Need urgent advice on build please :)

Mr.RKH

Bronze Level Poster
Hello, please read the info below.

I'm looking to spend around £1500, but my total is around £1600. Can you check the spec below and advise me a more cost-efficient one, for example if you see a spec which has no use, then please tell me to which one I should downgrade them.

I will use the computer for heavy gaming whilst recording, 3-d animation software, creating video, watching movies (downloaded ones, not necessarily blu ray, but I kept that in case games come out in blu ray.

I chose the motherboard to be SLI, because I might add another radeon 7970 in the future, and that is also why I used 850W of power supply.
I chose two hard drives, the SSD is for the main OS and softwares that will stay on my computer for long times (video editing etc), the HDD is more for large storage such as games and movies.
I chose a high sound card, but I'm not sure if I will need it. I chose it because I'm also buying 30W speakers (see the make below), but if you think those speakers can run at the same quality as the normal sound card, then please tell me whether I should downgrade the sound card.

The monitor is fine like it is, and since I have seperate speakers, the DVI cable will suffice.
The 'network facility' is fine as it is because it will definitely be via wireless, and dual-band is much better.
I chose no operating system because I will move the current retail version of it to the new computer.
Also, I have read many complaints on the web about this website, and how the components always malfunction and then the customer support is really weak, and most of them ended up going to court to win the full refund because their computer didn't work.
I really don't want to get in all that hassle, can anyone reassure me of the quality and reliability of this company?

Lastly, can I pay via paypal, or should I do via credit card (eventhough I have none, but most of the complainers said to use credit card)

Thank you so much for your time, I really appreciate it.

Case
InWIN BLACK DRAGON RIDER GAMING 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)
8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)

Graphics Card
3GB AMD RADEON™ HD7970 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)

2nd 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 (£46)

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX850 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£99)

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

Sound Card
Asus Xonar DG 5.1 SoundCard & Headphone AMP (Award Winner) (£20)

Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & DUAL-BAND WIRELESS 802.11N 450Mbps PCI-E CARD (£35)

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

Monitor
IIYAMA E2473HDS 24" LED WIDESCREEN, 2 HDMI/DVI-D 1920x1080 (£159)

Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® K200 USB MEDIA KEYBOARD (£10)

Speakers
LOGITECH Z323 2.1 SPEAKERS - 30W RMS with 360 Degree Sound (£44)

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Delivery
PCS EXTRA-CARE DIAMOND DELIVERY - MON-FRI, PRE-NOON (£9)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days

£1606 inc VAT and Delivery.
 

keynes

Multiverse Poster
Have you consider the GTX 670?
I purchased a soundcard (asus xonar dx) and with my 2.1 speakers I could not notice a difference between the onboard and the soundcard sound. You can using credit card but there is a surcharge for that (3%?) I pay using credit card and debit card, never experienced a problem with my payment and I'd definitely recommend PCS.
 

marvir

Enthusiast
Case
InWIN BLACK DRAGON RIDER GAMING 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)
8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready I chose this card instead, performance is pretty similar, cheaper, and if you do decide to get SLI I've heard that it's more stable than Crossfire, but that's just what I heard
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
2nd 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 (£46)
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 (£159) Got you this PSU if you do decide to SLI in the future, great for future-proofing too, but if you don't SLI what you selected is good
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD) Don't need a soundcard, won't make a difference unless you have hifi sound system
Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & DUAL-BAND WIRELESS 802.11N 450Mbps PCI-E CARD (£35)
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
Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® K200 USB MEDIA KEYBOARD (£10)
Speakers
LOGITECH Z323 2.1 SPEAKERS - 30W RMS with 360 Degree Sound (£44)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
PCS EXTRA-CARE DIAMOND DELIVERY - MON-FRI, PRE-NOON (£9)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,396.00 including VAT and delivery.

I also removed your monitor if you really want to get it as close to £1500 as you can, and can suggest getting one elsewhere like this one from Amazon for £123.55.

All in all the build + monitor from Amazon comes to £1519.55
 
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