Got a few questions about this specification...

[CybrHwk]

Hi,

I do a lot of photography work using Photoshop and I am also a programmer so require a good amount of memory for Visual Studio and Eclipse, but also want to do a bit of Gaming as well.

I have a few questions about the spec below:

1) Am I better off with two 1.5GB 580 Graphics cards SLI'd, would I get better performance?
2) Do you use ultra quiet fans, my current machine is quite noisy?
3) What make is the 24x DVD Writer?
4) What make would the Graphics card be?
5) How safe and reliable is liquid cooling?

Thanks for your help
~CybrHwk

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF-X FULL TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-3930K (3.2GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® SABERTOOTH X79: SOCKET 2011, R.O.G
Memory (RAM)
32GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS QUAD-DDR3 1600MHz X.M.P(8 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB KINGSTON HYPERX SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
10x LG BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£65)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1200W PRO SERIES™ GOLD AX1200-80 PLUS® GOLD MODULAR(£208)
Processor Cooling
INTEL CERTIFIED LIQUID CPU COOLER FOR SOCKET LG2011
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) 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 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£109)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£69)
Delivery
SATURDAY DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (BEFORE 12 NOON) (£19)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

 

[Tehmoe]

1) The 3gb 580 is basically exactly the same as the 1.5gb expect it would run better with 2 screens, so having 2x 1.5gb will be much faster mostly double the FPS.

2) Not 100% sure but I would guess it comes with the standard fans in the case, if you wanted quiet I would guess you would have to buy them yourself.

3) dont know

4) dont know

5) Unless your planing to overclock then you don't even need liquid cooling. with liquid cooling u run the risk of leaks, stick with air cooling.

 

[calduf]

The graphics cards are almost always Palit, but rarely it can be something else sometimes, it just depends on stock at the time, if you need to know phone up when your ordering for confirmation! but as for your question 3, I'm afraid I dont know either.

 

[calduf]

Correction the optical drives are usually lg, samsung or lite-on, but once again this depends on stock, give them a phone if it's necessary for you.