Hi all,
I'd really appreciate your input on my proposed spec below. My primary purpose will be playing Football Manager 2012 where I like to play huge games loading as many leagues as possible (so I think a good CPU and lots of RAM is important?) I alos like playing strategy games such as Civilisation and whilst I will play games like CoD:MW these aren't my top priority so I think I can afford to compromise slightly on graphics?
I'd also appreciate your input on whether I should be going for a laptop or desktop. To be honest until a couple of weeks ago I'd been pretty much sold on the laptop route, given that I occassionally travel away from home with work etc I wanted to be able to take my laptop with me. That was until a couple of weeks ago when the graphics card on my Dell XPS M1730 burnt out and I was told that it would be difficult / impossible to replace or upgrade the graphics card essentially making my £2000 laptop worthless!!!! Am I right in thinking that going with a desktop solution will make it much more future proof and significantly easier to upgrade / replace components as and when they die or get outdated?
Budget is also an issue for me and to be honest I'd prefer to be spending less than the solution below, so if you can make suggestions of where I can remove cost I'd appreciate it!!!
Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7-2600 Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V/GEN3: PCI-E 3.0 READY, SLI, CROSSFIREX
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 520 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB SATA-II 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 32MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
350W Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity 1
I'd really appreciate your input on my proposed spec below. My primary purpose will be playing Football Manager 2012 where I like to play huge games loading as many leagues as possible (so I think a good CPU and lots of RAM is important?) I alos like playing strategy games such as Civilisation and whilst I will play games like CoD:MW these aren't my top priority so I think I can afford to compromise slightly on graphics?
I'd also appreciate your input on whether I should be going for a laptop or desktop. To be honest until a couple of weeks ago I'd been pretty much sold on the laptop route, given that I occassionally travel away from home with work etc I wanted to be able to take my laptop with me. That was until a couple of weeks ago when the graphics card on my Dell XPS M1730 burnt out and I was told that it would be difficult / impossible to replace or upgrade the graphics card essentially making my £2000 laptop worthless!!!! Am I right in thinking that going with a desktop solution will make it much more future proof and significantly easier to upgrade / replace components as and when they die or get outdated?
Budget is also an issue for me and to be honest I'd prefer to be spending less than the solution below, so if you can make suggestions of where I can remove cost I'd appreciate it!!!
Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7-2600 Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V/GEN3: PCI-E 3.0 READY, SLI, CROSSFIREX
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 520 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB SATA-II 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 32MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
350W Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity 1
