Any comments and suggestion for the specs please

Nathaniel

Nathaniel

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i am planning to buy this but may change . . .want your ideas

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7-870 Quad Core (2.93GHz, 8MB Cache) + Turbo Boost
Motherboard
ASUS® P7P55D-E PRO: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX™ / SLI SUPPORT
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5770 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
2nd Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
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 & Case Cooling
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£29)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
Sound Blaster® Audigy™ SE (£19)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Modem
56KBPS INTERNAL V92 DATA/FAX/VOICE MODEM
 
Meds

Meds

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The specification looks ok so far but I'm sure we could tweak it a little to ensure its perfect for you. If you get back to us with what you plan on using the PC for we'll see what we can suggest.
 
Sleinous

Sleinous

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Im thinking a 32mb or 64mb cached drive for any usage, followed by an HD 6850 or 5850 if its more gaming orientated, to make up for the additional cost, dropping down to 4GB RAM
 
Nathaniel

Nathaniel

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Yes basically it is for gaming and other editing stuffs like photoshop other than that just casual movies and music. . .

so i will just have 4gb ram and increase the graphic card and the processor?
 
Nathaniel

Nathaniel

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Sleinous said:
I'd pop a GTX 460 in here, CUDA core support foir photoshop plugin, and decent gaming graphics.
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sory i dont quite understand what's CUDA and is GTX 460 much better or what is its advantage or con to 6870. . .
by the way, whats the difference between [email protected] and [email protected]. . .

this my new quote:

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-760 Quad Core (2.80GHz, 8MB Cache) + Turbo Boost
Motherboard
ASUS® P7P55D-E: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX™ SUPPORT
Memory (RAM)
4GB KINGSTON HYPER-X T1 DUAL-DDR3 2000MHz, X.M.P (2 x 2GB KIT)
Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 6870 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11, Eyefinity 3 Capable
Memory - 1st 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 & Case Cooling
CORSAIR 650W TX SERIES (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£76)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Firewire & Video Editing
3 Port IEEE 1394a Firewire PCI Card (£9)
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
KASPERSKY ANTI-VIRUS 2010 - 1 Year Licence for 1 PC (£10)
Surge Protection
Belkin 4 Socket 2M Surge Protector with £25,000 Protection! (Special Offer £6)
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 13 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £863.00 including VAT and delivery.
 
Nathaniel

Nathaniel

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Phoenix said:
Yeah I love Naruto, it's awesome :D
In terms of the build you posted, you'd get more gaming performance out of the system with an i5-760 and a Radeon HD6870.
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Yeah are they done with the fillers??i haven't watch it for a while. . .

okay . . i changed to i5-760 and HD6870
i'll post the new quote. . .
 
Sleinous

Sleinous

Author Level
Nathaniel said:
sory i dont quite understand what's CUDA and is GTX 460 much better or what is its advantage or con to 6870. . .
by the way, whats the difference between [email protected] and [email protected]. . .

this my new quote:

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-760 Quad Core (2.80GHz, 8MB Cache) + Turbo Boost
Motherboard
ASUS® P7P55D-E: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX™ SUPPORT
Memory (RAM)
4GB KINGSTON HYPER-X T1 DUAL-DDR3 2000MHz, X.M.P (2 x 2GB KIT)
Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 6870 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11, Eyefinity 3 Capable
Memory - 1st 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 & Case Cooling
CORSAIR 650W TX SERIES (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£76)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Firewire & Video Editing
3 Port IEEE 1394a Firewire PCI Card (£9)
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
KASPERSKY ANTI-VIRUS 2010 - 1 Year Licence for 1 PC (£10)
Surge Protection
Belkin 4 Socket 2M Surge Protector with £25,000 Protection! (Special Offer £6)
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 13 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £863.00 including VAT and delivery.
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The i7 870 is the same as the i7 875K, the 875K is just a CPU for overclockers (unlocked multiplier). So unless you're an overclocker, stick to an i7 870, but for your use the i5 760 is more than adequate.

The CUDA cores take strain off CPU when processing images and working with them when you have the photoshop plugin added.

The GTX 460 performs slightly worse than the 6870 but has Physx support and CUDA that the ATI does not. It is basically a better all-rounder whereas the 6870, a better gaming card. The 460 will still max out most games out today.
 
Nathaniel

Nathaniel

Bronze Level Poster
Sleinous said:
The i7 870 is the same as the i7 875K, the 875K is just a CPU for overclockers (unlocked multiplier). So unless you're an overclocker, stick to an i7 870, but for your use the i5 760 is more than adequate.

The CUDA cores take strain off CPU when processing images and working with them when you have the photoshop plugin added.

The GTX 460 performs slightly worse than the 6870 but has Physx support and CUDA that the ATI does not. It is basically a better all-rounder whereas the 6870, a better gaming card. The 460 will still max out most games out today.
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I think i'll just stick with 6870 cause i will not use the photoshop quite regularly than games. . .but thanks for your help. . .

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Phoenix

Phoenix

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Nathaniel said:
Yeah are they done with the fillers??i haven't watch it for a while. . .

okay . . i changed to i5-760 and HD6870
i'll post the new quote. . .
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Well I've watched all 220 episodes of the original series and after about episode 131 they're pretty much all fillers. I've seen the first 26 episodes of shippuden and it's amazing, finally getting back to the story of the Akatski ^_^ With the new quote unless you're overclocking just stick with the 1333mhz RAM and get the silver warranty.
 
Nathaniel

Nathaniel

Bronze Level Poster
Phoenix said:
Well I've watched all 220 episodes of the original series and after about episode 131 they're pretty much all fillers. I've seen the first 26 episodes of shippuden and it's amazing, finally getting back to the story of the Akatski ^_^ With the new quote unless you're overclocking just stick with the 1333mhz RAM and get the silver warranty.
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haven't watch all the 220 episode of the first series but followed the shippuden,some dont like it but realy good. . .and the animation are much better than One Piece. . .
. . .
but for the specs i change my RAM to 1600 cause there's just a lil bit difference and. . .i dont really understand whats overclocking. . .mind to explain??^^
 
Nathaniel

Nathaniel

Bronze Level Poster
my final spec. . .

any objections??? LoL..
Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-760 Quad Core (2.80GHz, 8MB Cache) + Turbo Boost
Motherboard
ASUS® P7P55D-E: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX™ SUPPORT
Memory (RAM)
4GB KINGSTON HYPER-X BLU DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 2GB KIT)
Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 6870 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11, Eyefinity 3 Capable
Memory - 1st 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 & Case Cooling
CORSAIR 650W TX SERIES (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£76)
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Firewire & Video Editing
3 Port IEEE 1394a Firewire PCI Card (£9)
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
KASPERSKY ANTI-VIRUS 2010 - 1 Year Licence for 1 PC (£10)
Surge Protection
Belkin 4 Socket 2M Surge Protector with £25,000 Protection! (Special Offer £6)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS & UK OFFSHORE ISLANDS / N IRELAND (£19)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 13 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £871.00

thank you everyone for helping me sort this out.
 
Nathaniel

Nathaniel

Bronze Level Poster
i'm planning to set a partition on my pc my idea is that i will put 200Gb on the 1st one and the rest to the 2nd one which i will be using to put my music,photos and games on. . is that a good idea or not?

programs will be on the 1st partition. . .will this help speed up the computer??
 
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