Opinions please

[forester]

As your online would you mind taking a look at what I am thinking of ordering and see if you can see any potential problems.
Thanks


PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE

Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770 (3.4GHz) 8MB Cache

ASUS® P8Z77-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX

16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)

2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

120GB INTEL® 330 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 500MB/sR | 450MB/sW)

2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE

SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER

Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence

[keynes]

As your online would you mind taking a look at what I am thinking of ordering and see if you can see any potential problems.
Thanks


PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE

Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770 (3.4GHz) 8MB Cache

ASUS® P8Z77-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX

16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)

2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

120GB INTEL® 330 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 500MB/sR | 450MB/sW)

2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE

SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER

Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence

Is it for gaming?
I'd get another case (coolermaster 690 II), go for 8gb memory and the i5-3550 (if it is for gaming). I assume you do not wish to SLI in the future.

[forester]

Yep for gaming but also I do a lot of Photoshop work and no would not be going down the SLI route.

Why the change to the case?

What would be the advantage of the i5-3550?

[Rakk]

What would be the advantage of the i5-3550?
Its cheaper and you don't really need an i7 for gaming as the hyperthreading of the i7's isnt utilised in games.

The change of case would just be to give better cooling options.

[keynes]

Yep for gaming but also I do a lot of Photoshop work and no would not be going down the SLI route.

Why the change to the case?

What would be the advantage of the i5-3550?

The i7 would give you better performance for photoshop as well as 16gb but if it is only for gaming the i5-3550 would be more adequate with 8gb. As Rakk mentioned, the coolermaster 690 II gives you better cooling options/cable management.

[forester]

You guys obviously know more about this than me, so what case do you recommend?

[keynes]

You guys obviously know more about this than me, so what case do you recommend?

coolermaster 690 II :)
http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/pc-images/1961/

[forester]

Sorry missed the previous thread ignore

[forester]

Thanks for the help have made some changes.:-)