Looking to buy a gaming desktop, advice needed.

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sparky88

Member
Hello
I am thinking of ordering a gaming desktop and would like your feedback on this.
Will use for gaming(online/offline)internet,bit of college work, no heavy photoshop/video editing work.
Games looking to be played: WoW(all expansions, left for dead 2,diablo 2+3, maybe call of duty: black ops....most of these games on high settings if possible.

total price: £1,138.00

here is my spec, Tell me what you think

Case
ANTEC NINE HUNDRED TWO - UK, The Ultimate Gaming Case, Evolved (blue lighting is sooo sexy)

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-950 (3.06GHz) 4.8GTs/8MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® P6X58D-E: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI

Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)

Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5870 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11, Eyefinity 3 Capable

2nd Graphics Card
NONE

3rd Graphics Card
NONE

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk
NONE

RAID
NONE

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 & Case Cooling
600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)

Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND

Floppy Disk Drive
NONE

Firewire & Video Editing
1 x IEEE 1394a FIREWIRE PORT ONBOARD

TV Card
NONE

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)

Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL

Monitor
NONE

2nd Monitor
NONE

DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables
NONE

Eyefinity / GeForce 3D Vision
NONE

Keyboard & Mouse
Logitech® Internet 350 USB Keyboard (£9)

Mouse
Black Logitech® Optical Wheel Mouse USB (£5)

Speakers
NONE

Webcam
NONE

Headsets (VOIP)
NONE

Surge Protection
NONE

Printer
NONE

External Hard Drive
NONE

Home Installation
NONE

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Data Recovery
NONE
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
FAST TRACK 5 WORKING DAY DISPATCH (£39)
 
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Phoenix

Phoenix

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It provides more bandwidth, if you're on socket 1336 you really should be running RAM in triple channel though.
 
Tom DWC

Tom DWC

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This puts it over budget even further but if you can stretch to it, definitely go for it.
 
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sparky88

Member
Question...if I wish to add a second ATI 5870 in the future, should I choose the bit more expensive motherboard that supports the crossfire option? I believe the current 3 way SLI that is in this spec is only NVIDIA? Cooling and psu could be changed later if I do go down this route...

Also it worth to match these two cards? I Hav never run a dual Graph card setup..thanks
 
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Sleinous

Sleinous

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no, this mobo supports both from what i remember. Youll need a TX850W psu minimum though. & yes u shouldnt be using dial memory on a tri channel board
 
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sparky88

Member
Right so I've put in the order:cool:
Finance was accepted online,sent the signed forms by mail Friday evening..online status says finance accepted...I opted for the 5 day fast track, think they would ship it out by Friday? Maybe receive on Monday? I want it nooooow: D
 
Phoenix

Phoenix

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sparky88 said:
Right so I've put in the order:cool:
Finance was accepted online,sent the signed forms by mail Friday evening..online status says finance accepted...I opted for the 5 day fast track, think they would ship it out by Friday? Maybe receive on Monday? I want it nooooow: D
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Hopefully ;)
 
PCS

PCS

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sparky88 said:
Right so I've put in the order:cool:
Finance was accepted online,sent the signed forms by mail Friday evening..online status says finance accepted...I opted for the 5 day fast track, think they would ship it out by Friday? Maybe receive on Monday? I want it nooooow: D
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The 5 day fast-track will commence once the finance company receive the signed documents from you. As soon as we begin processing your order we will send you an email to confirm this. :)
 
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Len

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Jealous, still waiting for my forms to come through post, too lazy to go to a lan cafe or library to print them..
 
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