Trying to Build a monster for me !

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Dillinja

Member
Hi all...


Heres the spec listed below...what would the masses change and why ? 1700 limt btw

i jus wunna say il be puttin my X-fi Fatality gamer sound card in hence (onboard sound selected)..

Only 120ssd drive selected ive got enough 10.000 and 7.200 sata drives

Also i know i have choosen an ATI card but that really because thats what i use now and the onboard sound and native HDMI suits me for sliding movies to TV :)...the last nvidia card i had was an 8800 ultra which was a nightmare to get configured with tv's and multiple monitors are they any better now ? nvidia cards havent got on board sound have they ?...anyway heres spec

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Case COOLERMASTER HAF-X FULL TOWER GAMING CASE
Overclocked CPU Overclocked Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz @ max 4.80GHz)
Motherboard ASUS® P8P67 PRO (NEW REV 3.0): USB 3.0/SATA 6Gb/s, CrossFireX™ & SLI
Memory (RAM) 16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB
KIT)
Graphics Card 2GB AMD RADEON™ HD6970 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DirectX® 11, Eyefinity 4
Capable
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 120GB OCZ VERTEX 2 SERIES SSD, SATA 3 Gb/s (upto 285MB/sR |
275MB/sW)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 12x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£49)
Power Supply CORSAIR 750W PRO SERIES (HX750) 80+ MODULAR PSU (£114)
Processor Cooling COOLIT ECO C240 A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£105)
Thermal Paste ARCTIC COOLING MX-3 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Modem NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£147)
Office Software FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
(£5)
Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 11 to 13 working days

Price Ex VAT £1415.00
Price £1698.00
Quantity 1
Total Order Price EX VAT £1415.00
Total VAT Amount £283

Total Order Price £1698.00


Thanks for your time

DAN
 
MickyG

MickyG

Enthusiast
Have a look at the spec below:

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 932 FULL TOWER GAMING CASE
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz @ max 4.60GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® P8P67 PRO (NEW REV 3.0): USB 3.0/SATA 6Gb/s, CrossFireX™ & SLI
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
1536MB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX580 - 2 DVI,mHDMI - DirectX® 11, 3D Vision Ready
Free Item
FREE Need For Speed™ World Starter Pack with any Nvidia® GTS450 or above!
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 510 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 450MB/sR | 210MB/sW)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
12x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£49)
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W PRO SERIES (HX1000) 80+ MODULAR PSU (£169)
Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO C240 A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£105)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC COOLING MX-3 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
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 - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 11 to 13 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,669.00 including VAT and delivery.

Configure Here: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/intel-1155-overclocked/

Case: I've chose the HAF 932 case (use it myself) and it's one big case, loads of room for expansion and such, plus unlike the HAF X you can have an internal card reader which can be useful

GPU: I've selected the GTX580 as it's an amazing card and, going by the GTX570 card, it's easy to hook it up to a TV (as long as you have the right cable ofcourse)

CPU: I've suggested the 2500k as I've read a few times on other threads that it can reach pretty similar overclocked speeds as the 2600k

PSU: For futureproofing I've included a HX1000W power supply which will, if you require, enable you to SLI (have two Nvidia GPU's running at once) two GTX580's (this is also the reason for choosing the motherboard as this has SLI capabilities)

If you do want to change any of these (e.g. you may not wish to SLI at a later date so you could reduce the PSU and motherboard) let me know and I can have a look at respeccing something for you :)

G
 
JSG10

JSG10

Expert
Nvidia cards have improved dramatically and they've got some of the best cards on the market now, just look at the GTX500 series! I run the GTX470 and have no problems at all with multiple monitors, I regularly have my TV hooked up as a 2nd display :)
The ATI cards however, do have Eyefinity technology which looks fantastic and if you want multiple monitor setups, ie 3 to 6, then a highend ATI card is the way to go.

Whats your rig going to be used for by the way?

Will you be overclocking? If not, I'd drop down to the stock 2600 instead of the k version as thats for overclocking only really.

Do you need a Blu-Ray drive? I personally use a lot of digital media rather than discs now.

If you're not overclocking as mentioned before you probably won't need liquid cooling, have you selected this for any specific reason? Same goes for thermal paste, normal will do fine unless overclocking.
 
