Finally placed my order :)

[shocksalot]

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, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8P67 (NEW REV 3.0): USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX™
Memory (RAM)
16GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (4 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - DX® 11, 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD5002AALX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB 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 TX SERIES (TX750) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£86)
Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£49)
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
Firewire & Video Editing
3 Port IEEE 1394a Firewire PCI Card (£9)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
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: £1,246.00 including VAT and delivery.

should serve its purpose for a good few years to come

special thx to user's LinearHD (hope ive spelt it right) and Teaz for their consistant support and advice.

Ill post another thread featuring a review + pics when i get the beauty. I think i'll call her... Sasha!

 

[LinearHD]

Looks awesome but...
1) 16GB is rather the overkill? As is the watercooling lol...
2) For a mere £8 you could up your first HDD to a 750GB and double the cache

Now prepare for the wait... xD

 

[shocksalot]

Looks awesome but...
1) 16GB is rather the overkill? As is the watercooling lol...
2) For a mere £8 you could up your first HDD to a 750GB and double the cache

Now prepare for the wait... xD

Yh but i was already over budget (1200), the 16 GB is needed for some of my programs like Nuke / after effects etc. The liquid cooling will serve its purpose when the pc is left rendering Maya scenes for stupid amounts of hours on end (rendering uses 100% of your CPU).

And yeh the wait will be torture!

But thanks for your continued advice dude, have some rep! ^_^ you deserve it

 

[LinearHD]

Oh I see thanks haha

 

[shocksalot]

1) 2) For a mere £8 you could up your first HDD to a 750GB and double the cache

just checked that, seems you've mis calculated its +£14 for the 750gb

 

[LinearHD]

Oh oops, I didn't actually check myself I just saw someone post the price difference on another thread xDDD soz lol.

EDIT: just checked on the configurator... it's definitely £7, but maybe it's different for each section? lol haha

 

[shocksalot]

dear o dear, you really are 'linear' arn't you ^^ lol