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Digital Storm Aventum X gaming PC
“Digital Storm’s Aventum X delivers agile efficiency in an artfully crafted bundle.”
Insanely quick efficiency
Lovely all-glass aspect panels
Glorious upgradeability and repairability
Abundance of ports
Customized thermal administration with liquid cooling
Potential of NVLink and ray tracing not but realized
Outrageously costly
The attract of Digital Storm’s Aventum X isn’t all about energy. You could find comparable ranges of class-leading efficiency elsewhere, and sure at extra reasonably priced costs. The Aventum X is about fashion.
Because the Lamborghini of gaming PCs, the Aventum X delivers agile efficiency in a bundle that highlights the know-how inside because it does the outside design. Filled with dual-flagship Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti graphics playing cards, an unlocked octa-core Ninth-gen Intel Core i9 processor, and a customized HydroLux Professional liquid cooling system, the Aventum X is an over-engineered PC that masterfully celebrates avid gamers.
Customized constructed to satisfy particular person wants, the Aventum X begins at $three,365, and our upgraded configuration prices as a lot as a used automobile at $9,503. However if you happen to’ve acquired the money to drop, the Aventum X delivers unbridled efficiency that may make you the envy of any gamer.
A customized job
Just like the Aventum three earlier than it, there’s no denying that the Aventum X is constructed like a tank, and the desktop’s towering stature is required to accommodate the insane energy that’s packed inside this rig. Sharing comparable dimensions to the Aventum three, the X measuring 28.5-inch tall by 25.Eight-inch lengthy by 10.5-inch deep, making it one of many bigger full-sized desktops. Each models could be configured with comparable ranges of efficiency, however the X improves on the three’s tower design, changing the glass and steel panel design with two all-glass aspect home windows that present unobstructed views into the unit’s internals. This small design change provides the Aventum X a extra trendy really feel, regardless of its boxy-shaped physique. It’s a factor of magnificence.
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Digital Storm’s on-line configuration software provides loads of choices to customise the outside end, trim, and inside elements. Our assessment unit ships with a matte black end, a entrance plate that’s completed in a Storm Blue unique paint job, and two tinted tempered glass aspect panels that showcase the HyrdoLux liquid cooling system. The see-through design enables you to peek on the glitzier elements, just like the GPU card and complex LED lighting, whereas on the similar time hiding among the much less glamorous items, just like the cable administration system.
Given the load and dimension of the Aventum X, we’d prefer to see Digital Storm add some ergonomic options, like handles or wheels, to make maneuvering this unit simpler. Getting this previous the entrance porch isn’t any straightforward activity. Nevertheless, when you set it up, you’ll simply impress onlookers with the LED gentle present from behind the glass home windows.
When you set it up, you’ll simply impress onlookers with the LED gentle present from behind the glass home windows.
Our upgraded unit comes with an Asus ROG Maximus XI Hero motherboard with an Intel Core i9-9900Okay processor and twin Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti graphics with SLI NVLink, making the system each VR- and ray tracing-ready. If you happen to want much more energy, you may improve to dual-Nvidia Titan RTX graphics or add an HPC processor for extra demanding duties. Including three Nvidia GP100 GPGPU will add an extra $23,520 to the configuration, bringing your complete price into luxurious automobile realm.
The whole price of your Aventum construct will dramatically enhance relying on the upgrades you need. Manufacturing facility CPU overclocking provides $99 to the associated fee, and Digital Storm additionally provides cable administration choices, airflow management, inside lighting, fan selections, and varied cooling system upgrades. Our upgraded $760 HydroLux Professional improve delivers cooling for 2 graphics playing cards together with the processor.
Cool air consumption is dealt with by means of vents on the rear, and 4 LED-lit followers on all sides of the unit helps with airflow. An extra three followers assist push out sizzling air by means of grated vents on the prime, making a complete of 11 followers. Because of the HydroLux Management Heart software program that comes pre-installed, you may even hyperlink the LED lighting to the thermal system to present you a fast visible verify on system efficiency by glancing on the tower.
Peeking underneath the hood
Although the Aventum X lacks the curves and sculpted angles that contour pre-built rigs from opponents, the unit feels very trendy thanks largely to the 2 massive glass panels that take up the complete sides of the tower.
