What do you think?

[JGUK]

Hello everyone, bought a new PC here on Friday not my first from PCS but my first post on the forum. Would love to know what you guys think of the build. A
mate of mine told me what i should get, so here it is.

Case NZXT PHANTOM WHITE GAMING 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) 16GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (4 X 4GB)
Change to: 16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card 2GB AMD RADEON™ HD6950 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable

Memory - 1st Hard Disk 1.5TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD15EARX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
Change to: 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


Power Supply CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£72)
Change to: CORSAIR 750W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX750 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£86)

Processor Cooling SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Change to: TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)

Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Change to: Sound Blaster® Audigy™ SE (£19)
Network Facilities ONBOARD GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI-E CARD (£19)
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 NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Change to: NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Home Installation NONE
Data Recovery NONE
Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days

10 to 12 working days seems like a lifetime to me but will just have to be patient. Thanks for looking!

 

[dairees]

What are you going to do on this PC? The over clocked chip an 16 GB of RAM might be overkill unless you plan to hammer it.

 

[JGUK]

Yeah it's going to be used on 4 23" monitors for video editing and I'm a trader so lots of that.... And obviously the odd game of MW3 .

 

[vanthus]

looks good,might be worth considering a second hard drive for storage,
unless you have external.

 

[tom_gr7]

You may have the side fan removed from the case due the titan evo, as its massive.

Also i'd drop the sound card, the motherboard will have the same connections on, and probably the same level of quality

 

[Teaz]

looks fine to me. do downclock it back to stock clocks when used in normal conditions like browsing or gaming and so.

 

[JGUK]

Thanks for the advice. Wanted to make sure I did not put something obviously wrong on it. Didn't know the fan was so big lol, is that just the side fan or the whole cover. Be a shame to ruin suchba lovely case. I think your right about sound card, after putting the sound card in I had to up the power from 650 to 750 as well.

I've got an external as well but I don't thinking own 1 tb of data lol.

 

[tom_gr7]

Thanks for the advice. Wanted to make sure I did not put something obviously wrong on it. Didn't know the fan was so big lol, is that just the side fan or the whole cover. Be a shame to ruin suchba lovely case. I think your right about sound card, after putting the sound card in I had to up the power from 650 to 750 as well.

its not the fan thats massive, its the titan fenrir cpu cooler. but If you are overclocking, don't downgrade it.

 

[Teaz]

pcs will just take the big fan off from the case. you can still however attach smaller size fans to it like a 120mm size to some of the mounting places of the panel. do give pcs a note that anything removed or spare parts to get sent to you (i.e, the removed fan).

 

[JGUK]

So the PC is now in Pre-Production which is progress but the wait is horrible. 10-12 working days doesn't sound like a long time but it feels like an eternity, i think we should make them count weekends as working days . Be nice to know what some of you guys have done to pass the time. I have done all the obvious things like pre-order some games BF3 MW3 etc and made a nice little space for where shes going to go (its a she btw). anything elseeeeee????

 

[MNK_31]

its not the fan thats massive, its the titan fenrir cpu cooler. but If you are overclocking, don't downgrade it.

Hey Tom, do you reckon the side fan would need to be removed with the Haf X and the Titan Fenrir? or the Haf X is big enough for that?

By the way JGUK, nice build! Pretty similar to the one I'm going to order soon!

 

[NMEBowen]

depends on the case width the side fan is normally 200mm and 25mm thick not sure how big the titan is but i personally went for the watercooling to fit the side fan in my phantom. look at the width dimentions on the pcs website as you click info on cases maybe you can work it out from there.

 

[JGUK]

I shall have to ask PCS tomorrow. I know the Titan was big but the phantom is a big case. I don't like the idea of not having a side fan :S.