Quicksand Fans

http://www.digitalstorm.com

Anyone on here had experience with these guys? Looking at purchasing one of their Vanquish 7 rigs. Normally I like to build my own PC's but their price is amazingly competitive, when I try to match their specs with parts from Newegg or Tiger Direct I can't beat them, AND they offer a 3 year parts/labor warranty.

Mynock wrote:http://www.digitalstorm.com

Anyone on here had experience with these guys? Looking at purchasing one of their Vanquish 7 rigs. Normally I like to build my own PC's but their price is amazingly competitive, when I try to match their specs with parts from Newegg or Tiger Direct I can't beat them, AND they offer a 3 year parts/labor warranty.

See:
https://www.bbb.org/greater-san-francis ... -ca-301630

^^That's the first thing I always check. Was looking more for any first hand experiences with the ordering process.
Ended up calling them, I got an ACTUAL HUMAN on the phone. Not only was this human an actual human, but he actually knew how to computer. Impressed me so much I pulled the trigger right then and there.
Can't wait to be up and gaming again. The old machine blew it's motherboard and croaked a week ago.

Mynock wrote:^^That's the first thing I always check. Was looking more for any first hand experiences with the ordering process.
Ended up calling them, I got an ACTUAL HUMAN on the phone. Not only was this human an actual human, but he actually knew how to computer. Impressed me so much I pulled the trigger right then and there.
Can't wait to be up and gaming again. The old machine blew it's motherboard and croaked a week ago.

I hope you will follow up here with a report on results. I have always purchased computers already built but am not rigid about it.

I never ran into a situation before where somebody was offering a system for sale that was exactly what I was planning to build, but for less money.
It was the case that actually got me in the door, was only looking for reference pics to plan my own build around but then up pops this entire system ready for sale, looking exactly like I was visualizing:

http://www.digitalstorm.com/vanquish-7.asp

Fred588 wrote:I hope you will follow up here with a report on results. I have always purchased computers already built but am not rigid about it.

Got an update late Friday 10/27 that the actual build was complete and it was going for 'burn-in' and stress testing. Just checked today and it says final stages of that are almost complete. I like that they're spending that much time making sure it works and runs stable. Hoping it might ship in time to get it this weekend.

Mynock wrote:

Fred588 wrote:I hope you will follow up here with a report on results. I have always purchased computers already built but am not rigid about it.

Got an update late Friday 10/27 that the actual build was complete and it was going for 'burn-in' and stress testing. Just checked today and it says final stages of that are almost complete. I like that they're spending that much time making sure it works and runs stable. Hoping it might ship in time to get it this weekend.

Cool. It would be interesting, to me, to know if and to what extent what they offer can be customized (by them). Although I currently have two computers in immediate use and a third as backup, I am always interested in an upgrade. Anything not supporting twin 4k displays and at least ten external USB 3 drives, however, would be a downgrade. I'd also be quite interested in a desktop or tower that had at least six USB 3 ports on the FRONT, or TOP.

I would play around with the customizer, the Vanquish line is 'entry level' and doesn't offer a lot of options but their higher end desktops and workstations seem only limited by your wallet.

So after a minor SNAFU with shipping (my fault) the new Beast has shipped after a total build/test/optimization time of 2 weeks (10 business days). It's going UPS ground from CA to PA, so naturally it's taking the who 5 business days to get here. ARGH.......

So far so good.

Got it unboxed and running with no issues, been doing some light to moderate gaming the last few days, it's been rock solid stable and sayed fairly cool. Performance is as expected. Doom IV. Ultra Settings. 4k. 60fps. 'Nuff said.

Runs amazingly quiet, despite a total of (5) 120mm fans. Makes my old one sound like a vacuum cleaner.

RGB light strip is an awesome piece of bling. Fun to play with the settings and make your PC look like gnomes are having a rave inside it. My only regret is that I didn't upgrade the front LED fans to RGB as well, it would be next level cool if they pulsed along with the light strip. Time for an upgrade already hahaha.......

Build quality is excellent, especially cable management. Custom cables would have put it over the top but it's a budget machine, have to draw the line somewhere.

Overall I could not have done it better myself for less money. If you're looking for anything from a budget gaming machine to a quad SLI duel Xenon workstation, give these guys a look.