Final Draft on Gaming PC (Hopefully looking for thumbs up on the go ahead)

[ShaneNorthcott]

Hi all, just a quick rundown of the specs I have chosen for a new gaming PC. I had some useful help before and came to the conclusion I went overkill on specs which I just wouldn't have needed. I believe these that I have chosen to be a good build for what I'd need.

I have left out the Memory - Hard Disk section as I wasn't sure what would be best to go for, I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to building PCs so any advice on that front would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770 (3.4GHz) 8MB Cache
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
2GB AMD RADEON™ HD7870 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
250GB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
HomePlug 200 Mbps AV - Turn any Electrical Socket into a Network (£19)
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Firewire
3 Port IEEE 1394a Firewire PCI Card (£9)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® G110 GAMING KEYBOARD WITH BACKLIGHTING (£69)
Mouse
LOGITECH® G500 LASER GAMING MOUSE (£48)
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
Miscellaneous
FREE DIRT SHOWDOWN GAME with any AMD 7000 Series GPU!
Quantity
1

Price: £1,212.00 including VAT and delivery.

[keynes]

What is your budget for the hdd? A caviar black 1tb as a main drive.

[Rakk]

Network Facilities
HomePlug 200 Mbps AV - Turn any Electrical Socket into a Network (£19)

Do note that unless you already have a homeplug network, you need to start off with two homeplugs, one for the router, and one for the PC.
If you do already have a homeplug network then just ignore me

[Grinder]

You don't need the i7 for gaming.
An i5 3550 would be just as good and if you want to play with overclocking get the 3570 k with the titan cooler.
If you don't want to meddle the just use a stock cooler.
If you can afford it upgrade the gpu to a 7950 or even better the gtx 670 or 7970.
If your planning on doubling up your gpu's you might need a bigger PSU.
If not then you don't need the Sli crossfire motherboard.

[ShaneNorthcott]

What is your budget for the hdd? A caviar black 1tb as a main drive.

I'm not particularly working within a given budget. Just looking to create a decent system that can run what games I need it to. I made the HDD what you suggested, thank you

[ShaneNorthcott]

Do note that unless you already have a homeplug network, you need to start off with two homeplugs, one for the router, and one for the PC.
If you do already have a homeplug network then just ignore me

I didn't know that, no. Have changed it to the two homeplug option now. I was curious as to what the need for an extra was so thank you for pointing that out to me

[keynes]

I'm not particularly working within a given budget. Just looking to create a decent system that can run what games I need it to. I made the HDD what you suggested, thank you

Well if budget is not an issue
I'll go with an SSD as a primary drive and the caviar black as a secondary drive. I have the Intel 520 SSD + caviar black, makes booting windows very quick as well as any applications/games in the SSD. I use the caviar black for storage of documents, movies, music, games I occassionaly play, etc...

[ShaneNorthcott]

You don't need the i7 for gaming.
An i5 3550 would be just as good and if you want to play with overclocking get the 3570 k with the titan cooler.
If you don't want to meddle the just use a stock cooler.
If you can afford it upgrade the gpu to a 7950 or even better the gtx 670 or 7970.
If your planning on doubling up your gpu's you might need a bigger PSU.
If not then you don't need the Sli crossfire motherboard.

I've changed the Processor to the i5 you suggested, I don't intend on overclocking so I went for the 3550 and reverted to the stock cooler. I don't think I'll need to upgrade the GPU to run the particular games I will be playing but I increased the PSU as suggested in case I need to add another GPU in the future. Thank you for the feedback.

[keynes]

I've changed the Processor to the i5 you suggested, I don't intend on overclocking so I went for the 3550 and reverted to the stock cooler. I don't think I'll need to upgrade the GPU to run the particular games I will be playing but I increased the PSU as suggested in case I need to add another GPU in the future. Thank you for the feedback.

Did you check in the configurator that a higher PSU is needed for 2 x 7870? I'd expect the corsair 650w to be sufficient for crossfire those. (tight but sufficient)

[Wolvo7]

I don't intend on overclocking so I went for the 3550 and reverted to the stock cooler.

I'd go for the super quiet CPU cooler over the stock one