The adage that magnificence issues simply as a lot on the within because it does on the surface actually does apply to Aventum X’s design. The big home windows truly let the inner know-how and engineering develop into part of the general design. Right here, Digital Storm made the circuitry and the elements a useful a part of the tower’s aesthetics. And since you may see into the complete PC, the corporate took nice care in cable administration to make issues look tidy. The pipes that ship liquid cooling appears to be like like a portal to the Mushroom Kingdom.
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Whenever you want entry to the internals, eradicating the glass panels is a tool-free affair – every window is secured by 4 massive thumbscrews. I did discover a minor hairline scratch in one of many glass panels out of the field. Whereas this small defect by no means impacts the efficiency of the Aventum X, for a unit this costly, we wished Digital Storm took extra care into masking the glass with plastic movie to stop scratches throughout transport.
The liquid cooling is the star of the present. If you happen to’ve by no means used a liquid-cooled PC earlier than, chances are you’ll be in for a shock whenever you’re greeted with the sound of trickling water whenever you energy on the PC. The noise disappears after issues heat up, but it surely’s one thing to remember. Not solely does it look superb, Digital Storm’s HydroLux cooling system does a fabulous job of holding issues cool too.
The adage that magnificence issues simply as a lot on the within because it does on the surface actually does apply to Aventum X’s design.
If you might want to improve the motherboard or graphics playing cards, the HydroLux Professional cooling system comes with disconnect valves at key junctions to make disassembly simpler. Different elements, just like the 32GB DDR4 G.Ability TridentX RAM, 1TB M.2 Samsung 970 Professional NVME solid-state drive, a 6TB 7200 RPM arduous drive, and a 1200W Corsair AX1200i energy provide on our unit, are additionally upgradeable. The unit additionally comes with eight storage bays.
Our unit got here with two RTX 2080 Ti playing cards, however the Aventum X helps as much as 4 graphics playing cards. The closest factor to a competitor with a quad-GPU setup is Origin PC’s Genesis desktop. Given the efficiency of a single RTX 2080 Ti card alone, a setup with 4 graphics playing cards can be overkill for many customers. Nonetheless, it’s good to know that the Aventum X could be infinitely upgradeable, permitting you so as to add or swap out current elements as know-how evolves.
Although there isn’t a scarcity of ports on this technique, accessing the rear-facing ports could be awkward, requiring you to lean over the unit’s tall dimension or attain round to the rear. Fortuitously, when you join your mainstays – like energy and show outputs – you could have easy accessibility to 2 USB-A ports, a USB-C port, two audio jacks, and a full-size SD card slot on the highest.
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On the rear, every of our GeForce RTX 2080 Ti playing cards gave us entry to a few DisplayPorts, a single HDMI port, and a USB-C port for connecting displays or VR headsets. The motherboard itself offers you entry to a different set of HDMI, DisplayPort, and USB-C ports. Moreover, you’ll discover 5 high-speed USB-A ports, two USB 2.zero ports, a serial port, Ethernet connector, WiFi antenna connectors, and your audio enter and output ports.
Agile efficiency
Loaded with among the finest specs in the marketplace, the Aventum X has the horsepower wanted to ship excellent efficiency. Processing efficiency is according to programs equally configured with Intel’s Ninth-Era Core i9-9900Okay CPU, just like the Asys ROG Strix GL12CX. Each programs delivered comparable Geekbench leads to single- and multi-core benchmarks, and the Ninth-gen processor is extra highly effective at multi-core duties than the Falcon NW Tiki, which falls roughly 6,500 factors quick. That is to be anticipated, nevertheless, because the Falcon NW Tiki is a compact desktop that ships with an older Intel Core i7-8700Okay processor.
This efficiency distinction turns into noticeable in our video encoding take a look at utilizing Handbrake. Once we encoded a brief video file, the Aventum X and the Core i9-equipped Asus ROG Strix GL12CX was in a position to full the duty in underneath 1 minute and 20 seconds. The Falcon NW Tiki took greater than twice as lengthy.
The Aventum X’s speedy efficiency is additional aided by means of a 1TB solid-state drive. Although the drive that shipped inside our system isn’t probably the most spacious of the programs we’ve examined — that honor goes to the Falcon Tiki — the Aventum’s SSD remains to be speedy. The Samsung 970 EVO Professional in our unit handily beats out the Samsung 960 EVO SSD on the Digital Storm Equinox in each learn and write efficiency. Nevertheless, it’s nonetheless a bit slower than the Falcon Tiki’s Intel SSD, clocking in with 1,444 and 1,249 for learn and write speeds, in comparison with the latter’s 2,867 and 1,504 marks, respectively.
