Digital Storm VIRTUE: Intel Haswell-Powered Gaming PC
Power Consumption and Noise
Although the Digital Storm VIRTUE fell to some slightly higher-spec’d systems in benchmarks, you can’t argue with its power efficiency, especially at load. The system pulled just 59W of juice at idle and 275W under load. Perhaps DS went a little overkill on the PSU, which has a ceiling of 1050W but you almost can never have too much good clean power headroom.
Acoustics
The VIRTUE, with its liquid cooler, was a relatively quiet machine, although there was a slight whine at all times that grew more noticeable under load. All told, though, the noise level is less than you might expect for such a powerful system.
Acoustics
The VIRTUE, with its liquid cooler, was a relatively quiet machine, although there was a slight whine at all times that grew more noticeable under load. All told, though, the noise level is less than you might expect for such a powerful system.
