pre purchase advice pls

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fergietron

Bronze Level Poster
hey guys , im about to order a pc here and just wonderin if this is a decent setup or if i should change anything , any help much appreciated.

Case
COOLERMASTER CM STORM ENFORCER - GAMING ENTHUSIAST CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphic
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
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
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & DUAL-BAND WIRELESS 802.11N 450Mbps PCI-E CARD (£36)
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
get homeplugs instead of the wireless, you'll get a much better connection that wont cut out every 5 seconds because of interference

ignore what the speeds say doesnt necessarily mean you'll get that, your package will be nowhere near the top speeds of either of these devices
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
yeh, drop the k version of the processor as well, thats only for overclocking, can drop the titan as well
 
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AshleyUK

Bronze Level Poster
Only thing with homeplugs depends how good/old yout house wiring is and how your ring mains are setup.

If your wiring is old or has lots of extensions a good wireless n router can be far better in quality/ping/speed.
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
ping, wireless will never beat it, however old wiring is, speeds may be more limited and quality might be as well but ping is always better through a wire
 
vanthus

vanthus

Member Resting in Peace
Looks like a pretty solid spec to me,
as Wozza suggested,homeplugs would be better than wireless,
your house wiring would need to be in a pretty sorry state for them not to work,
also, it's a myth they need to be plugged into the same circuit,
as long as the sockets are wired to the same consumer unit(fuse box) they will work fine.
keeping in mind it's advisable to plug them straight into a spare wall socket if you have one,they will probably still work plugged into an extension but not a surge protector.
You can get homeplugs with a pass through socket if you are short of wall sockets
but I dont think PCS supply these.
If you can use a wired ethernet connection,even better.
 
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fergietron

Bronze Level Poster
ok thanks guys will change to the housesockets, but if i up the GPU to the 570 do i need to change anything else or would this be fine

Case
COOLERMASTER CM STORM ENFORCER - GAMING ENTHUSIAST CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-2500 Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
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 INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)
 
TheKeir

TheKeir

Bright Spark
That looks like a solid spec. If you want to cut the price a bit, do you really need 2TB hard drive? 1TB will last you a long time.
 
vanthus

vanthus

Member Resting in Peace
You dont need to change anything if you choose the 570,
I would keep the 2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK as well,
doesn't seem to be much of a price difference for double the space.:)
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
just another suggestion, have you conisdered getting a 750w PSU along with the next version up of motherboards, allowing you to easily add a second 570 to your PC later on
 
TheKeir

TheKeir

Bright Spark
Wozza365 said:
you can amend your order on the orders page, it wont cost you anything if you do it before it goes into building
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Yeah, if you change your order on the orders page you can choose different parts. It takes about 5 days before your pc will be built so you got a few days to do this.
 
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