Quiet PC for Mid Level Gaming...

[Alex]

How's this?


Case
InWIN DRAGON SLAYER BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X4 965 (3.40GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION
Motherboard
ASUS® M4A78LT-M: mATX MAINBOARD, DDR3, USB 2.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
768MB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX460 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
2nd Graphics Card
NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
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 & Case Cooling
600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB Options
4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Floppy Disk Drive
NONE
Firewire & Video Editing
NONE
TV Card
NONE
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 - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Monitor
NONE
2nd Monitor
NONE
DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables
NONE
Keyboard & Mouse
NONE
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 9 to 13 working days
Quantity
1



I'm not too bothered about the build speed or some of the other things, but I was just wondering how this would handle the majority of games, as well as how quiet- or how loud- at which it might be when running them.

Thanks in advance for any answers.

 

[Matt00011]

Change the case for the COOLERMASTER SILEO 500 QUIET MID TOWER CASE.

Also, what resolution are you planning on gaming at? The 768mb NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX460's performance starts to tail out at 1920 x 1020.

Finally, change warranty to silver. Worth it for the extra pounds.

 

[PCS]

As per Matt's advice - the best way to make this quieter would be with the Sileo 500 case. Otherwise a great spec for its intended use.

 

[Alex]

Thanks to both of you for replying so quickly.

I probably will not be gaming at anything above that, as I'm roughly going to be playing games on around 1440x900- which shouldn't be as demanding.

With regard to the case, the reason I chose the Dragon Slayer was because I'm limited in where I could put the computer, and this case fits in nicely. Plus I like the way it looks and it has three fans so that's a bonus.

As for the warranty, I had meant to click the Silver option as it certainly looks worth the extra £5.

 

[Phoenix]

Well the GTX460 is a fairly quiet graphics card and you do have the triple heatpipe cooler so the dragon slayer case would be a pretty good choice.

 

[Alex]

Well the GTX460 is a fairly quiet graphics card and you do have the triple heatpipe cooler so the dragon slayer case would be a pretty good choice.

Thank you, I should be ordering my build this week. I'm looking forward to it; my current pc is like an upgraded dinosaur- not as bad as it could be, but still pretty old and useless.

 

[Sleinous]

Thank you, I should be ordering my build this week. I'm looking forward to it; my current pc is like an upgraded dinosaur- not as bad as it could be, but still pretty old and useless.

"upgraded dinosaur" rofls. I guess you're gonna be driving it to extinction fairly soon then aye?

 

[Alex]

"upgraded dinosaur" rofls. I guess you're gonna be driving it to extinction fairly soon then aye?

I sure am.

One thing I changed- I upgraded the 600W to a Corsair 650W.

 

[Matt00011]

"upgraded dinosaur" rofls. I guess you're gonna be driving it to extinction fairly soon then aye?

Alex, dont feel embaressed because I have a secret aswell lol.

My current desktops a dinosaur too Sleinous. A PB Intel Celeron 356 3.3 ghz with integrated graphics, hell yeah!

I did get it from that highstreet retailer, you know the one where you pay twice as much for something and still end up with a graphics card in the machine that can only manage to play pacman. I was so nieve back then, thankfully I found the right place here at PCS for the much needed upgrade. Im typing this on my newish laptop but I can see that being banished too in the next 48 hours! .

I'm sure the wait will be well worth it Alex.