New PC Ordered - Opinions if you please.. :0)

jaysnet

Active member
First order, first Forum post! Looks like I've landed in a good place, if a lot of the reviews are to go by! :yes:

Ordered the following. I'm not a massive gamer, but would like it to cope well with most I can throw at it.


Case COOLERMASTER CM STORM ENFORCER - GAMING ENTHUSIAST CASE

Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3470 (3.2GHz) 6MB Cache

Motherboard ASUS® P8Z77-V LK: PCI-E 3.0 READY, SLI, CROSSFIREX

Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 X 4GB)

Graphics Card 2GB AMD RADEON™ HD7870 - 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 1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

3rd Hard Disk 1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

SSD CACHE DRIVE NONE

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

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

Power Supply 450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan

Processor Cooling Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)

Extra Case Fans 2 x 12CM Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof) (£9)

Fan Controller NONE

Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs

USB Options 4 PORT USB 2.0 INTERNAL PCI CARD + STANDARD USB PORTS


Please let me know if this will do the trick. I've added the hard drives as I have a lot of HD video to store, currently on external drives.

Thanks for any opinions! :cool:
 

vanthus

Member Resting in Peace
Looks good to me,you could save yourself £10 or so by selecting the P8Z77-V LX motherboard,and possibly put it towards upgrading the processor to the i5-3570.
 
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