First Gaming Rig - Need your opinion

[williamyeow]

Hi guys, let me know what you guys think of this. I will be connecting to a 42 inch LG HDTV.

Thanks in advance for your time and feedback


Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570K (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V: PCI-E 3.0 READY, WIFI, SLI, CROSSFIREX
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 680 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
480GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 450MB/sW)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX850 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£99)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H60 Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler (£59)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
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 8 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£109)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NORTON ANTI-VIRUS 2013 - 1 Year Licence for 1 PC (£9) *SPECIAL*
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
SATURDAY DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (BEFORE 12 NOON) (£19)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,627.00 including VAT and delivery.

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[Tom DWC]

Hi and welcome to the forums.

Should be a gaming machine!

If you're not going to be overclocking then drop the K version of the 3570 to save yourself £13, and use that saving to grab the silver warranty for £5, well worth it.

You can always add more storage at a later date, so otherwise good to go! Enjoy.

 

[Toxophilix]

Also, if you are not overclocking, you won't need liquid cooling. The triple-copper-pipe CPU cooler will be fine.

Also also, do you need Windows 8 Pro?

 

[vanthus]

I agree with what's already been said,overclocking will give very little if any performance increase anyway.Also consider getting the GTX 670,it's almost as good as the GTX 680 and quite a bit lower in price.

 

[williamyeow]

Hi All, thanks for the quick response.

1) wind 8 - just want to try new stuff...
2) GTX680 - 4gb so in years to come, once my rig is not keeping up to the market, I would run an sli for performance boost. hopefully gtx680 will be much cheaper.
3) there is 10 percent overclock, i thought i chosee that.. to be honest, never really over clock but just like the options

 

[Toxophilix]

1) wind 8 - just want to try new stuff...

Fair enough, I just wondered if you had intended to pick the Pro version as it is more expensive and I'm not sure it adds anything for a gamer. It does come with downgrade rights to Win 7 though, so I guess it gives you an escape hatch if you don't like it.