PC for gaming and Autodesk Revit

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jamsti

Member
Im in the process now of speccing the pc, and this is my final result.

(i have official windows 7 here, so dont need an OS)

i was opting for 12GB but i think its overkill, also i dont want to go much over £1400 if at all

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE (£97)

Overclocked CPU
OverClocked Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-950 (3.06GHz @ max 3.8GHz)

Motherboard
ASUS® P6X58D-E: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI

Memory (RAM)
6GB KINGSTON HYPER-X TRI-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (3 x 2GB KIT)

Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5850 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11

2nd Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5850 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11


Memory - 1st Hard Disk
60GB OCZ VERTEX 2 SATA II 2.5" SSD (upto 285MB/sR | 275MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk

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

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


Power Supply & Case Cooling
CORSAIR 850W PSU (TX850) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£99)

Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£59)

Thermal Paste
STANDARD OVERCLOCK THERMAL PASTE

Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Case COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE (£97)
Overclocked CPU OverClocked Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-950 (3.06GHz @ max 3.8GHz)
OC Settings CPU RATIO: 19
BCLK FREQ: 200
DRAM: 1603
UCLK: auto
CPU VOL: 1.3
QPI/DRAM: auto
DRAM BUS: 1.65
HYPER THREADING: enabled
SPEEDSTEP: disabled

NOTE: OverClock settings are configured by PC Specialist. They are here for your reference should you ever reset your BIOS.
Motherboard ASUS® P6X58D-E: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI
Memory (RAM) 6GB KINGSTON HYPER-X TRI-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (3 x 2GB KIT)
Graphics Card 1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5850 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
2nd Graphics Card 1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5850 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
3rd Graphics Card NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 60GB OCZ VERTEX 2 SATA II 2.5" SSD (upto 285MB/sR | 275MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk 1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
RAID NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE
Memory Card Reader NONE
Power Supply & Case Cooling CORSAIR 850W PSU (TX850) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£99)
Processor Cooling COOLIT ECO A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£59)
Thermal Paste STANDARD OVERCLOCK THERMAL PASTE
Sound Card ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) 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 NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor NONE
2nd Monitor NONE
DVI Cable NONE
GeForce 3D Vision NONE
Keyboard & Mouse NONE
Mouse NONE
Speakers NONE
Webcam NONE
Headsets (VOIP) NONE
Surge Protection Belkin 4 Socket 2M Surge Protector with £25,000 Protection! (Special Offer £6)
Printer NONE
External Hard Drive NONE
Home Installation NONE
Warranty 3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Data Recovery NONE
Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 12 working days
Price (excluding VAT) £1,176.17
Price £1,382.00
Order Quantity 1
Bulk discount £0.00
Total order price (Ex VAT) £1,176.17
Total order Price
£1,382.00
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Phoenix

Phoenix

Prolific Poster
Looks good, I suggest going for the silver warranty because at £5.00 is definitely worth it. If you wanted to save some money you could get the caviar green HDD instead of the black one(there's not a lot of difference between the two in terms of performance) and get the titan fenrir cooler as it’s better than the standard Eco one but will be a bit nosier. Also, consider getting the Artic Cooling Thermal paste for cooler temperatures.
 
J

jamsti

Member
hi and thanks for the reply, made a couple of changes following your comments

COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE (£97)
Overclocked CPU OverClocked Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-950 (3.06GHz @ max 3.8GHz)

Motherboard ASUS® P6X58D-E: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI

Memory (RAM) 6GB KINGSTON HYPER-X TRI-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (3 x 2GB KIT)

Graphics Card 1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5850 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11

2nd Graphics Card 1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5850 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11


Memory - 1st Hard Disk 60GB OCZ VERTEX 2 SATA II 2.5" SSD (upto 285MB/sR | 275MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk 1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE

3rd Hard Disk 1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE

RAID NONE

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

Power Supply & Case Cooling CORSAIR 850W PSU (TX850) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£99)

Processor Cooling TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)

Thermal Paste ARCTIC COOLING MX-3 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)

Sound Card ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) 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

Surge Protection Belkin 4 Socket 2M Surge Protector with £25,000 Protection! (Special Offer £6)

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 Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 12 working days

Price (excluding VAT) £1,190.64
Price £1,399.00
Order Quantity 1
Bulk discount £0.00
Total order price (Ex VAT) £1,190.64
Total order Price
£1,399.00
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J

jamsti

Member
i did look at an amd version with a 1090t (is around the same price spec, just had 8gb ram and the gamer mb)

is i7 the way to go?
 
