Digital Storm Core i7-965

Interior

Three thumbscrews on the side panel allow tool-free access to the internals. The installed side fan is a 120mm Zalman, while the other case fans are Silverstone branded.

Huge…

Nice handles on the removable drive cage

Our first impression after removing the side panel is that this is one of the cleanest cabling jobs we've seen. This is with three video cards (each requiring two 6-pin feeds), multiple hard drives, and water-cooling. Digital Storm did very nice work here. The 1200W PC Power and Cooling supply is huge, and the case is ventilated along the bottom where it resides. Both of the drive cages are removable, and the radiators can be seen along the top, which is also ventilated.

Unfortunately, another first impression is that the system is incredibly noisy, even with water-cooling. We don't expect silence from a high-end system like this, but we would like something that doesn't have us reaching for earplugs when we boot up our system.