My new PC arrived yesterday from PC Specialist!

jonbam

jonbam

Enthusiast
Hello

My new PC arrived yesterday from PC Specialist!

Very fast, I wish I had bought a 240GB SSD drive for £77 extra instead of the 120GB SSD drive.



Jonathan

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Case COOLERMASTER HAF 912 PLUS MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570 (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard ASUS® P8Z77-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX
Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
2nd Graphics Card NONE
3rd Graphics Card NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 120GB 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)
3rd Hard Disk NONE
4th Hard Disk NONE
RAID NONE
SSD CACHE DRIVE NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 12x BLU-RAY WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE
Memory Card Reader NONE
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)
Processor Cooling Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)
Extra Case Fans NONE
Fan Controller NONE
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 2 PORT USB 3.0 INTERNAL PCI-EX CARD + STANDARD USB PORTS
Modem NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Floppy Disk Drive NONE
Firewire NONE
TV Card NONE
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor Samsung SyncMaster S24A450B 24" - 1920 x 1080, 5MS, DVI-D (£179)
2nd Monitor NONE
3rd Monitor NONE
4th Monitor NONE
DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables NONE
Eyefinity / GeForce 3D Vision NONE
Keyboard & Mouse LOGITECH® K200 USB MEDIA KEYBOARD (£10)
Mouse LOGITECH® OPTICAL USB MOUSE (£5)
Gaming Mouse Pad NONE
Speakers LOGITECH S120 2.0 BLACK SPEAKER SYSTEM (£9)
Webcam NONE
Headsets NONE
Surge Protection NONE
Cable Tidy NONE
Printer NONE
External Hard Drive NONE
Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Home Installation NONE
Data Recovery NONE
Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Pricing Information

Price (excluding VAT) £1,189.17
Price £1,427.00
 
jonbam

jonbam

Enthusiast
Where can I buy a 240GB SSD Drive from?


Kingston 240GB HyperX 3K SSD Bundle Kit?
Costs around £179.99??
 
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vanthus

vanthus

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jonbam said:
How much?

Not too sure how I would transfer the data from my current 120GB SSD, to the new one if I get one?
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You can check prices in the "upgrade your existing computer" section.
There are several ways to transfer data,but as far as the operating system is concerned it's probably best to do a clean install.
 
jonbam

jonbam

Enthusiast
Hi

There is no 1st hard disk option, if I choose the second drive and upgrade to the 240GB Kingston hyperx 3k SDD drive, the price comes to £167.41
 
vanthus

vanthus

Member Resting in Peace
jonbam said:
Hi

There is no 1st hard disk option, if I choose the second drive and upgrade to the 240GB Kingston hyperx 3k SDD drive, the price comes to £167.41
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If you choose the second drive upgrade option they will just send the SSD out to you,assuming you're going to install it yourself.
 
jonbam

jonbam

Enthusiast
Will I get all the accessories listed below?

Kingston 240GB HyperX 3K SSD Bundle Kit Product Description
The HyperX 3K loads games and applications faster, increases frames per second (FPS) for an improved gaming experience and allows for quick transfers and edits of large media *files.


HyperX 3K SSD is backed by a three-year warranty and legendary Kingston reliability.



In the Box

2.5" SSD
2.5" USB enclosure
3.5" bracket and mounting screws
SATA data cable
Hard drive cloning software4 and installation guide
Multi-bit screwdriver
 
jonbam

jonbam

Enthusiast
If I buy a new SSD drive and fitted it myself? Would it invalidate the warranty?

Thxs

Jonathan
 
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keynes

keynes

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jonbam said:
If I buy a new SSD drive and fitted it myself? Would it invalidate the warranty?

Thxs

Jonathan
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it wouldn't.
Unlike with most computer companies, we allow you to open your case and install your own components without voiding your warranty on the following conditions:

•if the actions of the person installing the components cause damage to the computer, your warranty will be void;

•if you install components that are not purchased from us and they cause problems with your computer, your warranty will be void;

•if you install components that are not purchased from us we will in no way support you in installing them or with any problems you have relating to the components you have installed.

•we will support you in installing components purchased from us providing you have purchased them through the upgrade service available on your online account.
 
jonbam

jonbam

Enthusiast
I'm going to put the following games on the drive

Age of Empires HD Edition due out in April
Planetary Annihilation due out in summer 2013

I'll wait and see how much room these games take up. If I need more space I'll upgrade to the bigger SSD

I store music files, videos and other files on the second hdd (WD Caviar)
 
Stappa

Stappa

Enthusiast
u can still put games on the hhd,u can even split your steam games up between both....I had the option of installing Arma 3 on my HDD,even thou I have my steam/NTW etc on my ssd
 
jonbam

jonbam

Enthusiast
Is it possible to have more than one SSD drive inside my computer?

120GB SSD Primary HDD

2TB WD Caviar Secondary HDD

240GB SSD Third HDD
 
vanthus

vanthus

Member Resting in Peace
jonbam said:
Is it possible to have more than one SSD drive inside my computer?

120GB SSD Primary HDD

2TB WD Caviar Secondary HDD

240GB SSD Third HDD
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It's possible,but not much point in doing that really,a waste of money in my opinion.
If you want a more capacious SSD,best bet would be to try and sell the original SSD and put towards the cost of the new SSD.
 
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tom_gr7

tom_gr7

Life Serving
jonbam said:
Is it possible to have more than one SSD drive inside my computer?

120GB SSD Primary HDD

2TB WD Caviar Secondary HDD

240GB SSD Third HDD
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if do you, make sure both the ssd's are connected to the sata 6ports on the motherboard.

The hard drive will be fine connected to sata 3 ports, but not the ssds'
 
vanthus

vanthus

Member Resting in Peace
There isn't much point in having two SSD's,you should be fine anyway with the set up you have,OS installed on your 120GB SSD with the apps/games you use most installed on it.You have a 2TB caviar black as your second hard drive,so plenty of space to install anything else you want on that as Stappa mentioned,I can't see you beeing disappointed with the speed you will get with that set up.
 
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