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[mart22]

For days I've been messing around with the configurator. The main decision I had to make was the CPU. Despite the negative reviews I've opted for AMD's Bulldozer. Other decisions I took were ditching the wireless card, i'll go wired or home plugs, going with Windows 7 and opting for a performance graphics card. The PCS forum and its contributors have been truly helpful in reaching these decisions. Thanks all!

Case COOLERMASTER ELITE 310 BLUE CASE
Processor (CPU) AMD BULLDOZER EIGHT CORE FX-8150 (3.60GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3)
Motherboard ASUS® M5A97: AM3+ PLATFORM, DUAL DDR3, SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0
Memory (RAM) 16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card 1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6870 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
2nd Graphics Card NONE
3rd Graphics Card NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 120GB INTEL® 320 SERIES SSD, SATA 3 Gb/s (upto 270MB/sR | 130MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk 2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
3rd Hard Disk NONE
4th Hard Disk NONE
RAID NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 10x LG BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£65)
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 600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)
Processor Cooling TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)
Fan Controller NONE
Sound Card Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Xtreme Audio (£32)
Network Facilities 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options 2 PORT USB 3.0 INTERNAL PCI EXPRESS CARD
Modem NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Floppy Disk Drive NONE
Firewire & Video Editing 3 Port IEEE 1394a Firewire PCI Card (£9)
TV Card PCTV SYSTEMS DUAL TUNER TV CARD & WINDOWS MEDIA CENTRE REMOTE
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£109)
Office Software FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor NONE
2nd Monitor NONE
3rd Monitor NONE
4th Monitor NONE
DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables NONE
Eyefinity / GeForce 3D Vision NONE
Keyboard & Mouse NONE
Mouse NONE
Speakers NONE
Webcam NONE
Headsets (VOIP) NONE
Surge Protection NONE
Cable Tidy NONE
Printer NONE
External Hard Drive NONE
Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Home Installation NONE
Data Recovery NONE
Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Charity Calendar NONE

 

[tom_gr7]

what's the pc for mate?

There's a few suggestions I would like to suggest depending on your uses.
1.Do you really need 16gb ram? I have 8 gig and its plenty for my uses, (gaming, uni work) Ofcourse if you do alot of ram intensive tasks it would be beneficial.
2. I'd go for a 650w corsair, they are very reliable and and energy efficient, exactly what you want in a power supply.
3. Personally i'd go for a bigger case if you feel you need the titan cpu cooler. The titan is a excellent air cooler, (one of the best) but it is rather large, So i'd suggest you look at a bigger mid tower case such as the cm690 II, maybe also depending on your uses lower the cpu cooler to the triple copper cooler, (if its available)

 

[mart22]

what's the pc for mate?

There's a few suggestions I would like to suggest depending on your uses.
1.Do you really need 16gb ram? I have 8 gig and its plenty for my uses, (gaming, uni work) Ofcourse if you do alot of ram intensive tasks it would be beneficial.
2. I'd go for a 650w corsair, they are very reliable and and energy efficient, exactly what you want in a power supply.
3. Personally i'd go for a bigger case if you feel you need the titan cpu cooler. The titan is a excellent air cooler, (one of the best) but it is rather large, So i'd suggest you look at a bigger mid tower case such as the cm690 II, maybe also depending on your uses lower the cpu cooler to the triple copper cooler, (if its available)

Thanks for the advice.
This PC will be used for: streaming movies, playing blurays, photo editing, video editing, social media, working from home, TV, music & playing music, DTP, maybe light gaming. There will be lots of stuff open at the same time. I jump back and forth a lot, messy working habits...I can't help it.

I prefer the smaller case. The PC will be in my living room and I'd prefer not to have a huge case. I thought I'd go for titan cooler because I'll have the pc on and in use for hours at a time. The cooling has to quiet too. Hopefully the titan is meeting these requirements. What problems do you reckon I might have housing this stuff in a smaller case?

I took the 600W power supply at the configurators suggestion. Do you think it's not enough?

Cheers.

 

[tom_gr7]

Thanks for the advice.
This PC will be used for: streaming movies, playing blurays, photo editing, video editing, social media, working from home, TV, music & playing music, DTP, maybe light gaming. There will be lots of stuff open at the same time. I jump back and forth a lot, messy working habits...I can't help it.

In that case I'd stick with the 16gb ram.

I prefer the smaller case. The PC will be in my living room and I'd prefer not to have a huge case. I thought I'd go for titan cooler because I'll have the pc on and in use for hours at a time. The cooling has to quiet too. Hopefully the titan is meeting these requirements. What problems do you reckon I might have housing this stuff in a smaller case?

The titan is a very good cooler, may be worth sticking with it due to your uses. But the amd triple copper cooler will still give you good enough cooling at a good price. What I would do though if get a few quiet 120mm fans, just to make sure your getting plenty of airflow to the components and cpu cooler.

I took the 600W power supply at the configurators suggestion. Do you think it's not enough?

The corsair psu's are reliable and energy efficient. if ya pc is on alot would be a good investment.

 

[mart22]

If I change the case to the Coolermaster Sileo Super Quiet and power supply to Corsair 650W will that do it?

 

[tom_gr7]

yeah go for the 650w corsair.

The coolermaster sileo super quiet case is gonna be really quiet but not very good for cooling (in my opinion) If I was to buy a case I'd look for the the t900 and upwards. If you go for the t900 drop the cpu cooler to the triple copper cooler as the titan is huge and may result in the side fan being removed. the triple copper is still going to give you good enough cooling.

 

[mart22]

I've looked at a few case reviews of those available from PCS. To be honest i had no idea how much a good case matters!
I've upgraded the case to Corsair's Carbide 400R, had to drop the memory card reader but that's not a big deal. Changed the power supply to the Corsair 650W too.
Much appreciated Tom

 

[tom_gr7]

I've upgraded the case to Corsair's Carbide 400R, had to drop the memory card reader but that's not a big deal. Changed the power supply to the Corsair 650W too.
Much appreciated Tom

good choice of case.

Corsair cases are great for builders, offers very good cooling and cable management.