Final spec......before I press 'GO'!

[pethar]

Following a couple of threads on advice over various components, I'd be grateful for any final feedback on the spec below before I press go and upset the wife at spending a grand on a new PC! ;)

I've never spec'd a PC from scratch before, so I'm always open to suggestions.......


COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE + 2 FRONT USB

Intel® Core™i7-870 Quad Core (2.93GHz, 8MB Cache) + Turbo Boost

ASUS® P7P55D-E: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX™ SUPPORT

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

768MB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX460 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11

1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE

24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)

CORSAIR 650W PSU (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£76)

SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)

Sound Blaster® Audigy™ SE (£25)

ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT

6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£108)

3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)


Price: £1,051.00 including VAT and delivery.


Thanks in anticipation......

[Gorman]

Perfect, you can drop the ram to 1333 if its a gaming rig at stock clocks, same goes for the sound card.

[pethar]

Thanks Gorman

Can't believe I omitted to say what it'll be used for!

I'm not a gamer at all, so this will be the family PC, but will get used mainly for photo and video (light) editing. I'm trying to balance up cost against longevity, so that this one last 7 yeasr as my last one did!

Cheers

[Gorman]

ok great so you can definately drop the ram speed and sound card.

[Rakk]

Just a quick thought, do you need the sound card, the onboard sound should be fine (I think) for the vast majority of stuff (unless you need really high quality sound).

[Meds]

Agree with the RAM/Soundcard comments above. Also, do you need Win 7 Professional? The majority of home users are fine with Home Premium unless they have a specific requirement for Win 7 Pro - XP Mode maybe?

[pethar]

Thanks guys.

The notes on soundcard and RAM are noted, but it doesn't make a big difference to the price - £28. Re the operating system, its the XP mode I'm after as I have a few legacy XP programs I still need to run.

[Meds]

Re the operating system, its the XP mode I'm after as I have a few legacy XP programs I still need to run.

Brilliant, just we've have had customers in the past order it just because they thought it was "better than Home Premium"