Gaming/media pc

[marwoo578]

Hi can anyone suggest any changes to this set up ?
Mainly playing older PC games - Silent Hunter3 and 5,Total war etc as well as using for media and a lil photo editing/3d work

Case COOLERMASTER HAF 912 PLUS MID TOWER GAMING 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) 16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 680 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
SSD CACHE DRIVE 20GB INTEL® SSD 311 SERIES - SLC CACHE DRIVE FOR SYSTEM / 1st HDD
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 12x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£46)
Memory Card Reader INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)
Processor Cooling SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)
Fan Controller NZXT Sentry 2 Fan Controller with upto 5 Fitted Case Fans
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 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Warranty 3 Year Platinum Warranty (3 Year Collect & Return, 3 Year Parts, 3 Year labour) (£135)
Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Pricing Information
Price (excluding VAT) £1,250.83
Price £1,501.00
Order Quantity 1
Bulk Discount £0.00
Total Order price (Ex VAT) £1,250.83
Total Order Price £1,501.00
P/O Number - Edit P/O Number
Payment Method
Wattage
Maximum Required Power 520W

 

[Fear]

The spec looks pretty well balanced but i would change the Caviar Green to a Caviar Black as even though you have selected an SSD cache drive the Greens are more suited to storage, if i was getting that spec myself i would just get the Caviar Black and drop the SSD and maybe look at getting the i7 2600 if that comes within your budget and one last thing do you really need 16GB Ram most people only go for 8GB for photo editing and 16GB if they are doing lot's of HD video editing.

 

[marwoo578]

Hmmmm thanx for that info

Made a couple of changes in light of your comments and actually comes in cheaper

Case COOLERMASTER HAF 912 PLUS MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7-2700k Quad Core (3.50GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard ASUS® P8Z68-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX
Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 680 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 750GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD7502AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk 1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE
Memory Card Reader INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)
Processor Cooling SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)
Fan Controller NZXT Sentry 2 Fan Controller with upto 5 Fitted Case Fans
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 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Warranty 3 Year Platinum Warranty (3 Year Collect & Return, 3 Year Parts, 3 Year labour) (£135)
Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Charity Calendar NONE
Pricing Information
Price (excluding VAT) £1,237.50
Price £1,485.00
Order Quantity 1
Bulk Discount £0.00
Total Order price (Ex VAT) £1,237.50
Total Order Price £1,485.00
P/O Number - Edit P/O Number
Payment Method
Wattage
Maximum Required Power 529W

Certainly gives me something to think about

 

[Fear]

That looks better to me for my likings on setups anyway, i did not notice before and it's nothing that has to be changed but i would upgrade the Haf-912 to the Haf-922 as it's a slightly bigger case and has better airflow like i say the 912 will be fine but getting the 922 is what i would do.

 

[tom_gr7]

I'd certainly make sure you get the p8z68 v gen3 mobo, that supports pci3.0. the GTX 680 uses pci3.0, the standard mobo only supports 2.0, so a 680 would may bottleneck on pci2.0, and you will certainly need the pci 3.0 if you want to add another 680 in the future.

i'd also drop the to the i7 2600, its cheaper and there's little difference between the 2600 and the 2700, also just so ya know the K versions of the i5/i7's are just for overclocking, its the exact same processor just the K version can overclock higher, but you will not need to OC, my 2600 is really really good and handles everything with ease.

 

[Fear]

I'd certainly make sure you get the p8z68 v gen3 mobo, that supports pci3.0. the GTX 680 uses pci3.0, the standard mobo only supports 2.0, so a 680 would may bottleneck on pci2.0, and you will certainly need the pci 3.0 if you want to add another 680 in the future.

Ok i may have misread something when i was looking at this PCI3.0 so someone please correct me if i am wrong but to make use of the PCI3.0 hasn't the CPU got to be PCI3.0 compatible aswell because if that is right it would mean waiting for the Ivybridge to be released as far as i am aware there are no CPU's out at the moment capable of using this.

 

[marwoo578]

Thanx have no plans to OC so will change to the 2600