Digital Storm Intros Ultra-thin "Future-Proof" Rig

[bavman]

[citation][nom]ricardois[/nom]"Digital Storm says it's the power supply coupled with plenty of room for large video cards "So how would behave a 500w power supply with a gtx 690?[/citation]

It would be cutting it very close since a 690 is 300W and the cpu will probably be around 77W. So around ~450W needed with everything, which can be supplied with a good brand-name PSU, but whether they would supply a good psu or not is questionable. Also you're left with basically no room to overclock anything

 

[alidan]

[citation][nom]lunyone[/nom]So to break it down:CPU - $125RAM - $40GPU - $175HD - $70Mobo - $100DVD Burner - $30PSU - $60Case - $100OS - $80Sooo for about $780 shipped from Newegg you can have the "Gamers on a tight budget" PC!! Of coarse I gave the case a $100 value (not sure if it's worth that or not) and the PSU a $60 value too. But I can tell you that I would rather spend more $ on the GPU than what they have allowed for a $1k gaming system.[/citation]

all things considered, that margin for the low end isnt a complete rip off value, i have seen fare worse where a 1000$ computer was priced at 3000$, not lieing, a shop about 9 years ago here when i wasnt trusted to build my own pc yet quoted that price to us, yet it cost around 1000$ in parts.

 

[timaeus]

Well, really, a company like this could actually offer a real future-proof system--make it a rental, and get a new, up-to-date system once a year or so. Throw in a data transfer system, and software to wipe the old HD, and you're gold. But this? This isn't future-proof.

 

[willard]

[citation][nom]alidan[/nom]all things considered, that margin for the low end isnt a complete rip off value, i have seen fare worse where a 1000$ computer was priced at 3000$, not lieing, a shop about 9 years ago here when i wasnt trusted to build my own pc yet quoted that price to us, yet it cost around 1000$ in parts.[/citation]
Local shops, especially in small towns, are the worst possible place to go. They can't compete with the likes of Amazon and Newegg, so their prices aren't remotely competitive and struggling store owners tend to be dishonest. Back when I was still in high school my local computer shop was trying to sell 5.25" floppy disks as a "backup solution" for like $5 each. Granted this was in the late 90s, but even then 5.25" disks had been obsolete for more than a decade.

I've been lied to many, many times by local shops (mostly that one when I was in high school). Went in looking for a new power cord, was told that I had to buy a whole new power supply because "the cords are matched." I went in looking for a new video card and had them try to tell me that since I already had a video card, I really needed a sound card to improve my gaming performance. Basically, the guy just kept trying to trick potential customers into buying his old, out of date and overpriced stock that nobody needed. Store went out of business after a year or so. Nobody minded much.

 

[spookyman]

[citation][nom]willard[/nom]Local shops, especially in small towns, are the worst possible place to go. They can't compete with the likes of Amazon and Newegg, so their prices aren't remotely competitive and struggling store owners tend to be dishonest. Back when I was still in high school my local computer shop was trying to sell 5.25" floppy disks as a "backup solution" for like $5 each. Granted this was in the late 90s, but even then 5.25" disks had been obsolete for more than a decade.I've been lied to many, many times by local shops (mostly that one when I was in high school). Went in looking for a new power cord, was told that I had to buy a whole new power supply because "the cords are matched." I went in looking for a new video card and had them try to tell me that since I already had a video card, I really needed a sound card to improve my gaming performance. Basically, the guy just kept trying to trick potential customers into buying his old, out of date and overpriced stock that nobody needed. Store went out of business after a year or so. Nobody minded much.[/citation]

Sounds like the store I went to claiming a 386 DX40 was faster then a 486 DX33 at the time. This was back in 92.

But I did work in a computer store back in the mid 90's and we never tried scamming folks. Instead we were blunt and honest. It gave us a lot of business and folks appreciated it.

 

[Guest]

digital storm doesnt seem to understand the term "future proof" the case might be slightly expandable, for upgrades for a small case.. but that isnt the definition of "future proof" anyone can just grab a HAF X and call a system "future proof"?

