Best Spec for £800

Sintect

Active member
Hey all, I recently purchased a PC from PCS, I wanted to get the best out of my money.. Here are the current specs I have picked. Hint: I will be video editing and playing FPS games on the machine.Case
ANTEC NINE HUNDRED TWO V3 - UK, The Ultimate Gaming Case, Evolved

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-2400 Quad Core (3.10GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics

Motherboard
ASUS® P8H67-M LX SI: MICRO ATX MAINBOARD, LG 1155, SATA 6.0Gb/s

Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)

Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD5770 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - DirectX® 11

2nd Graphics Card
NONE

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk
NONE

RAID
NONE

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

2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NONE

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

Power Supply
600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)

Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
ONBOARD 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

Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND

Floppy Disk Drive
NONE

Firewire & Video Editing
NONE

TV Card
NONE

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - 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
NONE

2nd Monitor
NONE

DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables
NONE

Eyefinity / GeForce 3D Vision
NONE

Keyboard & Mouse
NONE

Mouse
NONE

Speakers
NONE

Webcam
NONE

Headsets (VOIP)
NONE

Surge Protection
NONE

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 11 to 13 working days

Pricing Information


Price (excluding VAT)


£659.60

Price


£791.52
 

Meds

Moderator
Moderator
The only changes I'd recommend are;

- Drop the RAM to 4GB Samsung DDR 1333MHz
- Use the money to upgrade the Graphics Card to the 1GB nVidia GTX460
- Add the Silver Warranty (£5).

These changes would improve gaming performance and the CUDA Cores on the nVidia Graphics Card would improved editing performance significantly.
 

Sintect

Active member
I'm VERY tempted to keep the ram to 8GB and upgrading the graphics card to a 2GB Nvidia GTX460 for an extra £55.. Would this be a good move? :)
 

Nemesis

Moderator
Moderator
Not many situations where you would need 2GB of video ram and the only other difference is a slight overclock
 

bg92

Expert
if your are planing to keep the ram and upgrading the graphics card, either go for gtx460 1gb or gtx560 1gb or gtx470, but out of these the gtx 560 should be the best choice.
 

Nemesis

Moderator
Moderator
or GTX 465 for even more CUDA Cores!!!
But yeah as far as gaming is concerned listen to bg92
 

bg92

Expert
gtx460 1gb - 336 Cuda cores
gtx 465 1gb - 352 Cuda cores
gtx 470 1280mb - 448 Cuda cores
gtx 560ti 1gb - 384 cuda cores
 
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