My new beast has arrived !! ( Review & pics )

Chernobyl

Chernobyl

Member
I have received my new pc today and its running smoothly .. I had no problem ..

its a beast !!

Specs:

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF-X FULL TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V PRO: USB 3.0, SATA 6GB/s, NVIDIA®SLI™, ATI®CrossFireX™
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
12x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£45)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1050W PRO SERIES™ HX1050-80 PLUS® SILVER MODULAR (£162)
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI-E CARD (£19)
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)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Monitor
ASUS VG236HE 23" 120Hz 3D LCD, HDMI/DVI-D HD, 1920x1080 (£235)
DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables
1 x 2 METRE GOLD PLATED V1.4 HDMI CABLE (£8)
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
FAST TRACK 3 WORKING DAY DISPATCH (£59)
Quantity
1

Price: £1,746.00 including VAT and delivery.

Production Dates

Processed Date 02-09-2011

Build Date 05-09-2011

Test Date 07-09-2011

QC Date 07-09-2011

Awaiting Dispatch Date 08-09-2011

Dispatch Date 08-09-2011

Who Worked on This Order?

Built By Sanjit Ghosh

Tested By Zbear Ramzan

QC'd By Adnaan Marban

Packed By Anthony Cunliffe

Special thanks to these guys :^ ..

Pics time : :D


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Experience with Yodel :

I've heard a lot of negative things about Yodel and I was really worried yesterday ..

But everthing was perfect .. delivered 9 am in the morning .. not a single scratch on the packaging and Haf X ..

Thanks to PCS for being fast and reliable ..

Would use them again ..

Cherno`
 
Fear

Fear

Prolific Poster
Excellent choice of case there ;)

+Rep for pics and have fun with that new beast.
 
mpv

mpv

Bronze Level Poster
Great rig and very nice looking monitor .. might have to check one of those out myself. +rep for awesomeness and pics :)
 
Chernobyl

Chernobyl

Member
Thanks guys .. Sorry for my late reply ( been busy playing games :p )

Anyways i have a question ..

Im planning to get another geforce gtx 580 but im just wondering if 2 geforce gtx 580 better than a single geforce gtx 590 ?
 
Usukane

Usukane

Gold Level Poster
Pretty sure 2x 580 in sli are better performance-wise than a single 590. The same as 2x 6970 benchmark slightly above a single 6990. That was the jist of the reviews I read before picking the 6990 as my GPU, as I was planning to add a 2nd down the line, otherwise i'd have gone for the sli 580s.

The single 3GB GTX 580 isn't impressive enough for you on it's own? xD

But, from what I read it seems to go;
590 beats a 580
2x 580 beat a 590
2x 590 beat 2x 580
and then there was mixed speculation with 3x 580 vs 2x 590 - the 3x 580 apparently are more power efficient etc but the 2x 590 performed better.
 
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MeveM

MeveM

Bright Spark
Nice pc! Is it just me or does that monitor look like a mirror though? Or is it different when you're sat infront of it?
 
J

jastow

Bronze Level Poster
Nice Build :) I noticed yours came with packing inside the tower, were as mine did'nt ....but glad you got it .
 
Frenchy

Frenchy

Prolific Poster
Nice rig +rep

Great choice of case, obviously the only proper choice.

Anyway in reply to question about 590, yes 2 x 580 in sli are more powerful than a single 590. Theres actually quite a bit of difference. The reason is that even though the 590 is essentially 2 580's in sli on a single board, the 580's arent clocked as high which means they are individually slower than a normal 580.

2 580's are amazing :) trust me lol
 
Chernobyl

Chernobyl

Member
johake said:
Nice pc! Is it just me or does that monitor look like a mirror though? Or is it different when you're sat infront of it?
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Yes it does look like a mirror johake but ofc its different when you sit right in front of it playing game ;)


Frenchy said:
Nice rig +rep

Great choice of case, obviously the only proper choice.

Anyway in reply to question about 590, yes 2 x 580 in sli are more powerful than a single 590. Theres actually quite a bit of difference. The reason is that even though the 590 is essentially 2 580's in sli on a single board, the 580's arent clocked as high which means they are individually slower than a normal 580.

2 580's are amazing :) trust me lol
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Thats good to hear .. is the installation complicated ? .. i mean i've watched a lot of videos about installation but do i need to know about anything else ? .. which im sure my rig can support 2 3gb gtx 580 ..
 
BirKy

BirKy

Silver Level Poster
nah you just stick it in the other slot (your motherboard is defo able to do SLI) and use an SLI bridge to link them, then its just a case of turning on SLI in your graphics options on the control panel.
 
Azirius

Azirius

Bronze Level Poster
Wow! It's really that simple? I thought there would be a plethora of annoying, fiddly bits to do! Thank God! Once I've fully paid for my Rig, I may opt for SLI to have a triple monitor set up >:D
 
C

CybrHwk

Active member
Did you get all the extra modular power cables and all the CD's and other cables for the motherboard etc?
 
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