The Aventum X, like its predecessor, could be configured with both AMD or Intel processors. If need to max out your unit, you may add as much as 128GB of DDR RAM, both a regular 4TB solid-state drive or a 2TB SSD within the M.2 kind issue, and as much as eight further drives.
Turbo-charged graphics
The place the Aventum X shines is within the graphics division, because of its multi-GPU assist. Our unit is configured with two Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti graphics playing cards with 11GB video RAM every, which delivered the best 3DMark outcomes of any system that we’ve examined so far.
When benchmarked with Underwriters Laboratories’ graphics assessments, the Aventum X leaves the Asus ROG Strix with its single RTX 2080 GPU and older twin GTX-1080 GPU programs just like the Alienware Space-51 R5 within the mud. Although the Aventum X’s dual-card setup definitely didn’t produce outcomes that had been twice as excessive because the Strix in each benchmark, Digital Storm’s flagship carried out 20 % higher than the Strix on the Sky Diver take a look at, 46 % higher on Hearth Strike, and greater than 100 % higher on Time Spy. That’s spectacular.
The 2 graphics playing cards on the Aventum are linked by Nvidia’s SLI NVLink bridge, which, in concept, delivers spectacular efficiency because of a latency structure. Outdoors of benchmarks, nevertheless, the rise in efficiency isn’t almost as massive, on condition that not many video games assist NVLink at the moment. Avid gamers gained’t be capable of instantly unlock the potential of an NVLink-bridged multi-GPU setup till builders construct in assist, not in contrast to the scenario with the ray tracing function on RTX graphics.
Avid gamers gained’t be capable of instantly unlock the potential of an NVLink-bridged multi-GPU setup till builders construct in assist
In gaming benchmarks, titles like Civilization VI and Rocket League, carried out equally as properly on the Asus ROG Strix’s single-GPU setup as they did on the Aventum X’s dual-GPU configuration. Given how spectacular efficiency is normally on Nvidia’s high-end card, the similarities in outcomes aren’t worrisome from a efficiency perspective, but it surely simply implies that that you just’re not realizing any features for the extra GPU, which prices round $1,199.
Alternatively, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, carried out higher on our dual-GPU system. Right here, the Aventum X readily beats out the single-GPU setup of the Strix by greater than greater than 50 % on 1080p decision at excessive settings, and the distinction extends to greater than 100 % when the sport is performed in 4K in extremely efficiency.
Equally, the Aventum X was nonetheless in a position to edge out competing programs in our Battlefield I take a look at. In comparison with the ROG Strix GL12CX, the Aventum X delivered 75 % extra frames per second when the sport was performed in 4K with the best attainable settings. At decrease 2K settings when the sport was performed underneath medium settings, the Aventum X outperformed the ROG Strix by 26 %. In different phrases, the Aventum X’s potential turns into clearer when the system is underneath heavy stress.
Titles like Fortnite and Battlefield V seem buttery easy, however nobody needs to be shocked by that. We determined we needed to throw the toughest gaming take a look at we might at it: Battlefield V with ray tracing. That’s when the Aventum X flexed its muscle groups. In comparison with our single-RTX 2080 benchmark, the dual-RTX 2080 Ti playing cards on our Aventum X confirmed little perceptible loss in body charges when Battlefield V was performed at as much as 2K resolutions at 60Hz with ray tracing enabled. And despite the fact that you’re not getting a 100 % enchancment when doubling the variety of graphics playing cards, we discovered that the Aventum X gained’t decelerate as a lot as a single-RTX setup when the system is pressured.
However not even the Aventum X might keep over 60 FPS in 4K with ray tracing cranked. That may change if DLSS anti-aliasing finds its approach to extra video games, however once more, that would take some time.
Creatives seeking to decide up the Aventum X for work will likely be glad to know that video modifying utilizing Adobe Premiere Professional CC was equally snappy. Nonetheless, with a excessive sticker value and what actually is a marginal enchancment in efficiency in comparison with single-RTX setups at the moment, the Aventum X and different multi-GPU programs gained’t make sense for most individuals, particularly since so few video games presently assist ray racing. Till extra video games and functions assist the capabilities of Nvidia’s RTX graphics and unlock the potential behind the quicker NVLink bridge, the dual-GPU setup stays a bit extreme. Sooner or later? Who is aware of — possibly this a lot energy can have a stronger use case.
