NEW GAMES MACHINE AND FUTURE PROOF advice and comments please

[WEBZE26]

Hi, would like some advise/comments on this spec, going to be used for gaming TOTAL WAR, BF3 and general use ......... don't know which case to order whether the one below of the coolmaster cm storm trooper???

Case
InWIN BLACK DRAGON RIDER 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
3GB AMD RADEON™ HD7970 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
Free Item
FREE DIRT SHOWDOWN GAME with any AMD 7000 Series GPU!
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 750W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX750 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£86)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)
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 w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence
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

Price: £1,334.00 including VAT and delivery.

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[keynes]

What is your budget? The GTX 670 would perform better in games like Battlefield 3 and Shogun 2 (1 monitor) than the HD 7970 and it is cheaper. Storm trooper is a nice case, games like Shogun 2 are processor bound and there wouldn't be a significant performance difference between the i5-3570 and the i7-3770
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpu...k-cpu-review/6

[WEBZE26]

Budget is £1400 I would be running two monitors so times so which graphics card would be better?

[keynes]

Gtx 670, you can connect up to 4 monitors.

[Narcotics]

hi, would like some advise/comments on this spec, going to be used for gaming total war, bf3 and general use ......... Don't know which case to order whether the one below of the coolmaster cm storm trooper???

Case
inwin black dragon rider 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
3gb amd radeon™ hd7970 - dvi,hdmi,2 mdp - dx® 11, eyefinity 4 capable
free item
free dirt showdown game with any amd 7000 series gpu!
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 750w enthusiast series™ tx750 v2-80 plus® bronze (£86)
processor cooling
super quiet 22dba triple copper heatpipe intel cpu cooler (£19)
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 w/sp1 - inc dvd & licence
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

price: £1,334.00 including vat and delivery.

Unique url to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes...pc/tcew3v4ckw/

StormTrooper1.jpg ftw

[WEBZE26]

WHAT MBOARD WOULD YOU RECOMMEND WITH THE gtx670 ?? as I would like to add another one in the future??

[keynes]

WHAT MBOARD WOULD YOU RECOMMEND WITH THE gtx670 ?? as I would like to add another one in the future??

The motherboard and power supply you selected will allow you to add a 2nd GTX 670 (SLI)

[WEBZE26]

also do you know does the case come with fan's fitted etc... as I don't want this over heating when i do add another graphics card??

as i am not an expert what is the main difference between the gtx670 and the hd7970?? as isn't the gtx670 quite and old graphics card now??

[keynes]

also do you know does the case come with fan's fitted etc... as I don't want this over heating when i do add another graphics card??

as i am not an expert what is the main difference between the gtx670 and the hd7970?? as isn't the gtx670 quite and old graphics card now??

It would come with some fans included. The GTX 670 was release after the HD 7970, for the games you mentioned the GTX 670 will perform better (higher frames per second in 1 monitor) than the HD 7970. I would not worry about overheating with your set up even with 2 graphics card, I'd prefer the storm trooper if it is within your budget.

[WEBZE26]

hi sorry I haven't replied been on holiday, have taken on board comments and saved some more pennies and have come up with this spec........ any comments please as I aim too order this week.

Case
COOLERMASTER CM STORM TROOPER - GAMING ENTHUSIAST 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 NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
2nd Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 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
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX750 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£86)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)
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 w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence
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 8 to 10 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,578.00 including VAT and delivery.