My New PC that i'll be purchasing soon :)

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Ady72

Active member
Hi :)

This is my 1st post on forum and what better way than to show what i'm hoping to purchase :)

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF-X FULL TOWER GAMING CASE
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Six Core i7-3930K (3.2GHz @ max 4.6GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® RAMPAGE IV EXTREME: INTEL X79, SOCKET 2011, R.O.G
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS QUAD-DDR3 1866MHz X.M.P(4 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 590 - 2 DVI,mHDMI, (PRE-ORDER)
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
600GB VELOCIRAPTOR WD6000HLHX, SATA 6-Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (10,000rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
12x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£46)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1050W PRO SERIES™ HX1050-80 PLUS® SILVER MODULAR (£159)
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Fan Controller
NZXT Sentry 2 Fan Controller with upto 5 Fitted Case Fans
Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Titanium - Fatal1ty Champion (£142)
Network Facilities
Bigfoot Killer 2100 PCI-E Gigabit LAN Card - Max Gaming (£59)
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£146)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Cable Tidy
3 x JML 1.5M Zip Cable Tidy - Professional Cable Management (£10)
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: £2,904.00 including VAT and delivery.

Also i'll be getting the Cyborg R.A.T 9 Gaming Mouse, Cyborg V.7 Keyboard, Cyborg Slide Mousemat and a BenQ XL2420T Monitor.
 
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Rakk

Rakk

The Awesome
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Just out of curiosity what are you going to be using the PC for?

16GB is of RAM is generally overkill unless unless you're going to be doing high RAM usage rendering or similar.

Do you need both a Blu-Ray/DVD drive and another DVD drive, unless you're going to be writing an awful lot of DVD's I would've thought one would suffice.

Is the Velociraptor required as the second hard drive? You may find that a Caviar Blak or one of the Seagate Barracudas is still fast enough for the second drive.

Warranty, get the silver, its only a fiver and extends the return and collect bit of the warranty to a year rather than teh default of a month.
 
keynes

keynes

Multiverse Poster
Considering the amount of money spent on the pc and your choice of overclocking/GPU I would go for gold or platinum warranty, I am just pretty risk-averse when it comes to computer stuff.
 
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Ady72

Active member
Rakk said:
Just out of curiosity what are you going to be using the PC for?

16GB is of RAM is generally overkill unless unless you're going to be doing high RAM usage rendering or similar.

Do you need both a Blu-Ray/DVD drive and another DVD drive, unless you're going to be writing an awful lot of DVD's I would've thought one would suffice.

Is the Velociraptor required as the second hard drive? You may find that a Caviar Blak or one of the Seagate Barracudas is still fast enough for the second drive.

Warranty, get the silver, its only a fiver and extends the return and collect bit of the warranty to a year rather than teh default of a month.
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Hi! Ty for reply. I've specced PC like this for "Future Proofing". Yes i know 16GB of Ram may seem overkill but prefer to have a top grade PC without having to spend more on it for a good few years ...until more intense games which is what i'll be using it for, currently World of Warcraft but when Diablo 3 comes out will be for that.

Playing it safe is always a good option so with the added DVD Writer it's a "backup" incase of a failure. Rather have something while other is repaired/replaced. Already have a PS3 for blu-Ray should i need it.

The SSD is a 1st for me and i love the quickness, load times and everything about them. Mainly use it for my OS and the 2 games as stated. Will use the Velociraptor for other games, films and everything else as required.

I didnt think of the warranty issue which i should have so thankyou for the heads up. I'll probably go for the 3Year GOLD Warranty, but seeing as i like "Top-Of-The_range" and best, probably the Platinum.

Ty again :)
 
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Ady72

Active member
Hi Rubensolo!

Ty for reply. As stated in my reply above i'll no doubt gt the best available. :)
 
keynes

keynes

Multiverse Poster
I think the Platinum warranty is pretty good value for money (compare to other retailers). I had a minor issue with my pc, it was collected the following day and returned in less than a week!! pretty good technical support.
 
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Ady72

Active member
Yup. I've heard good feedback from people and on Youtube which i've seen regarding PCSpecialist. Cant think how i came to know about them but i'm glad i have.
 
TJWhonley

TJWhonley

Enthusiast
cant really fault anything mentioned. looks like you will have no problems whatsoever with it and should run like a dream.
 
MadMan

MadMan

Super Star
You don't really need an overclocked cpu for gaming. Consider the spec below. I've added homeplugs as there very good and 2 7970's which are epic and the 3 year platinum warranty.

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF-X FULL TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7-2700k Quad Core (3.50GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3: PCI-E 3.0 READY, SLI, CROSSFIREX***SPECIAL***
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
3GB AMD RADEON™ HD7970 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
2nd Graphics Card
3GB AMD RADEON™ HD7970 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
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)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
12x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£46)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1050W PRO SERIES™ HX1050-80 PLUS® SILVER MODULAR (£159)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)
Fan Controller
NZXT Sentry 2 Fan Controller with upto 5 Fitted Case Fans
Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Titanium - Fatal1ty Champion (£142)
Network Facilities
2 x 200Mbps HomePlug AV - Create a Wired Network Using Electric Sockets! (£38)
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£146)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Cable Tidy
3 x JML 1.5M Zip Cable Tidy - Professional Cable Management (£10)
Warranty
3 Year Platinum Warranty (3 Year Collect & Return, 3 Year Parts, 3 Year labour) (£135)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £2,809.00 including VAT and delivery.

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

Noodles

Active member
Nice machine mate I have ordered something similar , should be entering building middle of next week can't wait!!! I have done some research on the various bits and pieces that make up the machine there is a good video on youtube that shows the various features of the motherboard you and I have chosen. The video is about an hour long but the board is packed with features which might interest you. Here is a link which hopefully will take you there http://youtu.be/MaCjyAAuYKc, if not just stick the name of the mothereboard in the search engine.
 
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Ady72

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Hi Madman! ty for your reply.

Been thinking and read that overclocking reduces the life of components...whether thats true or not. So i'll revert back to the i7- 3930k. I've always had Nvidia Graphics Cards. 7900Gt, 9600Gt and now the 590 3GB. So with the monitor i'll be getting i can use the 3D capabilities too.

I'll be getting the Bigfoot Killer Gaming Network Card and when BT Infinity comes to the area in June i'll be getting the 100Mb option.

I dont really have any intense or space hogging stuff to warrant a big hard drive (apart from films), though with the case and components i can add more drives in the future.

Ty for your reply and feedback. All ideas are welcomed :)
 
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Ady72

Active member
Hi Noodles!
The Rampage MoBo is really nice. Kid in a candy store comes to mind with all what it can do. Probably wont use half the utilities but i like it :) Maybe you should do a "Unboxing" of your machine and post it on forum here. I love unboxing videos lol. All this talking about it makes me want it like 3 weeks ago lol.
 
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