 

[Guest]

Probably some college students in Cambridge MA or UK right now printing out their own chassis on campus, as we post! I would not spend my $, £ on any product that could be built for less money with better parts. Most likley, most serious gaming stores and makers will begin to offer custom printed encloseures, both online and at the store location! If thunderbolt can be made faster, or OEMs would offer laptops with multipliable thunderbolt ports at the current TB speeds, I see college students shifting to laptops with external GPU boxes, for their LAN partys in the near future! Even PCI can be tunneled over ethernet if they would only come up with 10 gigabit ethernet cards in laptops, the cloud servers makers use PCI over ethernet (10 gig and Faster) all the time!

 

[f-14]

laptops are thinner and yet they can't make a desktop only double that thickness.
why buy this thing when you can customize a laptop for a bit more?

 

[Hirachi]

It's not over priced, this PC specs alone is $750 but it has a standard 3 year warranty, shipping protection, 72 stress and benchmark testing, and in house technicians support for U.S. based customers. Sure for a system builder that is well rounded with PC parts they won't see value in this but the majority PC market will find use in this.

 

[Hirachi]

[citation][nom]dudewitbow[/nom]Digital Storm Bolt: 3.6 inches wide, 14 inches tall 1000$ build uses an i3-2100 and a Gtx 650 tiAlienware x51: 3.74 inches wide, 13.5 inches tall(on the taller side) 1050$ build uses an i5-3330 and Gtx 660and i though alienware was overpriced.[/citation]
[citation][nom]lunyone[/nom]So to break it down:CPU - $125RAM - $40GPU - $175HD - $70Mobo - $100DVD Burner - $30PSU - $60Case - $100OS - $80Sooo for about $780 shipped from Newegg you can have the "Gamers on a tight budget" PC!! Of coarse I gave the case a $100 value (not sure if it's worth that or not) and the PSU a $60 value too. But I can tell you that I would rather spend more $ on the GPU than what they have allowed for a $1k gaming system.[/citation]
It's not over priced, this PC specs alone is $750 but it has a standard 3 year warranty, shipping protection, 72 stress and benchmark testing, and in house technicians support for U.S. based customers. Sure for a system builder that is well rounded with PC parts they won't see value in this but the majority PC market will find use in this.

 

[Guest]

Hirachi, for damage control! better parts purchased at lower cost have warrantys too! I will buy and build my own, thank you! No matter how many times you repeat "It's not over priced, Bla bla bla!"

 

[Jay-Z]

The idea of a slim gaming Pc is great for LANs. However, I would have gone with a i53570 (non-k) and a GTX 670 as there is no need to overclock in a build like this, especially considering the size of the case which limits cooling options. Also, I do think it is overpriced for the parts available. The case looks nice.

 

[army_ant7]

500W should be plenty, that is assuming DS used a good PSU in there.

A system with a 3770K and 680 should only draw around 250-300W under normal circumstances.

Wow! I hadn't realized that even high-end components are that power efficient to work with only a 500W PSU. Or has it always been like this? It's like 1200W PSU's aren't useful anymore for up-to-date rigs (unless overclocking eats that much power). Well, overclocking and having multiple graphics cards, and maybe AMD's high-end CPU's (though the latter would contribute less than multiple cards). Anyway, makes me feel foolish for getting a 750W (or 850W I'll have to check again) PSU for my i3-2120 and two HD 7850's in CF system. Even future upgrades might not justify that much wattage. Can anyone with more experience and knowledge give any practical reasons for my choice in PSU to make me feel better? Hehe! Thanks! (And don't sugar coat it!)

Overpriced as hell!!! You can build these yourself for literally half the price.

its price is aesthetics and size. though its still overpriced if you compare it to Alienware(Dell) slim tower comparison. by a large margin.

I wonder though if there's really anything special (innovative) about its (the chassis) internal designs. If there is then maybe that's what you're paying for, along with what Hirachi has said.