I've already aired my grievances earlier regarding DigitalStorm's choice of components for the Slade Pro. The mishmash of a consumer level motherboard and memory with a Xeon that accounts for nearly half the system's price tag rubs me the wrong way and feels like a bit of a waste; if you're going to spend that much on a CPU, it should be bolstered not by a high end consumer board or high end consumer memory, but by a full on workstation board and ECC memory.
Actual fit and finish of the build is very solid. DigitalStoorm gives you room to grow, and the rear-mounted push-pull closed loop liquid cooler ensures that heat gets properly exhausted out of the case. Meanwhile, the 80W NVIDIA Quadro K4000 doesn't spit out much in the way of heat. This is more or less an ideal use of a silent case; minimal fan noise that's brought well below 30dB by the case itself. At the very least, where noise is concerned, DigitalStorm is in the ballpark of the big boys and even faring a bit better.
Cabling is fairly neat and makes ample use of the channels in the enclosure.
Power consumption is also extremely low, with the bulk of it going to the CPU.
Idle and load power are both excellent. The DigitalStorm Slade Pro isn't just a quiet workstation, it's an efficient one as well. Keep these power characteristics in mind when you flip back to the last page; consistently low power consumption, consistently high performance.
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