High Performance PC

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C11AD

Bronze Level Poster
Case
CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIES™ AIR 540 GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor Extreme i7-4960X (3.6GHz) 15MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P9X79 WS - SOCKET 2011, QUAD DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6 GB/s
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPERX BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2400MHz X.M.P (2 x 8GB KIT)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 660 - 2 x DVI, HDMI, - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
240GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
15x BLU-RAY WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ MODULAR TXM-850 V2-80 PLUS®
Processor Cooling
Corsair H80i Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Extra Case Fans
2 x 12CM Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)
Fan Controller
NZXT Sentry 2 Fan Controller with upto 5 Fitted Case Fans
Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster Z 5.1 PCI-E Soundcard - OEM
Wireless/Wired Networking
DUAL-BAND WIRELESS 802.11N 450Mbps PCI-E CARD
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Firewire
1 x IEEE 1394a FIREWIRE PORT ONBOARD
Power Cable
1 x 2 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence

What do you think?
*Already ordered.
 
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C11AD

Bronze Level Poster
Hard Disk

Memory - 1st Hard Disk 240GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)

Is it worth buying another hard disk at 1TB?

I am using my desktop for High Performance.
I need to store many movies, music programming software and general software.
 
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C11AD

Bronze Level Poster
Ive decided to not order a second hard disk as it will delay my order by quite a few days...
Il just order a second hard disk if i take up too much memory.
 
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C11AD

Bronze Level Poster
Now it just looks weird... Can you take off the hard disk thread and comments please?
 
Rakk

Rakk

The Awesome
Moderator
C11AD said:
Also as your a moderator maybe you can tell me if my spec looks unbalanced?
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Without knowing what it is going to be used for I can't really tell you whether its suitable of not for the task you need it for.
And just because I'm a moderator doesn't mean I know more than anyone else :) - I do not work for PCS - I just help out with forum control
 
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C11AD

Bronze Level Poster
Ahh ok..

Well for anyone who wants to comment...

Im using it for General usage - Programming - High downloads - ALOT of multi-tasking - I dont plan on ever turning my PC off... There will be downloads and tasks active when im not using the PC aswell.
 
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Karnor00

Bright Spark
It's got a very high end CPU, so should be very good for programming and multi-tasking. The GPU isn't very good for high end gaming but should be fine for anything else - and you didn't mention gaming as one of your proposed usages.

Overall it looks pretty well balanced for your intended usage, other than the lack of storage space (as mentioned before). But it's very easy to add a HDD when you need more storage space.
 
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