Hi everyone,
Ok, I have gone through hell and back when spec ing a new computer. At first I wanted to be able to upgrade to 64Gb of RAM and so went for an i7-8320 however thanks to excellent feedback on this forum I have since seen the gain in performance you get from an i7-3770K (its a 10% increase in performance) and so will live with 32Gb.
The difficulty has come from the fact that now with the money I am saving on the CPU it opens up a lot more decisions. Before I was limited on choice of motherboard etc due to money.
Questions on the motherboard. I have gone for the ASUS® P8Z77-V mainly due to its built in fan controls (as it is an audio PC being able to control fan speed is a big plus). However I am open to any suggestions on other options. Also due to it being an audio PC graphics performance is just not important to me in the slightest hence am planning to use integrated graphics. The question is will this reduce the performance of the machine. If so should I just add a cheap 1 GB graphics card however I need advise on this. Finally on graphics cards is a USB adaptor the easiest and cheapest way to run 3 monitors (baring in mind I already have a usb to HDMI adaptor)
I have selected an 850W power supply so that it will hopefully run silent. I have read up that at 30% load the fan shouldnt even start up again any advise on this is welcome.
The full spec is shown below and I would appreciate any further advise or recommendations as the information people have given has been sooo helpful.
Case
COOLERMASTER SILENCIO 550 QUIET MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770K (3.5GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V: PCI-E 3.0 READY, WIFI, SLI, CROSSFIREX
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPERX BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2400MHz X.M.P (2 x 8GB KIT)
Graphics Card
INTEGRATED GRAPHICS ACCELERATOR (GPU)
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
240GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX850 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£99)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H60 Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler (£59)
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
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£109)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 11 working days
Quantity
1
Ok, I have gone through hell and back when spec ing a new computer. At first I wanted to be able to upgrade to 64Gb of RAM and so went for an i7-8320 however thanks to excellent feedback on this forum I have since seen the gain in performance you get from an i7-3770K (its a 10% increase in performance) and so will live with 32Gb.
The difficulty has come from the fact that now with the money I am saving on the CPU it opens up a lot more decisions. Before I was limited on choice of motherboard etc due to money.
Questions on the motherboard. I have gone for the ASUS® P8Z77-V mainly due to its built in fan controls (as it is an audio PC being able to control fan speed is a big plus). However I am open to any suggestions on other options. Also due to it being an audio PC graphics performance is just not important to me in the slightest hence am planning to use integrated graphics. The question is will this reduce the performance of the machine. If so should I just add a cheap 1 GB graphics card however I need advise on this. Finally on graphics cards is a USB adaptor the easiest and cheapest way to run 3 monitors (baring in mind I already have a usb to HDMI adaptor)
I have selected an 850W power supply so that it will hopefully run silent. I have read up that at 30% load the fan shouldnt even start up again any advise on this is welcome.
The full spec is shown below and I would appreciate any further advise or recommendations as the information people have given has been sooo helpful.
Case
COOLERMASTER SILENCIO 550 QUIET MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770K (3.5GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V: PCI-E 3.0 READY, WIFI, SLI, CROSSFIREX
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPERX BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2400MHz X.M.P (2 x 8GB KIT)
Graphics Card
INTEGRATED GRAPHICS ACCELERATOR (GPU)
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
240GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX850 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£99)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H60 Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler (£59)
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
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£109)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 11 working days
Quantity
1
