Ordering Tomorrow!

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Mark O

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Hello all, after much deliberation and a lot of help from you guys in my "spec check" post, I've decided to go for this spec.
Although, in my previous post I said I was going to go with the phenom 970 cpu, a lot of people, here and other reviews that I've read, say that the i5-2500k is the better option. I'm aware of the SB "problem" and from reading posts, I don't intend on adding any thing to this PC after I've got it because it is more than enough for what I'll be using it for, so the problem won't affect me.


Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8P67: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX™ SUPPORT
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX560Ti - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - DirectX® 11, 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
640GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD6402AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
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
CORSAIR 650W TX SERIES (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£78)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI-E CARD (£19)
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
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Keyboard & Mouse
Logitech® Internet 350 USB Keyboard (£9)
Mouse
Logitech® MX™518 Optical Gaming Mouse (£28)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
FAST TRACK 5 WORKING DAY DISPATCH (£29)
Quantity
1

Price: £1,028.00 including VAT and delivery.

Thanks to all, for your patience in helping me choose my dream PC.
Hopefully (all going well) in just over a week, I'll have it and be posting pics.

Thanks again.

Mark :shaun:

P.S... love the new smilies! lol
 
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Mark O

Bronze Level Poster
Just an update, due to funds not clearing in my bank, I ordered last night around 9pm now I've just got home from work and I have 2 emails from PCS. 1st one was at 8:42am and said "Your order has now been built awaiting testing and configuration". 2nd one at 9:51am said "Now entered testing and configuration" and now its in Quality Control! :clap::clap::clap:

Production Dates
Processed Date 14-02-2011
Build Date 15-02-2011
Test Date 15-02-2011
QC Date 15-02-2011
Awaiting Dispatch Date 16-02-2011*
Dispatch Date 16-02-2011*

Who Worked on This Order?
Built By Adam Kirby
Tested By Garnet Heller
QC'd By Craig Whiteley*
Packed By Anthony Cunliffe*

That's amazing!!

Thanks Guys! :punk:
 
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Mark O

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Indeed it does lol. It's now been dispatched and sat in Leeds depot awaiting pick up. Should be here some time tomorrow! I can't wait :D
I shall get pics up as soon as I can :)
 
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Mark O

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It's like Xmas all over again!!

It's only been 4 days since I placed my order and now it's here. I heard some (very few) stories of it taking 4 weeks, in some cases longer, for some people to receive their PC's. My advice would be to work the £29 fast track into your budget. Even if there's a problem and it ends up taking longer than 5 days, you get the money refunded!!
From start to finish, it's been a real pleasure ordering from PCS. I have already advised a number of family and friends that if they are looking for a new PC at any budget, to come here.
I'm very impressed with my new PC, it runs like a dream and is very quiet too :)
My mum's dog was less impressed lol.

Thanks again and here are the pics. Sorry 1 of them is sidewards but I tried to rotate it but it didn't work :( Also, they're not great quality because they were taken on my phone :S

More pics of the inside coming soon...
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Mark O

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Thanks she's a 3 year old greyhound called Tess lol.

One question, I read somewhere that I may need to download drivers for the 560ti? Is that correct and if so, where do I download them from?

Thanks
 
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Pipsy uk

Member
You can get them from the Nvidia site also i think on the homepage of PCS theres a link for download drivers not sure how they work though :)
 
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Mark O

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More pics :D

It's been 9 days since it was delivered and I'm stunned by how good it is! Just in WoW alone, I rarely dip below 60fps with everything on ultra and with sun shafts on full. It's as if I'm playing a completely new game lol.
It's by far the best £983 I've ever spent :D

The pics don't do the machine justice. The cable management is superb!
I was surprised on how big the titan cooler was and its as quiet as a mouse.
For some reason I was expecting the 560ti to be bigger lol (not that size matters :winkiss:)

Thanks for the site Meds but, like you said, I didn't have to download the drivers as they were all up-to-date.

Thanks again to all involved from a completely satisfied customer!
:shuriken::shaun:
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