Here is the configuration I have from Digital Storm. Config code is 1074730 if you want to look at it yourself over at their site.
Chassis Model: Digital Storm Coridium
Processor: Intel Core i5 4690K 3.50 GHz (Codename Devils Canyon) (Unlocked CPU) (Quad Core)
Motherboard: ASUS Z97-P (Intel Z97 Chipset) (No SLI Support)
System Memory: 16GB DDR3 1866MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series
Power Supply: 750W EVGA SuperNOVA
Optical Drive: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 24x / CD-Writer 48x)
Storage Set 1: 1x SSD (500GB Samsung 840 EVO)
Graphics Card(s): 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB (Includes PhysX)
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 2: Digital Storm Vortex 120mm Radiator Liquid CPU Cooler (High-Performance Edition)
CPU Boost: Stage 1: Overclock CPU 4.0GHz to 4.4GHz
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-Bit Edition)
Any particular reason you didnt/arnt going to build it yourself?
Too much hassle/time vs saving for me. At this amount time>money.
Anyone have any idea how much money you’d actually save building this yourself?
With Digital Storm, depending on sales and such, you can save usually about 4-600 dollars by building yourself. Considering possible DOA parts the overclocking they do and the 48 hour stress test before shipping? Unless you just can not afford the extra money I would buy from Digital Storm every time. (Or if you just really love the process of building a computer)
Fair enough.
Isn’t the i5 cpu getting pretty long in the tooth? It wasn’t the latest greatest when I built my current computer a few years back, I would think there would be a couple generations since then that wouldn’t be much more expensive.
I haven’t kept up with CPUs, but I believe that is the newest i5, which will ship clocked around 4.4ghz.
Indeed, the i5 4690K is the “latest and greatest” desktop i5. Spending ~$100 more for an i7 4790K is rarely recommendable for gaming. 2 MB of cache and HyperThreading don’t make such a big difference.
I know everyone is anti-Windows 8, but it really is rock solid performance for gaming. You just have to ignore all the wacky UI silliness and go to Desktop asap.
Kinda jealous. Looks good to this guy playing what he can on his wife’s 2.5 yo macbook pro.
That’s an awesome performance/price config you got there. Happy gaming !