J

jamsti

Member
Case ANTEC NINE HUNDRED TWO - UK, The Ultimate Gaming Case, Evolved

Overclocked CPU OVERCLOCKED AMD PHENOM II X6 1090T (3.20GHz @ MAX 3.80GHz)

Motherboard ASUS® CROSSHAIR IV FORMULA: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0Gb/s, R.O GAMERS

Memory (RAM) 8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (4 x 2GB KIT)

Graphics Card 1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5850 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11

2nd Graphics Card 1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5850 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11

Memory - 1st Hard Disk 60GB OCZ VERTEX 2 SATA II 2.5" SSD (upto 285MB/sR | 275MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk 1.5TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD15EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE

RAID NONE

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

Power Supply & Case Cooling CORSAIR 750W PSU (TX750) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£88)

Processor Cooling TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)

Thermal Paste ARCTIC COOLING MX-3 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)

Sound Card ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) 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

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 Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 12 working days

Price (excluding VAT) £1,186.38

Price £1,394.00

Order Quantity 1
Bulk discount £0.00
Total order price (Ex VAT) £1,186.38
Total order Price
£1,394.00
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price would be £1400 with surge protector, but it bumps it up to £1407 :S
 
Phoenix

Phoenix

Prolific Poster
The i7-950 is faster than the 1090t but i'm not sure you'd benefit much more from it. The AMD build you posted is using the Crosshair motherboard which is comparable to the asus rampage not the P6X58D-E, there's 2 extra physical cores, 2GB more RAM and a more expensive case in the AMD build. You could save quite a bit of money by using the same case as in the other build and using a cheaper motherboard.
 
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jamsti

Member
decisions, decisions :(

i like the idea of more ram and 2 more cores, but when looking at all the benchmarks the 950 dominates the 1090T...in my gut i know i should and 99% sure i will order the i7 i just wanted to make sure before i blow all my cash that i got best system.

btw, the quote and config on this site is brilliant, really helps when building a pc...as does the price!
 
Phoenix

Phoenix

Prolific Poster
Just go with the i7-950 then, you could always add more RAM later if you want to and games aren't utilizing more than 3 cores properly right now anyway.
 
J

jamsti

Member
well, after seeming to spend my life messing about with specs, its final now!

Case COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE (£97)
Overclocked CPU OverClocked Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-950 (3.06GHz @ max 3.8GHz)

Motherboard ASUS® P6X58D-E: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI

Memory (RAM) 6GB KINGSTON HYPER-X TRI-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (3 x 2GB KIT)

Graphics Card 1280MB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX470 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11 + MAFIA II

2nd Graphics Card 1280MB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX470 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11 + MAFIA II

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

2nd Hard Disk 1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
RAID NONE

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

Power Supply & Case Cooling 1010W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£109)

Processor Cooling TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)

Thermal Paste ARCTIC COOLING MX-3 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)

Sound Card ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) 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

Surge Protection Belkin 4 Socket 2M Surge Protector with £25,000 Protection! (Special Offer £6)

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

Data Recovery NONE

Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 12 working days

Miscellaneous FREE MAFIA II Game (RRP: £34.99) with a qualifying GTX 4xx Series GPU!

Price (excluding VAT) £1,186.38

Price £1,394.00

Order Quantity 1

Bulk discount £0.00

Total order price (Ex VAT) £1,186.38

Total order Price £1,394.00
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