Finally ordered my new PC

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MartynB

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Following advice from this forum and friends here is my new PC spec. which I finally plucked up the courage to buy.

Thanks for all comments.

Martyn:sweatdrop:


Case
CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIES™ 400R MID TOWER CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770 (3.4GHz) 8MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® SABERTOOTH Z77: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, THERMAL ARMOR

Memory (RAM)
32GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (4 X 8GB)

Graphics Card
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
180GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
180GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)

3rd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

RAID
RAID 1 (MIRRORED VOLUME - 2 x same size & model HDD / SSD) (£9)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
12x BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW

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

Processor Cooling
INTEL SOCKET LGA1155 STANDARD CPU COOLER

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 Professional 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence

Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)

Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£69)

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
 
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MartynB

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My last three PC's have all been from Dell and I have been quite happy with their service.

However to customise a machine as much as you can with PCS was very tempting, I hope I have made the right choice and the machine works when it arrives....

Martyn
 
steaky360

steaky360

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I wouldn't worry, everything will work fine and if there are any issues (niggles / problems etc.) PCS customer support is excellent and will help you out :) (Also, the message boards are full of knowledgeable folk who will help if they can!)
 
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MartynB

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steaky360 said:
I wouldn't worry, everything will work fine and if there are any issues (niggles / problems etc.) PCS customer support is excellent and will help you out :) (Also, the message boards are full of knowledgeable folk who will help if they can!)
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Nearly didn't do it so thanks for this reassurance, fingers crossed.:)
 
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MartynB

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Use is mainly Photoshop and Lightroom with some possible limited gaming if my son gets access......

32G of RAM because I had the opportunity at the time of purchase and thought this would keep me going longer before an upgrade.

Two SSD because I store many years worth of data (independent Weather station on line every day, for the last 13 years)which I have lost in the past due to HDD problems, my existing PC has RAID 1 which has saved my bacon on more than one occasion, mind you the PC is six years old now (i think). I am paranoid about backing up so I also now have a NAS drive and external HDD for company....In addition in my research of SSDs I have read reports of HDD failing with no warning (unlike a HDD where you do sometimes get a warning).

Hope this makes sense from a 52 yr old non PC techie....

Martyn;-)
 
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