What would you change and is this worth it?.£1304 inc VAT and Delivery.

[skipper8472]

Case
InWIN WHITE DRAGON RIDER GAMING CASE

Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™i7-3770k Quad Core (3.50GHz @ max 4.60GHz)

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V: PCI-E 3.0 READY, WIFI, SLI, CROSSFIREX

Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
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 750W PRO SERIES™ HX750-80 PLUS® SILVER MODULAR (£116)

Processor Cooling
SPIRE THERMAX ECLIPSE II UNIVERSAL DT EXTREME CPU COOLER (£39)

Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)

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
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
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

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 10 to 12 working days

Quantity

1

£1304 inc VAT and Delivery.

Im wanting an over the top PC so that why i gone for the 3770k CPU and not one below it. Ive changed the SSD to a 120GB and change Harddrive to a 1T Western Didgital black. Is the PSu fine as at some point i do want to change graphic cards when new graphic cards come out over the next 5 years or should i get a 850PSU or is this fine?. Also is the mother board good or would you change this also. Any other recomandations would be gratefull. Thanks....

 

[Louis Roscommon]

Hi there,

You could get all this £100-200 cheaper on E-buyer but be prepared to build it yourself and also if anything goes wrong then its an issue what part to send back individually. PCS is cheaper for you and the build you have is very good for games, personally I would get a graphics card with more memory 2GB - 4GB instead of 1.5 GB. However if you was to upgrade the graphics card in the future then go for the 1.5 GB - saying that that card could run all PC games on max graphics settings and be 'playable' but not 'flawless'. The 850 W supply is fine for a few years unless you slap in x2 top end graphics cards then id go higher supply but I wouldnt worry for now

 

[Louis Roscommon]

Sorry I neglected to mention - what budget do you have ?
The motherboard is fine it may run x2 graphics cards on x8 bandwidth but x16 bandwidth on x1 graphics card, personally I would sway towards 1 high end graphics card for stability rather than x2 mid/high range ones on same board due to instability.

 

[Corfate]

Looks like a solid build. That PSU is fine for a single card, but if you're wanting the option of SLI/Crossfire later on, you will need a larger PSU to be on the safe side.

 

[skipper8472]

Case
InWIN WHITE DRAGON RIDER GAMING CASE

Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™i7-3770k Quad Core (3.50GHz @ max 4.60GHz)

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V: PCI-E 3.0 READY, WIFI, SLI, CROSSFIREX

Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card
3GB AMD RADEON™ HD7970 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
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 850W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX850 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£99)

Processor Cooling
SPIRE THERMAX ECLIPSE II UNIVERSAL DT EXTREME CPU COOLER (£39)

Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)

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
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
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

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 10 to 12 working days


Quantity

1

Is this PSU Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX850 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£99) better then the Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W PRO SERIES™ HX750-80 PLUS® SILVER MODULAR (£116)?

This is the max im willing to pay £1480 inc VAT and Delivery.


What is the case like?.

Thanks again..

 

[Jack-]

If we're talking about dedicating this rig to gaming, why not ditch the i7 which doesn't offer anything above what the i5 3550 does for games (as games don't utilise hyperthreading- the benefit of an i7), and use the money saved to upgrade to a GTX 680, which will offer you much more bang for your buck? Just a suggestion i guess, and perhaps confirm this with someone else if you're tempted.

On a side note, am I correct in that overclocking offers little benfit for gaming? I heard the decrease in lifespan outweighs the small pros for gaming (though i wasn't sure if amping up the cooler would preserve the lifespan anyways) Help?

EDIT: For the case, I hear good things and that if you were looking to upgrade later, it offers more than adequate space and airflow to do so.

 

[Louis Roscommon]

The secondary set up looks more promising. But Jack is right about the i7 and the graphics card. However the i7 may futureproof the machine for games compared to an i5 as in the future as they get more powerful. Though for now the i5 is ideal if your into a budget

 

[Mark0]

My pc is on its way and ive got the same processor although for me the worrying reports about how hot these Ivy bridge processors get when overclocked persuaded me to leave it at stock. Lets face it if it needs more umphh then its got turbo boost and to be honest at stock speed its more than powerful enough to do anything I would rather have stability over speed im never going to use. Both PSU's is fine but if your going to go SLI then your going to need something more powerful than the 750 so maybe stick with the 850, even though its not modular I think you will find PCS tidily tuck away most cables behind the back of the mobo tray.

Your going to have a beast of a pc