Few Questions about my new PC, spec included

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Awaz90

Member
Hey, I have a few questions about the spec below.
I will mainly be using this PC for gaming: Swtor, WOW, Civ 5, BF3.
Questions are in bold next to the H/W.

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 912 PLUS MID TOWER GAMING CASE Is there a better option? there was a really good looking case last week, it's gone now.
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7-2600 Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics Is it worth getting the overclocked version for my uses?
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX Good option?
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 680 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW) Worth the extra ££?
2nd Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
12x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£46)
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX850 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£99)
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39) Good enough?
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
Bigfoot Killer 2100 PCI-E Gigabit LAN Card - Max Gaming (£59) Worth it?
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
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Monitor
IIYAMA E2473HDS 24" LED WIDESCREEN, 2 HDMI/DVI-D 1920x1080 (£159) I already have a 19" Viewsonic TFT, is this a much better screen?
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,707.00 including VAT and delivery.

If there are any changes you would recommend I would be most grateful to hear them.
Thanks in advance!
 
AwesomeDude

AwesomeDude

Bronze Level Poster
1. That Case is fine for what your using it for the cooling's great!

2. No the Overclocking is not really for Gaming you would only see a small amount of performance boost when Gaming and I suggest Lowering down to the I5 2500 If you want to save Money however that's up to you because it will run games just as well as the i7 2600 you can also drop that cooler down a Notch since your not Overclocking.

3. You Might wanna consider getting the ASUS® P8Z68-V/GEN3: PCI-E 3.0 READY, SLI, CROSSFIREX since the mobo you have right now does Not support Sli and you have a Gtx 680 in there which you would wanna buy another if you wanna upgrade in the future to sli them and this Mobo makes it possible.

4.Ssd is fine No Problems with it!

5.Ok, That wireless card is Not really worth it Get Homeplugs or a Lower Wi-fi card because you wont really see a Performance boost...

6.Yes I strongly reccommend that Monitor it's much better for gaming and can do 1920x1080 on Games!

Other then that Great Spec! :)
 
tom_gr7

tom_gr7

Life Serving
only thing i'd do , is get a better case such as the cm690 II, has alot more fan options, if you wanted to add another 680 in the future 1 you may not have enough room, and 2 ya gonna need a good cooling setup to cool them both.

i'd stick with the i7 and agree with awesome dude that you should get the gen3 mobo, the 680's will use pci3.0 so you will need that if you add another 680, otherwise pci2.0 may have a bit of a bottleneck.

i'd stick with the titan, but like awesome dude says the triple copper is good enough.
 
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