New build, any last tweaks?

[ianpan]

I have been all over the place, chopping and changing things.
wanted the new cosmos ll case but it's on a collection only basis so have comprimised on that.
would apprechiate any feedback as am looking at a purchase ASAP.

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF-X FULL TOWER GAMING CASE
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz @ max 4.80GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® MAXIMUS IV EXTREME-Z: INTEL Z68 ROG MOTHERBOARD
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 680 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
3rd Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W PRO SERIES™ HX750-80 PLUS® SILVER MODULAR (£116)
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Fan Controller
NZXT Sentry 2 Fan Controller with upto 5 Fitted Case Fans
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
2 x 200Mbps HomePlug AV - Create a Wired Network Using Electric Sockets! (£38)
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY V10 - 1 Year, 1 User + 5GB Online Backup (£12)
Warranty
3 Year Platinum Warranty (3 Year Collect & Return, 3 Year Parts, 3 Year labour) (£135)
Price: £2,179.00 including VAT and delivery.


any changes??

 

[AwesomeDude]

What's it for? If Gaming I'd change a Few things around

 

[ianpan]

What's it for? If Gaming I'd change a Few things around

I will be doing some gaming, as and when she's not about, but also a lot of file transfers and downloading between various other hdd's (external and hot swap) and media player
cheers

 

[Atuleon]

It's a nice build, and most of it's perfect but your motherboard doesn't have a PCI-E 3.00 slot. This is quite important, so I hope my comments helps if you didn't realise.

Background if needed: For the amount you are paying you will want to future proof your rig by making sure you have a PCI-E 3.00 slot on your motherboard. This is important for if you will eventually want to upgrade your card sometime in the future, or even if you ever decide to SLI your 680, as I am sure when it comes to the stage you will be considering upgrading the 680 the new cards will more than fully saturate PCI-E 2.00 slots. FYI: The two P8Z68 Gen3 models have PCI-E 3.00 slots and they are cheaper, but read some reviews to make yourself happy with your choice.

 

[ianpan]

It's a nice build, and most of it's perfect but your motherboard doesn't have a PCI-E 3.00 slot. This is quite important, so I hope my comments helps if you didn't realise.

Background if needed: For the amount you are paying you will want to future proof your rig by making sure you have a PCI-E 3.00 slot on your motherboard. This is important for if you will eventually want to upgrade your card sometime in the future, or even if you ever decide to SLI your 680, as I am sure when it comes to the stage you will be considering upgrading the 680 the new cards will more than fully saturate PCI-E 2.00 slots. FYI: The two P8Z68 Gen3 models have PCI-E 3.00 slots and they are cheaper, but read some reviews to make yourself happy with your choice.

the mobo i want is the
P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 but they don't do it, so i may have to buy one somewhere else and ship it to them to install.
i really want more than the 2 sata 6gb ports on the other 2 asus boards which is why i went for the rog, but i'll ask them today about me shipping one up to them.
cheers for the advice

 

[ianpan]

Just looked at a couple of reviews regarding this mobo, would the rest of the build be compatable with this board?

 

[ianpan]

Well, I just spoke to pcs, and it turns out, I either have to give up on the deluxe board and stump for the pro gen, or go somewhere else as they don't stock it, won't order it and won't let me send one in!!!!!
Decisions decisions. ???

 

[keynes]

Go with the pro Gen. Cheaper, less hassle sending components and in case there is a fault you are covered under PCS's warranty

 

[ianpan]

So, if no one has anything more to add, this will be the system I'll be ordering tonight.


Case
COOLERMASTER HAF-X FULL TOWER GAMING CASE
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz @ max 4.80GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68V_PRO/GEN3
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 680 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
3rd Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W PRO SERIES™ HX750-80 PLUS® SILVER MODULAR (£116)
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Fan Controller
NZXT Sentry 2 Fan Controller with upto 5 Fitted Case Fans
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
2 x 200Mbps HomePlug AV - Create a Wired Network Using Electric Sockets! (£38)
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY V10 - 1 Year, 1 User + 5GB Online Backup (£12)
Warranty
3 Year Platinum Warranty (3 Year Collect & Return, 3 Year Parts, 3 Year labour) (£135)
Price: £2,020.00 including VAT and delivery.

 

[vanthus]

Very nice build,not sure overclocking or 16GB ram would be necessary,
but If that's what you want,go for It.

 

[tom_gr7]

excellent, get a bigger psu for another 680, unless you have already checked if two will run on 750w's

 

[ianpan]

Do you still get a free bf3 game with all gtx graphics cards as i don't own it yet?
they dont specify on here like they do on other sites

 

[Atuleon]

I agree with Vanthus regarding the overclocking. There is no need to overclock the rig at the moment? So you could get a cheaper unoverclocked 'k' version if you prefer, still leaving you the potential to overclock in the future when it starts to underperform compared to what you want. Doing it now is saying that you are not happy with the machine's components, (but they should be able to run any game on max settings smoothly right now and for some time to come). If you are happy to throw so that extra money at it, then go for it as long as you are aware that you take with it all the side-effects of overclocking, such as arguably shorter life-expectancy (especially if not water-cooled sufficiently).

Very nice rig though, congratulations! ^^ I hope you enjoy it.

 

[ianpan]

I agree with Vanthus regarding the overclocking. There is no need to overclock the rig at the moment? So you could get a cheaper unoverclocked 'k' version if you prefer, still leaving you the potential to overclock in the future when it starts to underperform compared to what you want. Doing it now is saying that you are not happy with the machine's components, (but they should be able to run any game on max settings smoothly right now and for some time to come). If you are happy to throw so that extra money at it, then go for it as long as you are aware that you take with it all the side-effects of overclocking, such as arguably shorter life-expectancy (especially if not water-cooled sufficiently).

Very nice rig though, congratulations! ^^ I hope you enjoy it.

Ok, point taken,
this is the final system then, with mouse and keyboard.
Case
COOLERMASTER HAF-X FULL TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3: PCI-E 3.0 READY, SLI, CROSSFIREX***SPECIAL***
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 680 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
3rd Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W PRO SERIES™ HX750-80 PLUS® SILVER MODULAR (£116)
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)
Fan Controller
NZXT Sentry 2 Fan Controller with upto 5 Fitted Case Fans
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
2 x 200Mbps HomePlug AV - Create a Wired Network Using Electric Sockets! (£38)
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY V10 - 1 Year, 1 User + 5GB Online Backup (£12)
Keyboard & Mouse
Razer® Black Widow Ultimate Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (£108)
Mouse
Razer® Mamba 2012 Elite Wireless Gaming Mouse (£109)
Warranty
3 Year Platinum Warranty (3 Year Collect & Return, 3 Year Parts, 3 Year labour) (£135)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £2,228.00 including VAT and delivery.


will order in 3 hours

 

[ianpan]

all bought and paid for, i want it now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[tom_gr7]

Looks good mate, guessing you plan to OC in the future? Which personally I do not recommend, you could drop a few things to save money.

I'd personally not bother with the fan controller though.

Are you doing a lot of video editing? if not you could drop to 8gig ram,

Also do you need an ssd and two performance hdd's? What do you plan to put on them both? for example music, movies, pics and backup would be well suited to a sata 3 caviar green drive.