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[Adzey]

quite like this one.

mostly used for gaming by the missus and kids, streaming movies to 360, regular internet use, downloading, running various programs.

what benefit would i get with an i7 instead and how good and how long will the graphics card be good for?


Case

COOLERMASTER HAF 912 PLUS MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)

Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570K (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard

ASUS® P8Z77-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

2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 660 Ti - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk

120GB INTEL® 330 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 500MB/sR | 450MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk

1TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 32MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive

24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply

CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)
Processor Cooling

SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card

ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) 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 w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software

FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus

BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Monitor

IIYAMA E2273HDS 22" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D 1920x1080 (£119)
Warranty

3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
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STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
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Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 11 working days
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1

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[keynes]

If you are running more cpu intensive applications or programmes that benefit from hyperthreading then go with the i7. For gaming you may want to go with the i5-3570 (non-k) and 1333mhz memory bandwidth, you may want to consider a caviar black as the secondary drive.

how long will the graphics card be good for?

It depends on the type of games you play and what sort of fps you are expecting but the GTX 660 ti should max plenty of games at very high settings.

 

[Adzey]

ooops forget to add in the monitor as well for an extra c£100

 

[Karnor00]

The i7 isn't likely to provide any benefit unless you do a lot of photo/video editing or similar high intensity CPU work.

 

[Adzey]

If you are running more cpu intensive applications or programmes that benefit from hyperthreading then go with the i7. For gaming you may want to go with the i5-3570 (non-k) and 1333mhz memory bandwidth, you may want to consider a caviar black as the secondary drive.

It depends on the type of games you play and what sort of fps you are expecting but the GTX 660 ti should max plenty of games at very high settings.

the i5 looks like the way to go as dont do any photo/video editing.

games will be a mixed big bag but shouldnt be too demanding. some games the family likes are quite old though so settings would need to be reduced? as the boy gets into fps etc this one should last a while then?

when you say 1333mhz memory bandwidth what are you referring to?

thsanks

 

[keynes]

There is no noticeable difference between 8gb memory ram 1333mhz and 1600mhz. It migh be slightly cheaper to go with the samsung 8gb memory 1333mhz.