Bolt: The Tardis

Hey Everyone.

Im going to detail my setup a bit. About a month ago. I ordered a Level 3 Bolt. After hearing the GunMetal Gray case was backordered, I decided to take advantage of the time and upgrade to a Level 4 Bolt and added the nVidia GTX Titan.
That was a very good decision. The bad decision was ordering the system with Windoze8. After a very short amount of time, I formatted the system and reinstalled with Win 7.
After some quick and expert help from DS Tech Support, we have everything working perfectly now.

So Here is what I have.
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Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Pre-built Digital Storm Bolt - Level 4
Exterior Finish: Metallic Dark Grey Gunmetal Matte Finish with Black Vents and Black Stand
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 3770K 3.50 GHz (Unlocked CPU) (Quad Core)
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe (Intel Z77 Chipset)
System Memory: 16GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 500W Gold Plus Series Digital Storm Certified BOLT Edition (Enhanced Quiet Operation)
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (120GB Solid State (By: Corsair) (Model: Neutron GTX Series) (SATA 6Gbps)
Optical Drive 1: DVD/CD 8x Multi-Drive (Writes and Reads DVDs, CDs)
Video Card(s): 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN 6GB (Includes PhysX)
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: High Performance Cooler with Five Heatpipes
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
CPU Boost: Stage 2: Overclock CPU 4.5GHz to 4.8GHz
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Now here is the crazy part.
I use a late year 2009 27" iMac as the Monitor.
Other supporting hardware is as follows

Logitech G930 Wireless Gaming Headset with 7.1 Surround sound

Logitech G700S Gaming Mouse

Logitech Bluetooth Easy-Switch Keyboard

Steel Series Mouse Pad

After a little bit of frustration at waiting for the system to arrive and the small snafu of the DVD player, I am EXTREMELY happy.
This system is so fast and one can only appreciate the Bolt fully when you open the case and look inside.
There is so much inside this small case, yet it has such great airflow that heat is not an issue. Kudos to whoever designed it.

To end my probably too quick detailing of my system I'd like to include a Pic of my setup and I actually recorded a quick video.



And here is a quick YouTube walk around.
Tardis Walk around

Edited by lusiphur - 10 May 2013 at 4:34pm

Hey man, glad you're enjoying the system and it's back up and running great!

Give me a ring anytime Daleks or Weeping Angels cause BSODs or any other trouble.

See you on Steam!

Awesome! Congrats on your Bolt!

I like how you've got your iMac set up so that you can easily go from Mac to PC with the bolt.

I swear this computer is going to get me kicked off BO II and Steam.
I am owning since I got this and I bet people think I am hacking.

MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

NICE!!!!!

Game on.

Awesome with the IMac - love it.

I did a short stint of BlackOps II today.
O
M
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I F-ING love this computer

and have been telling everyone who wants to listen about DS

Check out that FPS




And some of my Bolt inspired Domination





Edited by lusiphur - 19 May 2013 at 9:35pm

I could redo the review to be something more like
Do you like making your friends Cry.
Does the thought of constantly having them below you in the end game stats tickle your insides

Then you my Friend need to buy a DS Bolt with a GTX Titan
and become the Mythical Killing machine you have always dreamed of being

haha

Originally posted by lusiphur I could redo the review to be something more like Do you like making your friends Cry. Does the thought of constantly having them below you in the end game stats tickle your insides Then you my Friend need to buy a DS Bolt with a GTX Titan and become the Mythical Killing machine you have always dreamed of being haha

T-Shirt arrived today

Thanks Alex!!!!

Were did you get your Tardis wallpaper... I love it !!  

Just wanted to put a small update about "The Tardis"
He has been running at 4.2Ghz for a long time now with zero issues.

So in summary

The bolt F-ing Rocks.
I can not recommend it, or Digital Storm enough.
(Which I do all the time by the way whenever I am playing online)

I have Verizon FIOS.

I pay for 50MB down/ 25MB Up
so I am getting what I pay for and then some.

My Old system is the Monitor you see in the above pics.
It is actually a 27" iMac. It's a quad core i5 with 8gbs of memory.
It's still a very decent computer and I do the majority of my computing on it.
The only thing that was getting long in the tooth was the video card. Since its an all in one, I was limited as to what I could upgrade it to.
It has an ATI Radeon 4850

The Bolt has a GTX Titan and it freaking rules.

Click the link at the end of the first post to check out my setup.
It's pretty slick and I can guarantee you, I am the only one running something like this.


Edited by lusiphur - 10 Aug 2013 at 8:24pm

I use headphones So I don't hear anything but my game.
$2500 is all you need if you are only gaming.

Nope
The fan on the Titan only kicks in when I am gaming.
I run 2560x1440 at max settings in all my games.