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Dillinja

Member
@ micky thanks for that alternate spec but id really rather stay with ATI i know the 570 and 580 hav alil more beanz than the top end ATI cards but for some reason i just dont or cant trust nvidia... yeah i will be looking into getting an Xfire setup about 10 12 months down the road when same card is half the price :)....as for psu when i quoted this the PCS system chucked up i would only need a 650 psu and thats with 20% breathing room so i thought the high end corsair 750hx would be enough if i did wunna go xfire...mind u il prolly add another couple of sata drives so watts soon mount hey :(.....

@ JSG10

Mostly for gaming bit of vid editing photoshop the usual suspects :)... that spec off 1st msg i left was the overclocked version where as i understood its PCS do the overclocking for ya i just get a 4.7/8 instead of the stock 3.4 from the 2600k...hence the watercooling n stuff....as for the paste i jus want to give it the best chance possible to get chilled :)....i totally know what u mean about bluray just the odd epic film is always nice on uncompressed video and audio....yeah 1080p DL are not bad but nothing like true Bluray...
 
bg92

bg92

Expert
For 2 x amd 6970 you will need more than a 750w power supply, I would get the corsair 850w as a miniumum,
 
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Dillinja

Member
@ bg92...yeah i have been looking into that...might stretch to same psu as i 1st stated but 1000....peace of mind innit !!..


@ Nem....HE he i know who John Dillinger was :)...and yeah im into DNB, but not that generic nonsence pendulum n crew make i mean real DNB ..Photek, D-bridge, SPMC, old virus stuff, jus to name afew and as u probably know theres lots more sick producers
 
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Dillinja

Member
guys whats more benificial 16 gig of 1600 ram or 8 gig 2133 ??...looking to buy this machine and forget about upgrading for 4 years :)..well minus a possble Xfire setup in 12 months...

any suggestions are welcome :)

Dan
 
Nemesis

Nemesis

Moderator
Moderator
hes ordering an overclocked system mickyg

Edit : Your probably reading this thinking why cant he come up with an answer well when it comes to 2133mhz ram im lost too dont really see the point tbh

Edit : If this is a PCS overclocked system maybe you could check with them (over their official channels) whether that would affect the stability / max speed of the overclock and if not then stick with 1600mhz
 
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Dillinja

Member
Nice 1 for the info Boys...i'l give em a bell and see whats what i know what u mean though might jus roll 1600 and the overclock hey ?...also was thinking,ok cool il go with the 8 gig 2133 leaves me room to stick more in later. Wrong !!
The 8gig 2133 comes as 4 x 2's so i would acheive nothing :(

God !! now that sabertooth armor Mobo is an option..be nice to do a military stleath looking machine !!

haf- x full..gay red light off !

armour vest mobo

Alc 240 water cooler ...could be shaping up to be a nasty machine !!!
(oh except the only ram i think i can select or choose is bright blue :( !! )

i know colour doesnt really mean anything performance wise but if ya tryin to achevie a look aswell as max performance it kinda sucks ...
lol u can pay 1800 for a car and get colour coded bumpers...Any way enough of my ramberling thanks for info again !!

Dan
 
bg92

bg92

Expert
Call pcs and ask if you can supply your ram that you've purchased to make the colour scheme work? btw what colour scheme are you trying to achieve??
 
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Dillinja

Member
well....just a robust military 1, not ott like a camo case hehe just stealth looking i spose, but il probably spoil the stealth some how with a light inside somehow just to illuminate the "naughtyness"

can u see my vision ?...got any ideas on lighting more a subtle glow i spose...
thanks for ya time BG92

dan
 
bg92

bg92

Expert
I would jus go for a black and red theme, try asking pcs if they can source ram for your solour scheme black or red would do.
I will give some links for inspiration but after 2-3 hours. I gotta leave the house now.
but definately go with the saberthooth mobo :D
 
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Dillinja

Member
yeah i will i think...its definatley a marmite mobo, u love it or hate it...as for the thermal vest im not buyin it tbh but its the plain look (stealth almost) that i like and features of course....(new gui bios looks sweet !) going back to the thermal vest most if not all reviews i read said it makes real minimal difference with the vest on or off so for me its the low-key look :)

yeah im gettin a list of questions to ring pcs tom concerning 2133 ram and if they can source ram for me or if i buy and get it delivered to them !!...

Dan
 
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