My New PC!

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Cygnus

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Hi guys, Cygnus here with my first post on these forums, just though I'd show you all my new PC order from PCSpecialist! :D

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 932 FULL TOWER GAMING CASE (£120)

Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X4 965 (3.40GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION

Motherboard
ASUS® CROSSHAIR IV FORMULA: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0Gb/s, R.O GAMERS

Memory (RAM)
4GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 x 2GB KIT)

Graphics Card
2GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5970 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

Power Supply & Case Cooling
CORSAIR 750W PSU (TX750) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£88)

Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO C240 A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£102)

Sound Card
Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Xtreme Audio (£38)

Network Facilities
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI CARD (£16)

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND

Operating System
Windows 7

1st Monitor
LG Flatron 22" HD LED Flatscreen (W2286L)

Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

Data Recovery
NONE

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

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 12 working days

Any suggestions for making it better/cheaper (without losing performance) would be awesome! Although it looks good enough to me hehe :)

Cheeeeers,

Cygnus.
 
PCS

PCS

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Welcome to our forums! :)

Great spec, relatively well balanced. No changes needed.
 
Sleinous

Sleinous

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I feel almost ashamed to yet again have to post something that only has one slight modification in mind ;) Yes you've all guessed it...considrr one of the 64mb cached drives rather than the 8mb cached drive speced here. Nice rig btw
 
Gorman

Gorman

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You could get rid of the soundcard to cut down the price and not notice any real drop in quality.
 
Phoenix

Phoenix

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You should get the silver warranty just incase something goes wrong after a few months.
 
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Cygnus

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Wow! Thanks for all the quick replies hehe :p. Some good advice as well, I am now considering getting rid of the sound card and upgrading to Silver Warranty.

Also..

I feel almost ashamed to yet again have to post something that only has one slight modification in mind Yes you've all guessed it...considrr one of the 64mb cached drives rather than the 8mb cached drive speced here. Nice rig btw
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Great spot! It's hard to notice the minute price difference with all the different HDD's on the list, but £19 is fantastic for more space and bigger cache!
I'll definitely change that, Thanks Sleinous! :D
 
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Cygnus

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Well, updated the specs based on you guys' suggestions and some other people and this is what the finished product will be :D :

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 932 FULL TOWER GAMING CASE (£120)

Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X4 965 (3.40GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION

Motherboard
ASUS® CROSSHAIR IV FORMULA: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0Gb/s, R.O GAMERS

Memory (RAM)
4GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 x 2GB KIT)

Graphics Card
2GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5970 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
Change to 640GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD6402AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm) from 500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm) (went for black instead of green for double the transfer rate with not much price difference :p)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

Power Supply & Case Cooling
CORSAIR 750W PSU (TX750) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£88)

Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO C240 A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£102)

Sound Card
Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Xtreme Audio (£38) (thought I'd stick with it in the end as I want the highest quality PC I can get and this was just within my budget :D)

Network Facilities
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI CARD (£16)

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND

Operating System
Windows 7

1st Monitor
LG Flatron 22" HD LED Flatscreen (W2286L)

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (Thanks Pheonix ;D)

Data Recovery
NONE

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

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 12 working days

Guess now is the worst part hehe - waiting 2/3 weeks, but oh well! Something awesome to look forward to :D!
 
Phoenix

Phoenix

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Just to correct something, you won't be transferring data twice as fast with the caviar black because although it is compatable with SATA 6GB/s it isn't able to put out those kinds of speeds; you probably wouldn't notice the difference between the black and green. The build looks great though :D
 
Sleinous

Sleinous

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Phoenix said:
Just to correct something, you won't be transferring data twice as fast with the caviar black because although it is compatable with SATA 6GB/s it isn't able to put out those kinds of speeds; you probably wouldn't notice the difference between the black and green. The build looks great though :D
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Spot on, +r. Some say the greens arent so good for os, i have one on both and i cant notice any difference in access time when inactive for a while, just wish my green didnt have such a sucky cache
 
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Cygnus

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Phoenix said:
Just to correct something, you won't be transferring data twice as fast with the caviar black because although it is compatable with SATA 6GB/s it isn't able to put out those kinds of speeds; you probably wouldn't notice the difference between the black and green. The build looks great though :D
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Oh ok, guess I look like a huge noob now haha, ahh well, at least the name 'Caviar Black' is nice :D. And thanks :p
 
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Cygnus

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Gorman said:
Its still a good drive, and that 64mb of cache will be unloaded at the full 6Gbs!
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Oh ok, awesome! :D

One other thing, I've just heard from someone that the CoolIt ECO C240 ALC is not actually that good, and that I would be better off with a standard heatsink and fan, which is also cheaper. Is this right? :confused:
 
Phoenix

Phoenix

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Cygnus said:
Oh ok, awesome! :D

One other thing, I've just heard from someone that the CoolIt ECO C240 ALC is not actually that good, and that I would be better off with a standard heatsink and fan, which is also cheaper. Is this right? :confused:
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Oh it's good but totally unnecessary unless you're going to overclock the CPU (which will void your warranty so maybe not such a good idea), you would be fine with the standard cooling option though if you want to save the money.
 
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Cygnus

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Right, I will have a think about downgrading then as I'm more likely to OC my gpu than cpu. Thanks for the help Pheonix :).

One final question; Do the guys at PCS get annoyed if people like me constantly send Sub-Orders? :/ Hehe,

Again, thanks for the responses :D

Cygnus.
 
Sleinous

Sleinous

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Cygnus said:
Right, I will have a think about downgrading then as I'm more likely to OC my gpu than cpu. Thanks for the help Pheonix :).

One final question; Do the guys at PCS get annoyed if people like me constantly send Sub-Orders? :/ Hehe,

Again, thanks for the responses :D

Cygnus.
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Nope they dont :) Just be aware that you dont get charged if its still in pre-production, anything after that, you will incur administration fees.

OC'ing the GPU is even more risky so I hope ya know what you're doing here. Will 100% void the warranty.
 
Phoenix

Phoenix

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Sleinous said:
Nope they dont :) Just be aware that you dont get charged if its still in pre-production, anything after that, you will incur administration fees.

OC'ing the GPU is even more risky so I hope ya know what you're doing here. Will 100% void the warranty.
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Yeah and it doesn't make anywhere near as much difference in performance compared to overclocking the CPU.
 
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