Is this pc worth ordering?[Please post truthful answers.]

[domelk]

Case
COOLERMASTER COSMOS 2 ULTRA TOWER
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Xeon® 8-Core E5-2687W (3.1 GHz, 8.00 GT/s, 20M L3 Cache)
Motherboard
ASUS® RAMPAGE IV EXTREME: INTEL X79, SOCKET 2011, R.O.G
Memory (RAM)
64GB SAMSUNG QUAD-DDR3 1333MHz (8 X 8GB)
Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 690 DUAL GPU - 3 x DVI-I, 1 x mDP (PRE-ORDER)
2nd Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 690 DUAL GPU - 3 x DVI-I, 1 x mDP (PRE-ORDER)
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
2TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE
2nd Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
3rd Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
4th Hard Disk
3TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD30EZRX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
12x BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£79)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1200W PRO SERIES™ GOLD AX1200-80 PLUS® GOLD MODULAR(£206)
Processor Cooling
INTEL CERTIFIED LIQUID CPU COOLER FOR SOCKET LG2011 (£79)
Fan Controller
NZXT Sentry 2 Fan Controller with upto 5 Fitted Case Fans
Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D Fatal1ty Champion (£179)
Network Facilities
Bigfoot Killer 2100 PCI-E Gigabit LAN Card - Max Gaming (£59)
USB Options
USB INFRARED ADAPTER (£14)
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NORTON 360 SUITE - 1 Year Licence for upto 3 PCs (£39)
Monitor
IIYAMA G2773HS 27" PRO GAMER, 120Hz LED PANEL, 1MS RESPONSE (£299)
2nd Monitor
IIYAMA E2773HDS 27" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D HD1920x1080 (£239)
DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables
2 x 2 METRE GOLD PLATED V1.4 HDMI CABLE (£15)
Eyefinity / GeForce 3D Vision
NVIDIA GEFORCE 3D VISION 2 WIRELESS STEREOSCOPIC KIT (£119)
Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® G19 GAMING KEYBOARD WITH GAMEPANEL™ LCD (£125)
Mouse
Razer® Mamba 2012 Elite Wireless Gaming Mouse (£109)
Speakers
CORSAIR GAMING AUDIO SERIES™ SP2500 2.1 PC SPEAKERS (£182)
Webcam
Logitech® HD Webcam C920 - 1080p recording & 720p video calling (£85)
Headsets (VOIP)
LOGITECH® WIRELESS GAMING HEADSET G930 - 7.1 SURROUND SOUND (£144)
Surge Protection
6 Socket Compact 2M UFO Surge Protector + Auto Power Off Function (£19)
Cable Tidy
3 x JML 1.5M Zip Cable Tidy - Professional Cable Management (£10)
External Hard Drive
WD 2TB My Book Essential USB 3.0 External HDD WDBACW0020HBK(£109)
Warranty
3 Year Platinum Warranty (3 Year Collect & Return, 3 Year Parts, 3 Year labour) (£135)
Home Installation
Technician Assisted Installation + Wireless + Family Surf Control + Data Transfer (£139)
Data Recovery
2 x Hard Drive Data Recovery Service - Protect 2 Hard Drives Against Failure (£55)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Charity Calendar
PC Specialist naked Charity Calendar in aid of ForgetMeNotChild.co.uk (£4)
Quantity
1

Price: £7,518.00 including VAT and delivery.

 

[Rakk]

What were you planning on using the PC for?

Though to be honest that spec is ridiculously overkill for anything I could even vaguely think of (looks like you just picked the most expensive thing from each section)

 

[domelk]

I've been working on a gaming room, it has all hi-tec gaming things, I just want a high end pc, that will not go out of date for a while.

Also just to show off 7.5 grand is expensive though, may be worth looking into further. How ever the Intel® Xeon® 8-Core looks rather promising and I would love to give that a try! and 64 GB ram? that's just insane... 4 GB Dual 690's is amazing!

 

[Rakk]

How ever the Intel® Xeon® 8-Core looks rather promising and I would love to give that a try!

And entirely unnecessary for a gaming PC where the GPU does most of the work

and 64 GB ram? that's just insane...

Insane is the correct word and totally pointless if its for gaming, 16GB would be overkill, let alone 64

Basically if you want an awesome gaming machine that will last many years, I'm sure various people can come up with specs for about 2k (7.5k on a gaming machine really is just a waste)

 

[domelk]

Let me create a new spec, then post it, then tell me if it's still good enough for gaming.

