New PC Specs

[Porthos]

Owing to the fact my TV has just died (and I need to buy a new one after I have buried it and my pension cheque arrives)I have had to make a few compromises on my gaming rig . The result is as follows, Opinions Please.
Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE (£82)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-760 Quad Core (2.80GHz, 8MB Cache)
Motherboard
ASUS® P7H55D-M EVO: MICRO ATX, USB 3.0 & SATA 3.0GB/s
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5770 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
2nd Graphics Card
NONE
3rd Graphics Card
NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
4x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ROM (£40)
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)
Power Supply & Case Cooling
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£25)
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EXTREME DIRECT TOUCH COPPER CPU COOLER (£39)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Floppy Disk Drive
NONE
Firewire & Video Editing
NONE
TV Card
NONE
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor
IIYAMA E2472HD 24" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D FULL HD 1920x1080 (£179)
2nd Monitor
NONE
DVI Cable
NONE
GeForce 3D Vision
NONE
Keyboard & Mouse
Logitech® Cordless Desktop Wave™ Laser Mouse & Keyboard Combo (£45)
Mouse
NONE
Speakers
NONE
Webcam
NONE
Headsets (VOIP)
NONE
Surge Protection
NONE
Printer
NONE
External Hard Drive
NONE
Home Installation
NONE
Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, Lifetime Tech Support) (£69)
Data Recovery
NONE
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days

 

[steveuk87]

still a very nice build!!! grats

Steve

 

[PCS]

Great spec, but do you need 2 Optical drives? Unless your going to be copying directly from disc to disc the Blu-ray drive will be the only drive you need, as it also reads CD's and DVD's.

 

[Porthos]

Point taken on the blue ray drive I am still not satisfied completly . I would have prefered the 1024MB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX465. If finaces allow I will try to work around that, not happy with the micro atx board either. the ram I am not worried about as that can be easily upgraded later, I want to get the basics,ie Case, Mobo ,GPU Card ,cooler and psu right, as I dont want to have to replace these expensive items any time soon. Incidently, you have some nice prices for TVs on your sister site

 

[Sleinous]

Yes psu and mobo are the biggies for me, iggest pain to upgrade lol. 2x 460 2gbs? Possibly downsize case and up mobo to sli?