Guarantee
Though Digital Storm’s restricted three-year guarantee seems to fall according to what rivals provide, studying between the strains reveal a special story, as there are separate stipulations for elements and labor. The guarantee solely covers labor prices for 3 years, whereas faulty elements are solely backed by a one-year restricted guarantee. Some elements, nevertheless, could carry an extended guarantee interval, relying on the producer of the element.
Given the price of the Aventum X, customers could need to go for Digital Storm’s non-obligatory prolonged guarantee upgrades. Like the bottom bundle, these prolonged guarantee plans additionally include staggered elements and labor protection intervals. Some competing boutique PC builders provide extra beneficiant and simple warranties. Falcon-NW, for instance, provides a three-year guarantee on each elements and labor, whereas Origin PC provides a beneficiant lifetime labor and one-year elements guarantee on its Genesis system.
Our Take
The Aventum X is a gaming rig that feels bigger than life. Constructed to satiate the calls for of the fanatic gaming group with assist for the newest Intel Core i9-9900Okay processor, as much as 4 graphics playing cards, and as much as three HPC processors, the Aventum X is probably the most highly effective desktops we’ve examined. Priced beginning at $three,365, Digital Storm delivers with distinctive construct high quality and extra energy than what most avid gamers will truly make the most of or want on this over-engineered PC. You probably have the necessity for pace, be ready to shell out a hefty premium for all of the improve choices to totally package out this rig.
Is there a greater various?
Although you’ll be capable of configure different build-to-order PCs with comparable specs as our dual-GPU Aventum X assessment unit, none can match the facility and capabilities of Digital Storm’s flagship with its assist for HPC processors. Our $9,503 assessment unit is, for instance, $1,845 costlier than a equally configured Falcon NW Mach V with an Exotix paintwork end. You simply gained’t discover see-through glass panels on the Mach V, leaving Falcon Northwest’s design to cover, reasonably than showcase, the insides.
If you happen to don’t want a dual-GPU setup, HP’s Omen Obelisk comes with a big, single-glass aspect panel and could be configured with as much as a single RTX 2080 GPU beginning at $1,999. Given that the majority video games gained’t be capable of unlock the potential of an NVLink-bridged multi-GPU setup simply but, going with a single-GPU setup could negate the necessity for extra advanced liquid cooling designs and prevent important cash within the course of.
Asus’ ROG Strix GL12CX, which comes with a barely weaker Ninth-Era Intel Core i7-9700Okay processor and a single RTX 2080 GPU, is priced at $three,299, however comes bundled with a mechanical keyboard and mouse. Asus’ pricing is extra corresponding to the bottom Aventum X. At the same value, the entry-level Aventum X comes with weaker specs that embrace a single GeForce GTX 1050 GPU, making it pricier and bulkier in comparison with the Strix. When in comparison with our upgraded assessment unit, the Strix is a 3rd of the worth, whereas delivering comparable efficiency underneath most conditions.
With assist for 4 liquid-cooled GPUs and two all-glass aspect panels, Origin PC’s Genesis is the Aventum X’s closest competitor. When configured equally to our Aventum X unit, the Genesis prices $Eight,203, which is $1,300 lower than what Digital Storm costs. The Genesis comes with a extra beneficiant lifetime labor guarantee, however falls quick by way of pure efficiency. It has simply 5 storage bays as an alternative of the Aventum X’s eight and doesn’t ship with manufacturing facility overclocking choices or HPC assist.
How lengthy will it final?
For critical avid gamers who need to cling on to their investments for the lengthy haul, the Aventum X comes with the potential and efficiency that may final you for years of gaming. It’s geared up with the newest processor from Intel and comes with two of Nvidia’s strongest shopper graphics playing cards. As extra video games unlock the potential of Nvidia’s RTX sequence playing cards, like ray tracing and extra superior AI-based rendering, the Aventum X will start to indicate its worth as a future-proof system you can purchase in the present day for tomorrow’s video games. And when newer elements arrive, the Aventum X comes with loads of room for upgrades.
Do you have to purchase it?
The Aventum X is an insanely highly effective PC that gained’t decelerate it doesn’t matter what you throw at it. However by crafting probably the most highly effective PC, Digital Storm has priced the Aventum X out of the attain of most avid gamers. If you happen to do have the money, for all of its excesses and decadence, the Aventum X is an unequalled efficiency in a beautiful design that won’t depart you wanting for extra. Till builders construct in NVLink and ray tracing assist, the Aventum X stays a fantastically costly proof of idea that showcases the potential for the way forward for gaming.
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