Final nod of approval please

[todd89]

After a good discussion on here, I wanted to get a final approval of the build below!

Is the case ok, is the sound card worth the extra £20? And is the hx750 worth going for over the tx750? Thanks

Case
COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-2500 Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
80GB INTEL® 320 SERIES SSD, SATA 3 Gb/s (upto 270MB/sR | 90MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
500GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD5002AALX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200rpm)
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
CORSAIR 750W PRO SERIES™ HX750-80 PLUS® SILVER MODULAR (£116)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ASUS XONAR DG 5.1 SURROUND SOUND PCI CARD (£20 SPECIAL)
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
Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® MK250 WIRELESS KEYBOARD & MOUSE COMBO (£21)
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

Price: £1,133.00 including VAT and delivery

 

[tom_gr7]

nods in approval.

Very very good spec,

The modular psu is a very good investment, not only does your choice of case have very good cooling and cable management already. But having a modular psu will allow pcs to only connect the cables that need to be connected, the spare cables will be popped in a little corsair bag in ya welcome pack.

For gaming I'm guessing?

The sound card is good, I have heard very good things about asus soundcards, for 20quid, its a defo.

I'd drop the bullguard trial tho, but thats just me.

 

[bg92]

In my opinion the power supply is worth it. From what I read about people upgrading from onboard sound card to the asus xonar dg it is worth it, but that is only if you are going to be using a good set os spearkers or good headphones.

 

[Fear]

I have not been on here much so not seen your other post's that i can remember anyway, if you are just gaming i would leave the SSD and just stick with the caviar black drives and if you are going to get a paid subscription for bullguard then keep the 3 month trial i have used it for 3 or 4 years now and i won't change to any other so either way you have a very nice spec enjoy whatever you do.

 

[todd89]

Cheers everyone, but won't the ssd drive make games load much quicker or won't there be noticeable difference from the hdd drive I chose?

 

[bg92]

Loadinng times from a caviar black should be good enough, but they will be better from an ssd. Also keep in mind that 80gb is not a lot of space for modern games.

 

[todd89]

Loadinng times from a caviar black should be good enough, but they will be better from an ssd. Also keep in mind that 80gb is not a lot of space for modern games.

Well I'll probably go for a larger ssd.

So I'm definitely going to be fine getting the i5 2500 and not regret getting the i7 2600? If there is no difference then I won't bother, but im just thinking of future proofing.

 

[Fear]

So I'm definitely going to be fine getting the i5 2500 and not regret getting the i7 2600? If there is no difference then I won't bother, but im just thinking of future proofing.

the i5 2500 is plenty good enough for gaming the only reason i can see worth getting the i7 2600 for gaming is if you play FSX or F1 2011 as these games make use of the multi threading.

 

[todd89]

the i5 2500 is plenty good enough for gaming the only reason i can see worth getting the i7 2600 for gaming is if you play FSX or F1 2011 as these games make use of the multi threading.

Well if that's the case, there's a good chance future games are likely to use multi threading. So I think it might save me the hassle of upgrading in the future!