Updated Spec

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icurtis

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Thanks to Teaz and Meds for your advice, the following is an amended spec taking into account the things you suggested and following my original criteria for upgradability and longevity. Any further comments would be grately appreciated.
(to be used for gaming, video & photo editing and general office use)

Regards,
I

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF-X FULL TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-2500 Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® SABERTOOTH P67 (NEW REV 3.0): USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, THERMAL ARMOR!
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - DX® 11, 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
640GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD6402AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
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
CORSAIR 1000W PRO SERIES (HX1000) 80+ MODULAR PSU (£170)
Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£49)
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
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Platinum Warranty (3 Year Collect & Return, 3 Year Parts, 3 Year labour) (£135)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 11 to 13 working days
Miscellaneous
FREE Need For Speed™ World Starter Pack with any Nvidia® GTS450 or above!
Quantity
1

Price: £1,435.00 including VAT and delivery.
 
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icurtis

Active member
Fortunately, have just measured under the desk and will fit nicely, you're right, compared to my old case it is hugh - best keep that from the wife until it arrives:)
 
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Teaz

Teaz

Godlike
Do make sure there is some breathing space as you wouldnt want to block the top vents of the haf x when it exhaust hot air out otherwise it will cause a rise in temps for the pc
 
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icurtis

Active member
I have just over 14cm of space between the case top and the underside of the desk - do you think that'll be enough?
 
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icurtis

Active member
Another question - regarding adding a second graphics card sometime in the future, will this fit on this MoBo with the pci-e wireless card there?
 
Fear

Fear

Prolific Poster
I could be wrong but looking at that motherboard i don't think you will be able to add a second gpu with the wi-fi card in there
 
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icurtis

Active member
Don't know why I didn't think to do this in the first place - just ran it through the configurator and it didn't come up with any problem spec'n 2 graphics cards along with a wireless pci-e card, so I guess it must be ok :)
 
Fear

Fear

Prolific Poster
only thing is it probably won't leave much of a gap for air intake for the fan i think the 570's are dual fans like the 580's
 
Teaz

Teaz

Godlike
wont be room for pci card if you add another 570 so the pci-e is good as it is. as for room for some air, that should be fine as the haf x has a large side fan to cool it.
 
Fear

Fear

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i just got a haf-x and i don't have a side fan on mine due to the titan fenir cpu cooler as i was told so what i was saying is more of a precaution to be on the safeside
 
Fear

Fear

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nice i wanted to go for the water cooling but knowing my luck my PC would float away ;)
 
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