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walkington

Silver Level Poster
how about this setup? should i include a better fan? a liquid cooler? is the 2nd SSD 80gb drive okay as i got told it'd be better to have an SSD

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-2500 Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, NVIDIA®SLI™, ATI®CrossFireX

Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card
1.5GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

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

2nd Hard Disk
80GB INTEL® 320 SERIES SSD, SATA 3 Gb/s (upto 270MB/sR | 90MB/sW)

Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX750 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£86)

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

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

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
put the SSD as your first drive and get the coolermaster 750W as its on special offer and cheaper

make sure you get silver warranty for a fiver
 
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walkington

Silver Level Poster
Wozza365 said:
put the SSD as your first drive and get the coolermaster 750W as its on special offer and cheaper

make sure you get silver warranty for a fiver
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yeah no worries about the warranty, why does it make a difference if its first or second?
 
Teaz

Teaz

Godlike
not really, they are both pretty much the same both in the same boat. they both are well made and being with good power efficiency and bronze certified. apart that the corsair you stated has a higher watt of 850w so it has more breathing room. if you plan to make lots of upgrades which require alot of power in future then the 850w is fine but if not the 750w is plenty

you may want to go for the 1333mhz ram as they are fast already, the 1600mhz is barely any noticeable when in use as its higher clock is just usually for good overclocking.

specs currently look spot on, just swap the ssd to the first drive as the guys said. as for the case? for for a decent one with those specs.
 
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walkington

Silver Level Poster
Teaz said:
not really, they are both pretty much the same both in the same boat. they both are well made and being with good power efficiency and bronze certified. apart that the corsair you stated has a higher watt of 850w so it has more breathing room. if you plan to make lots of upgrades which require alot of power in future then the 850w is fine but if not the 750w is plenty

you may want to go for the 1333mhz ram as they are fast already, the 1600mhz is barely any noticeable when in use as its higher clock is just usually for good overclocking.

specs currently look spot on, just swap the ssd to the first drive as the guys said. as for the case? for for a decent one with those specs.
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okay swap the ssd to the first drive and other as second, as for the case i was going for the Inwin Dragon rider that cool
 
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walkington

Silver Level Poster
FINAL

Case
InWIN DRAGON RIDER BLACK GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-2500 Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, NVIDIA®SLI™, ATI®CrossFireX

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

Graphics Card
1.5GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
80GB INTEL® 320 SERIES SSD, SATA 3 Gb/s (upto 270MB/sR | 90MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX750 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£86)

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

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

£1320
 
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Teaz

Teaz

Godlike
specs look solid :)

as for the case, its good, has good features and cooling with alot of optional fan slots.

just hit the order button now :)
 
Teaz

Teaz

Godlike
it should have no problems with big screens. it just depends on what silly settings needs to be off that doesnt really need to be on if its a demanding game
 
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rafflo

Bronze Level Poster
coz big screen use more memory on your gpu i think if u r intending to use ur pc in mammoth screen better get the 3gb 580 or 590 :)
 
Teaz

Teaz

Godlike
rafflo said:
coz big screen use more memory on your gpu i think if u r intending to use ur pc in mammoth screen better get the 3gb 580 or 590 :)
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it does but a 1.5gb will cope fine on big screens. i hooked up my 1.5gb to my sony 50inch tv an it plays games fine on max/high settings with decent fps depending on the sitution an games played. only time i had a slight lag issue was me spawning too many zombies on l4d and triggering off an explosion which filled up more than expected on the map
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
its not the size of the screen, its the resolution, if it has a 'Full HD' sitcker or 1080p sticker then you will be fine, most TVs dont go above it, occasonally 1900x1200 but thats it
 
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