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praer

Member
I know PSU is over kill but thats there for when I can afford to SLI
anyting I missed?

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF-X FULL TOWER GAMING CASE
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz @ max 4.80GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® SABERTOOTH P67 (NEW REV 3.0): USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, THERMAL ARMOR!
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
1.5GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1.5TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1502FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
10x LG BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£69)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W PRO SERIES (HX1000) 80+ MODULAR PSU (£168)
Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£49)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC COOLING MX-3 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
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 V10 - 1 Year, 1 User + 5GB Online Backup (£19)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
 
Teaz

Teaz

Godlike
Currently, no. the spec looks good. Im guessing that the spec is aimed for just gaming with general use? I just don't really see much beneficial overclocking the pc just for gaming? The pc alone without overclock will certainly serve you well without the overclock, but if wished to be kept then there isn't much harm apart from the drain in the cpu's lifespan which im sure you're aware of?

Other than that, if you don't plan to write on blu ray then i would go for the normal blu ray rom drive as it has everything apart from writing on discs so that could save yourself since writing on blu ray don't come cheap.

You could split the hdd drive to get a nicer balance to the spec. go for a 500/750gb cavair black drive for your progs or softwares etc while the rest like your media and files on a second 1TB drive which is used as storage :)
 
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TrustMeItsWorthIt

Gold Level Poster
Everything Teaz said, you wont need OC'd machine for gaming so scrape all that, you'll want the £19 wireless card if your going to be SLIing it at a later date make sure you get the £19 not the £16 version (different connection to motherboard, better for SLI)
If you decide your not OCing then you wont need the sabertooth MoBo go for the P8Z68 Pro, much better, you wont need the 1600Mhz ram go for 1300Mhz, you wont need A.L.C, go for the £19 or Fenrir. If your just gaming drop to the i5 you wont need hyperthreading, you can still OC the standard i5 if you want just not as much as the "k" version, so you really wont notice much difference (imho) tbh

Hope this helped
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
remove the anti-virus and get AVG Free and Malwarebytes Anti Malware, much better protection and its free
 
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praer

Member
Thx for the comments.

I am hoping to do some photo and video editing work on this also at some point and will be working with HD video and Raw files for the phptography, and chances are before the cpu POP's I'll be ready to upgrade again. I hear I should get a good 5-8 years out of an OC'd processor (fingers Crossed).
 
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TrustMeItsWorthIt

Gold Level Poster
True, its apparently down to the voltages and heat within your machine so as long as you've got a decent case and fans/cooling OCing shouldn't effect your rigs life-span, especially if your not going to be pushing it 24/7
 
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