Recent content by shocksalot

After many sleepness night tinkering and tweaking i finally built the perfect spec for my budget (with help and advice from the PCS forum community ofc =D) The specs: Case COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7-2600 Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics...

As some of you might know ive been toying with different specs for some time now, well i finally ironed out all the kinks and hit that tenacious "place order" button lol. heres the final spec: Case COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7-2600 Quad Core (3.40GHz...

How about adding some Lian Li cases? they look mighty fine and ive heard good things about them in terms of build quality. check some out: Midi cases: Lian Li Midi Tower Aluminium Black Case with Window £80-90 ATX / M-ATX External 5.25" Drive Bays 5 (one shared with 3.5" bay) External 3.5"...

hey guys, as the title states my budget is £1200 Im a student in need a of a pc with a niffty CPU and tons of RAM to handle various 3D and motion graphic software. heres what i came up with: Case COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB...

Bascially im a Uni student studying 3D animation, need a high spec pc that can handle Maya /Nukex / Zbrush, but also to do the occasional gaming therapy :) After countless hours of tweaking ive finally decided on a spec that best suits my needs/budget Budget = £1600 give or take £50, that...

Cant decide which case to get for an O.C build, thermals are the biggest concern here. heres my build: Overclocked CPU Overclocked Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz @ max 4.80GHz) Motherboard ASUS® SABERTOOTH P67 (NEW REV 3.0): USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, THERMAL ARMOR! Memory (RAM) 16GB...

Just saw that the Intel SSD's are 2.5", does this mean if you choose to get an intel SSD you have to chose a case that features a 2.5" bay? Sounds like a stupid question but i pre-configured a system with an SSD and the Haf 922 case and the "checking your spec" popup says everyting is...

Hey im a student studying 3D animation and VFX, mostly use Maya / Zbrush / Nukex. Im looking for a new pc to support these rather demanding applications and to handle extreme render times. My question is this: should i invest in an overclocked quad core system (i7 2600k) or a non overlocked 6...

I am a university student and as the title says i am need of a power house machine for 3D animation and vfx work. i mostly use Maya and Nukex. Im thinking a six core i7 will be great for those nasty render times. ive mananged to graft a budget of £1500 heres the possible spec: Case...