New PC Ordered

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chrhow

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As of Friday evening I ordered my PC, the first ever Rig I've ordered from PC Specialist and, if all goes well, definitely not the last. I WILL keep updating this post as and when I receive new information on the build progress. I'm hella excited and It's still in the "Processing" stage. As seems to be customary on these forums, I WILL be uploading pictures of the unboxing.
Specs and progress updates are listed below.

Case
COOLERMASTER COSMOS 1000 SILVER SILENT CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V PRO: USB 3.0, SATA 6GB/s, NVIDIA®SLI™, ATI®CrossFireX™

Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card
1.5GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

2nd Graphics Card
1.5GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB KINGSTON HYPERX SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

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
CORSAIR 1050W PRO SERIES™ HX1050-80 PLUS® SILVER MODULAR

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

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
ONBOARD GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI-E CARD

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 & License

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labor)

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

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Upgraded: Fast-Track Build (5 days) on 24/10/11

Miscellaneous
FREE Batman Arkham City with any Nvidia® GeForce GTX560 or above!

Quantity
1

Price: £2,147.00 including VAT and delivery.


Date Ordered: 21/10/2011 @19:12:06
Order Status
Processing: @21/10/2011 to 24/10/11
Pre-Production: @25/10/11
In-Building: @25/10/11 to 26/10/11
Built By: Sam Garner
In-Testing: @27/10/11
Tested By Zbear Ramzan
In Quality Control: @27/10/11
QC'd by: Adnaan Marban
Awaiting Dispatch: @27/10/11
Order Dispatched: @28/10/11
Packed by: Anthony Cunliffe
Order Delivered: 31/10/11 6pm

Pics Included Below!!!!!

http://imageshack.us/g/847/dsc01242zj.jpg/
 
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chrhow

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Thanks for that James, I've already switched the 2 hard drives around.

Nice rig you've got ordered too, is it in building yet?
 
Usukane

Usukane

Gold Level Poster
Nottingham! You have a gorgeous spec there, you won't find many people unhappy with sli 580s.

I'm taking a guess you're a gamer w/that spec, what games are you getting ready to throw at it & what are you upgrading from? I had an AWFUL rig prior to this one, so the difference was mind blowing.

Also, our specs only have a £2 difference which is pretty sweet - 2,147 & 2,149.
 
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chrhow

Member
I'm upgrading from a 3-year-old desktop whereby I upgraded to a Q9450 @2.66GHz and a single GTX 460, a lot of very old components though so the performance increase will be amazing (I'm hoping :D).
I'll be throwing Battlefield 3, MW3, Diablo 3, Guild Wars 2 and SW:TOR at it in the near future, so it'll get a good old work-out from those titles I'm sure. I'm looking forward to seeing windows 7 run off of the SSD.

Where abouts in the Nottingham area do you live?
 
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chrhow

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usukane: Nottingham all the way! I'm going to throw BF3, MW3, Guild Wars 2, SW:TOR and Diablo 3 at it to start off with, this baby's gonna get a real work out lol. It's going to be replacing a 3.5 year old machine so the performance leap will also be spectacular lol. I'm so excited.

James: Sorry to hear that bro, When I ordered this rig on Friday, a message popped up that the 1TB Hard Drive I ordered was out of stock but I proceeded anyway cus I wasn't willing to change it, so my order MAY be slightly delayed. It'll be well worth the wait though.

It's only been 2 days since I ordered it and I'm already impatient!
 
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