Ordered yesterday - the wait is on

M

mhwhippet

Member
Ordered my new video editing beast yesterday and I'm straining at the leash already.
Here it is:



Case
COOLERMASTER SILEO 500 QUIET MID TOWER CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-970 (3.20GHz) 6.4GTs/12MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® P6X58D PREMIUM: DDR3, USB 3.0 & SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI

Memory (RAM)
12GB KINGSTON HYPER-X TRI-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (3 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - DX® 11, 3D Vision Ready

2nd Graphics Card
NONE

3rd Graphics Card
NONE

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

2nd Hard Disk
NONE

RAID
NONE

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

2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NONE

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

Power Supply
600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)

Processor Cooling
INTEL SOCKET LGA1366 STANDARD CPU COOLER

Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs

USB Options
2 PORT USB 3.0 INTERNAL PCI EXPRESS CARD

Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND

Floppy Disk Drive
NONE

Firewire & Video Editing
3 Port IEEE 1394a Firewire PCI Card (£9)

TV Card
NONE

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE

Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

Monitor
IIYAMA E2271HDS 22" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D HD 1920x1080 (£139)

2nd Monitor
IIYAMA E2271HDS 22" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D HD 1920x1080 (£139)

DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables
2 x 2 METRE GOLD PLATED V1.4 HDMI CABLE (£15)

Eyefinity / GeForce 3D Vision
NONE

Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® MK250 WIRELESS KEYBOARD & MOUSE COMBO (£19)

Mouse
NONE

Speakers
LOGITECH S120 2.0 BLACK SPEAKER SYSTEM (£9)

Webcam
NONE

Headsets (VOIP)
NONE

Surge Protection
NONE

Printer
NONE

External Hard Drive
NONE

Home Installation
NONE

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 11 to 13 working days

Price
£1,712.00
 
L

LFFPicard

Godlike
Not a bad rig,

Only thing I would recommend is the warranty, amend it to the silver for £5 :)
Also might be worth uprading the cooler to the triple heatpipe instead of stock if your going to be crunching conversions on it. Much butter cooling.

Hope this helps!
 
M

mhwhippet

Member
Hey thanks lff. You're right, the warranty was an oversight on my part and I've now amended that. As for the cooling, I was on an absolute budget ceiling and I had to cut my cloth somewhere. Pbviously the major components I couldn't scrimp on, and I needed two good monitors and plenty of USB 3.0 connectivity, as well as extra firewire and all of those little extras that I need in my line of work, so unfortunately the extra cooling had to go. It was on my first build, but, ho hum.
 
M

mhwhippet

Member
PS. lff - changed my mind after some careful forethought and went with the triple heatpipe. Only £14 extra. Thanks for your help.
 
J

jackh

Bronze Level Poster
ordered thursday

ive got this beast of a laptop, for blurays and counterstrike :) should do me well, its still in processing, and if it hasnt shifted out of processing by this time next week, its kick up a stink time


Chassis & Display Enigma III 540: 15.6" Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080) Matte
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-2720QM (2.20GHz) 6MB Cache
Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card nVIDIA® GeForce® GT 540M - 2GB DDR3 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
2nd Graphics Card NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 750GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD7500BPKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive SONY BD-5730S 6x BLURAY WRITER & CYBERLINK SOFTWARE (£108)
Memory Card Reader Integrated 3 in 1 Memory Card Reader (SD, MMC, MS)
Network Facilities GIGABIT LAN & INTEL® CENTRINO® ULTIMATE-N 6300 WIRELESS upto 450Mbps
USB Options 1 x USB 3.0 PORT + 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Battery Enigma III Series 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (5,100/5,200 mAh)
Power Lead & Adaptor 1 x UK Power Lead & 120W AC Adaptor
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Stands & Port Replicators NONE
Carry Case NONE
Monitor NONE
Keyboard & Mouse NONE
Mouse INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Speakers NONE
Webcam INTEGRATED 1.3 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Headsets (VOIP) NONE
Surge Protection NONE
Printer NONE
External Hard Drive NONE
Home Installation NONE
Insurance NONE
Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Data Recovery NONE
Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days
Pricing Information
Price (excluding VAT) £912.50
Price £1,095.00
 
K

kriwad

Silver Level Poster
jackh said:
ps. the second graphics card option wasnt even there
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Probably to avoid having your laptop look like it's mutating and growing new appendages ;)

PS. lff - changed my mind after some careful forethought and went with the triple heatpipe. Only £14 extra. Thanks for your help.
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Good call on the advice from Picard. I'd also recommend living without the 2nd monitor for as long as it takes you to save up, and upgrade to the 24" model from the go if you've no space issues.

It's definitely worth it :)
 
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M

mhwhippet

Member
Hey kriwad - thanks for the advice, but I need the two monitors straight away. Video / film editing is how I make my money, and 2 x 22" is more than I used to deal with in my old staff job and will be more than sufficient. Cheers anyway though, mate.
 
M

mhwhippet

Member
Can't believe I am going to have to wait three weeks or so. I am virtually biting my own arms off after one day. Grrrrrrrr!
 
J

jackh

Bronze Level Poster
sucks huh, itll be a good week for my laptop, and im not getting any antivirus or games or bags, until it gets here
 
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