PCS Welcome Packs

[adahil]

Seen these in many review pics, but just wondering.....what is in them?

I intend in upgrading the GPU to a more powerful one before too long, and it will obviously require connecting to the power supply....will the welcome back contain spare SATA power cables for things like this?

Thanks

 

[Tom DWC]

The welcome pack contains any left over bits and bobs from the parts in your PC, driver discs as well as a welcome guide.

If you post your full spec and the name and brand of the graphics card you plan to install we can help you from there.

 

[Corfate]

Also manuals and information about the mobo and general things about your pc like FAQ's etc

 

[adahil]

Thanks guys Below is the spec which should be arriving Tuesdayish (been in QC over the weekend).

Processor (CPU)
AMD BULLDOZER QUAD CORE FX-4100 (3.60GHz/6MB CACHE/AM3)
Motherboard
ASUS® M5A99X EVO:USB 3.0, SATA 6.0Gb/s, Quad CrossFireX™/SLI™
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
512MB NVIDIA GEFORCE 210 - DVI,HDMI,VGA
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, 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 ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£72)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE AMD CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
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
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Once I've been paid later in the month I would like to add a GPU that will get me through most of the latest games on decent settings. Rumour has it that GPU's may come down in price a little soon with the release of the new cards? My budget is around £150 ish. Was hoping to look at an NVidia Geforce GTX 560 or 570, or Radeon 6970. With any luck these will fall into my price range before too long.

What are your thoughts on these cards and how easy will it be for me to replace the Geforce 210 with a new card?

Thanks a bunch for ur input

 

[Corfate]

It's pretty easy to upgrade the GPU. You just take out the old one, put in the new one, boot it up and install the drivers

I'd go for the 570

 

[adahil]

Excellent, thanks for the advice dude

Here is the query I have....

My system doesn't have integrated graphics etc. So the monitor will plug into the GPU's DVI port. So.......when I take the old one out and replace with a 570, etc, plug the monitor into it.....will it be essentially "good to go" and work straight away? Otherwise how will I be able to install drivers etc without having any display available?

Sorry if I am being simple here, quite possible that I have missed something obvious!

 

[DanteWilhelm]

Excellent, thanks for the advice dude

Here is the query I have....

My system doesn't have integrated graphics etc. So the monitor will plug into the GPU's DVI port. So.......when I take the old one out and replace with a 570, etc, plug the monitor into it.....will it be essentially "good to go" and work straight away? Otherwise how will I be able to install drivers etc without having any display available?

Sorry if I am being simple here, quite possible that I have missed something obvious!

it will work straight away, no drivers needed

here are 2 pictures of the welcome pack

one has CDs and one has cables etc

http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?9168-My-New-PC-Arrived-Yesterday!

 

[adahil]

Thank you very much Dante, thats all really useful info.

Appreciate your time guys