EDIT:

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 912 PLUS MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770K (3.5GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® MAXIMUS V GENE: M-ATX, INTEL Z77 ROG MOTHERBOARD
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 2133MHz X.M.P(4 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
2TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE
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 (£114)
Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO II A.L.C ADVANCED LIQUID 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
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Surge Protection
6 Socket Compact 2M UFO Surge Protector (£9)
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,259.00 including VAT and delivery.

 

[Dolleeh]

7.5k on a gaming machine really is just a waste

Unless you're made of money, then it would be awesome!

 

[MadMan]

I agree with rakk. You selected a 3d kit but you need a 3d tv. The below spec is still expensive and overkill but thats the most you should spend on a gaming pc.



Case
COOLERMASTER COSMOS 2 ULTRA TOWER
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770K (3.5GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V: PCI-E 3.0 READY, WIFI, SLI, 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
2nd Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 680 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
3rd Hard Disk
3TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD30EZRX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
12x BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£79)
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1050W PRO SERIES™ HX1050-80 PLUS® SILVER MODULAR (£158)
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)
Fan Controller
NZXT Sentry 2 Fan Controller with upto 5 Fitted Case Fans
Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D Fatal1ty Champion (£179)
Network Facilities
2 x 200Mbps HomePlug AV - Create a Wired Network Using Electric Sockets! (£38)
USB Options
USB INFRARED ADAPTER (£14)
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NORTON 360 SUITE - 1 Year Licence for upto 3 PCs (£39)
Monitor
IIYAMA G2773HS 27" PRO GAMER, 120Hz LED PANEL, 1MS RESPONSE (£299)
2nd Monitor
IIYAMA E2773HDS 27" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D HD1920x1080 (£239)
DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables
2 x 2 METRE GOLD PLATED V1.4 HDMI CABLE (£15)
Eyefinity / GeForce 3D Vision
NVIDIA GEFORCE 3D VISION 2 WIRELESS STEREOSCOPIC KIT (£119)
Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® G19 GAMING KEYBOARD WITH GAMEPANEL™ LCD (£125)
Mouse
Razer® Mamba 2012 Elite Wireless Gaming Mouse (£109)
Speakers
CORSAIR GAMING AUDIO SERIES™ SP2500 2.1 PC SPEAKERS (£182)
Webcam
Logitech® HD Webcam C920 - 1080p recording & 720p video calling (£85)
Surge Protection
6 Socket Compact 2M UFO Surge Protector + Auto Power Off Function (£19)
Cable Tidy
3 x JML 1.5M Zip Cable Tidy - Professional Cable Management (£10)
External Hard Drive
WD 2TB My Book Essential USB 3.0 External HDD WDBACW0020HBK(£109)
Warranty
3 Year Platinum Warranty (3 Year Collect & Return, 3 Year Parts, 3 Year labour) (£135)
Data Recovery
2 x Hard Drive Data Recovery Service - Protect 2 Hard Drives Against Failure (£55)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Charity Calendar
PC Specialist naked Charity Calendar in aid of ForgetMeNotChild.co.uk (£4)
Quantity
1

Price: £4,358.00 including VAT and delivery.

 

[domelk]

But the xeon, 64gb ram, and those 690 4GB graphic cards, that's some serious power

 

[Dolleeh]

Which you'll probably get nowhere near utilising...

 

[domelk]

Which you'll probably get nowhere near utilising...

OK, I've took all of this into consideration, and re-made my spec. I made a new thread for it, as when I try to post it, it automaticly deletes it for some odd reason. As long as I can play BF3 with no lag, then my life is complete.

 

[Rakk]

OK, I've took all of this into consideration, and re-made my spec. I made a new thread for it, as when I try to post it, it automaticly deletes it for some odd reason. .

It didn't delete it, they just got put into the moderation queue - when this happens you just need to be patient and wait for a moderator to validate it - I've validated the one in thsi thread and deleted the new thread to keep it tidier

 

[Rakk]

Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 2133MHz X.M.P(4 x 4GB KIT)

If overclocking maybe go for the 1600 or 1866MHZ RAM, it will be more stable than the 2133, if not overclocking either the 1333MHz or 16000MHz (though you wont notice much difference between the two)

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
2TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE

I'd suggest going for the Caviar Black at least, it'll be faster booting and loading than the bog-standard Sata III drive.
SSD's are a very nice addition as well, if you want it faster

Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W PRO SERIES™ HX750-80 PLUS® SILVER MODULAR (£114)

Will you be SLI'ing later? If so you may want to increase the PSU to cope with it later

Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

Go for the silver at least, its only a fiver and changes the collect and return from a month to a year, well worth it even if only for peace of mind.

