Digital Storm Unveils New Gaming Rig, Touts Superior Vertical Cooling

Posted 05/11/2010 at 6:26pm | by Paul Lilly

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Digital Storm on Monday announced a new gaming PC, the Black OPS Assassin. So what separates this one from all the rest? According to Digital Storm, the Black OPS Assassin is the "industry's most vastly superior vertically cooled" rig around.

"Assassin is the system that performance enthusiasts have been waiting for. The pairing of exceptional components, patented processes and bleeding-edge design enables components to be pushed far beyond what any other gaming PC on the market today can promise," remarked Rajeev Kuruppu, Digital Storm’s Director of Product Development. "The ability to effectively remove component damaging and performance inhibiting heat is phenomenal, but I’m astonished by how quietly we were able to accomplish this. The phrase whisper quiet is an understatement."

Cooling duties are handled by three 180mm fans at the bottom of the chassis to push cold air vertically through the system before exhausting hot air from the top, whereas most traditional setups push air from the front to the back (horizontally). Combined with liquid cooling, Digital Storm claims the Assassin opens the door to "outrageous overclocking potential."

Pricing starts at about $2,400 and includes an Intel Core i7 930 processor, 6GB of DDR3-1600 RAM, EVGA X58 motherboard, GeForce GTX 470 videocard, and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

Image Credit: Digital Storm