Gaming Rig

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androb

Member
Hi there folks.
I have been saving to get a new PC and been attracted to PC Specialist for the upgrade service as I wish to keep the PC going for many years. This is my quote :sweatdrop:
Case
COOLERMASTER COSMOS 2 ULTRA TOWER
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Six Core i7-3970X (3.5GHz @ max 4.8GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® P9X79 PRO: INTEL® SOCKET LG2011
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPERX BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2400MHz X.M.P (2 x 8GB KIT)
Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 780 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
240GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
15x BLU-RAY WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W PRO SERIES™ HX850-80 PLUS® GOLD MODULAR
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100i Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster ZxR 5.1 PCI-E Soundcard
Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 2 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 8 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
DVD Recovery Media
Windows 8 (64-bit) DVD with paper sleeve
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Platinum Warranty (3 Year Collect & Return, 3 Year Parts, 3 Year labour)

Not too sure about the case or motherboard. Trying to anticipate future growth. What do you folks think, thanks.
Androb
 
mantadog

mantadog

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That certainly is a tasty spec, presuming you are in budget and are looking to do video editing and extreme gaming on a single display then you have a nice system.

If I was looking at areas other than the ones you mention (more on those in a second) I would go for an intel SSD for bulletproof reliability, and consider a 1000w PSU so you can add in a second GPU down the road along with more HDD's etc. The cheapest way to use the upgrade service is do things yourself, adding a GPU, more HDD's and thing like that are easy so long as you have a big enough PSU to begin with. The upgrade configurator just stops you from trying to buy incompatible stuff. But of course you can send it in to get upgraded if you wish.

The case, what can I say... It is too much to spend on a case in my book, but you certainly wont go wrong with it. it is a huge case so do bear that in mind. The CM storm trooper or the HAF X full tower ideal when it comes to cooling but I always say the case is a personal choice for the most part, go with what you like the look of. Unless it's the piano black enigma one....

The motherboard is fine, plenty of expansion room, you could probably get away with the cheapest one, or even the non pro version because I doubt you would ever use all the capacity of even the cheapest board.

OH I almost missed that, don't get the 3970x.... Get the 3930k, only 8% slower but much much cheaper. The cost increase is not worth it. For ANYONE!
 
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androb

Member
Thanks Mantadog for the advise.
I have change the CPU to the 3930k, upped the power to 1050w PSU and changed the SSD to an Intel 520 240gb. I am tempted to go with the Corsair 600t instead of the Cosmos 2.
 
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