-2-12
Stage 3: 12-2-12
Stage 4: 12-4-12
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IT HAS BEEN DONE!!!!!!! LOL 7,356 DOLLARSSSSSSSSSSSS
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Awesome i am sure you are going to love your Aventum, be prepared its really big

30” (L) x 9.5” (W) x 27” (H) so you probably gonna need some help with the bad boy
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Loool, yea I'm gonna have to buy a new table. I'm used to having a computer on my right side. Now it will be on the left. I'm pretty f**king excited. My dad was murdered this year in April. So so so unexpected. And he left me and bro a good amount of money to take care of our selves and save for awhile. But I'm going to use work money and pay it off. Didn't cash it out lol. He used to love bragging to his co workers at work that his son built computers and he'd have them come over and check out my builds ahah. I'm sure he'd be excited to see the sh*t I just bought even though I didn't build it. LET THE COUNT DOWN BEGIIIIIIN lol
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Originally posted by eldente

Loool, yea I'm gonna have to buy a new table. I'm used to having a computer on my right side. Now it will be on the left. I'm pretty f**king excited. My dad was murdered this year in April. So so so unexpected. And he left me and bro a good amount of money to take care of our selves and save for awhile. But I'm going to use work money and pay it off. Didn't cash it out lol. He used to love bragging to his co workers at work that his son built computers and he'd have them come over and check out my builds ahah. I'm sure he'd be excited to see the sh*t I just bought even though I didn't build it. LET THE COUNT DOWN BEGIIIIIIN lol


Sorry to hear about your dad :(
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Yea it's pretty crazy..You can check out this video I made

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9tg8SOj8nM
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Stage 4!!!
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Man if it wasn't for that website with more reviews than your guys yelp id be really
Terrified right now. Definitely excited to get my computer. Fingers super crossed
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I think you'll really enjoy editing your HD projects on the new rig. Lots of creative inspiration in those specs!
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Definitely. I own a red epic so things should be much
Be way better. Can probably edit it at full res now. That 5K. I'm going to film the box opening with my epic
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You're going to love this PC!



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