 

[domelk]

If overclocking maybe go for the 1600 or 1866MHZ RAM, it will be more stable than the 2133, if not overclocking either the 1333MHz or 16000MHz (though you wont notice much difference between the two)


I'd suggest going for the Caviar Black at least, it'll be faster booting and loading than the bog-standard Sata III drive.
SSD's are a very nice addition as well, if you want it faster


Will you be SLI'ing later? If so you may want to increase the PSU to cope with it later


Go for the silver at least, its only a fiver and changes the collect and return from a month to a year, well worth it even if only for peace of mind.

I won't be over-clocking this pc.

is the current RAM, that i've selected still OK? I want 16GB RAM. what RAM would be the most reliable and best?

And the Harddrive, is the 2T WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB CACHE 7200RPM. a better choice to go for?

and No, I won't be SLI'ing. I'll keep that PSU.

and the waranty, I did what you said.

 

[tom_gr7]

I'd go for this mate, a few thing a tad on the high end side, (mobo for example - could drop a notch)

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF-X FULL TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770K (3.5GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® SABERTOOTH Z77: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, THERMAL ARMOR
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
120GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K 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
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W PRO SERIES™ HX750-80 PLUS® SILVER MODULAR (£114)
Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO II A.L.C ADVANCED LIQUID 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 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence
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: £1,742.00 including VAT and delivery.

Configure Here: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/intel-ivy-bridge-pc/

 

[domelk]

I'd go for this mate, a few thing a tad on the high end side, (mobo for example - could drop a notch)

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF-X FULL TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770K (3.5GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® SABERTOOTH Z77: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, THERMAL ARMOR
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
120GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K 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
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W PRO SERIES™ HX750-80 PLUS® SILVER MODULAR (£114)
Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO II A.L.C ADVANCED LIQUID 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 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence
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: £1,742.00 including VAT and delivery.

Configure Here: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/intel-ivy-bridge-pc/

I've decided not to go over 1.3k now...I'll go with the last specs I got up, I' m just waiting for Rakk to respond

thanks for the suggestion

 

[Dolleeh]

From 7.5k to 1.3k?! Someone lost their job?

 

[domelk]

From 7.5k to 1.3k?! Someone lost their job?

My mother found out that i was spending 7.5k on a pc..

she went mental.. But what ever, a 1.3k pc is still good enough..

In 3 years time, I'll upgrade maybe 2 years.

 

[Rakk]

is the current RAM, that i've selected still OK? I want 16GB RAM. what RAM would be the most reliable and best?

Well the 1333MHz is likely to be the most stable followed by the 1600Mhz so I'd go for one of them, if not overclocking the 2133MHz will give you no benefit over the 1333Mhz anyways

I' m just waiting for Rakk to respond

That's just scary And not always sensible, after all Thursday night is a good night on the SyFy channel so can lead to very delayed responses
Also, it is always good to get a second or third opinion and I'm sure various forums members can give you a very balanced spec for your budget

My mother found out that i was spending 7.5k on a pc..
she went mental..

Quite rightly

 

[domelk]

Well the 1333MHz is likely to be the most stable followed by the 1600Mhz so I'd go for one of them, if not overclocking the 2133MHz will give you no benefit over the 1333Mhz anyways


That's just scary And not always sensible, after all Thursday night is a good night on the SyFy channel so can lead to very delayed responses
Also, it is always good to get a second or third opinion


Quite rightly

Haha, I don't mind waiting for responses,

I've changed the RAM and Hard drive, are they all good now?

Hardrive = 2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB CACHE 7200RPM.

Ram = 16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)

 

[mantadog]

Anyone who even considers spending £7.5k on a PC needs their head looking at... Apart from benchmarking software, where you might see a few extra points, you wont really notice enough to justify that kind of money. EVER

For a 1.3K budget you could get this.

Case
COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770 (3.4GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V: PCI-E 3.0 READY, WIFI, SLI, CROSSFIREX
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st 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
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)
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 w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
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: £1,277.00 including VAT and delivery.

Configure Here: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/intel-ivy-bridge-pc/

That spec will max out anything you throw at it, possibly add a 750W psu that way you can add a 2nd GPU and still have a bit of wiggle room.