Change of budget change of mind. Check this spec!

robertbollo

Bronze Level Poster
I've just emailed pcs asking about the side fans, will let you know what the outcome is. now off to work to pay for this computer!! 6:30am starts are killing me haha
 

robmal

Bronze Level Poster
what about this...???
£1352


Case

COOLERMASTER CM STORM SNIPER - NEXT GEN GAMING CASE
Overclocked CPU

Overclocked Intel® Core™i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz @ max 4.60GHz)
Motherboard

ASUS® P8Z68-V PRO: USB 3.0, SATA 6GB/s, NVIDIA®SLI™, ATI®CrossFireX™
Memory (RAM)

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

1.5GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk

750GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD7502AAEX, 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 1050W PRO SERIES™ HX1050-80 PLUS® SILVER MODULAR (£162)
Processor Cooling

COOLIT ECO II A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£59)
Thermal Paste

STANDARD OVERCLOCK THERMAL PASTE
Sound Card

ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities

ONBOARD 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 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software

FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus

BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
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 10 to 12 working days
Quantity 1
 

robertbollo

Bronze Level Poster
Thanks mate but that spec actually comes to £1533 as you missed out a monitor, keyboard mouse, speakers......... so a little to out of my budget. The overclocked i5 is tempting though.

I changed a couple of bits and got it down to £1401. So its either that one or the overclocked Amd at £1374

Case
COOLERMASTER CM STORM SNIPER - NEXT GEN GAMING CASE
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz @ max 4.60GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, NVIDIA®SLI™, ATI®CrossFireX
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
1.5GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
750GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD7502AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
COOLERMASTER 750W GX SERIES™ -80 PLUS® BRONZE (£72) **SPECIAL***
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC COOLING MX-3 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 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 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Monitor
IIYAMA E2271HDS 22" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D HD 1920x1080 (£139)
Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® MK250 WIRELESS KEYBOARD & MOUSE COMBO (£19)
Speakers
LOGITECH S120 2.0 BLACK SPEAKER SYSTEM (£9)
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: £1,401.00 including VAT and delivery.
 
I personaly feel that AMD chips lack compared to Sandy bridge, My personal opinion don't take that for a quote, I just have less problems and easier time not to mention turbo boost that's a free overclock that you cant get no support from if anything goes wrong.

As for graphics, I despise my ATI card, The shader on it is hated by most games (software) and causes problems with light effects, this can be found over a range of cards and drivers, So in short, Stick to intel and nvidia.
 
Thanks mate but that spec actually comes to £1533 as you missed out a monitor, keyboard mouse, speakers......... so a little to out of my budget. The overclocked i5 is tempting though.

I changed a couple of bits and got it down to £1401. So its either that one or the overclocked Amd at £1374

Case
COOLERMASTER CM STORM SNIPER - NEXT GEN GAMING CASE
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz @ max 4.60GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, NVIDIA®SLI™, ATI®CrossFireX
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
1.5GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
750GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD7502AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
COOLERMASTER 750W GX SERIES™ -80 PLUS® BRONZE (£72) **SPECIAL***
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC COOLING MX-3 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 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 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Monitor
IIYAMA E2271HDS 22" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D HD 1920x1080 (£139)
Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® MK250 WIRELESS KEYBOARD & MOUSE COMBO (£19)
Speakers
LOGITECH S120 2.0 BLACK SPEAKER SYSTEM (£9)
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: £1,401.00 including VAT and delivery.

Im all about loving this website but that seems dam pricey for what your getting, I made a simalar machine for a half of that price. Its late and im tired after very little sleep but i could be wrong.
 

robertbollo

Bronze Level Poster
i've done alot of research before desiding the to use this site. and from what ive seen is very good value specially as you get 3 years warranty and it gets tested after being built. ive built tons of computers in the past but its been quite a few years since then and i don't want to risk it.

i'm still trying to decide between the amd and intel spec. i don't think theres anything i would change about them. apart from adding a second gtx 580!!! or a 590.

i hate having to wait to be able to order at least bf3 or skyrim arn't out until october so i will have it by then.

one thing i was wondering...... what software would you recommend getting, for benchmarking, watching the pc temp, keeping winows clean etcc? oh and also virus?......... for the past 4/5 years i've only used my macbook, so completly out of touch from windows. last system i used was xp! before that i only used pcs as i studied computer science at college and uni but i then decided to travel around mexico for 4 years. now i'm back i've decided to get back into it and going to be studying a degree in computing,it and mathematics at the open university so hence this purchase!!!!
 

robertbollo

Bronze Level Poster
i need to stop checking the specs i've now worked out that ican change the case from sniper to haf 922 and get the overclocked i7 for £41 more than the i5 spec. my wife is going to kill me haha
 

robertbollo

Bronze Level Poster
I've been messing around with my spec and I'm a week away from buying. bring on 3rd sept!!!

What do you think of this spec? Its either going to be the overclocked 1100t with 1 gtx 580 or the normal 1100t with the 2 6970. To save some money between specs I changed the sniper to the storm for the 2 x 6970s.


Case
COOLERMASTER CM STORM ENFORCER - GAMING ENTHUSIAST CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X6 1090T (3.20GHz/9MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION
Motherboard
ASUS® M5A99X EVO:USB 3.0, SATA 6.0Gb/s, Quad CrossFireX™/SLI™
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
2GB AMD RADEON™ HD6970 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
2nd Graphics Card
2GB AMD RADEON™ HD6970 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
750GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD7502AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1050W PRO SERIES™ HX1050-80 PLUS® SILVER MODULAR (£162)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 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 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor
IIYAMA E2271HDS 22" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D HD 1920x1080 (£139)
Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® MK250 WIRELESS KEYBOARD & MOUSE COMBO (£19)
Speakers
LOGITECH S120 2.0 BLACK SPEAKER SYSTEM (£9)
Headsets (VOIP)
LOGITECH® USB HEADSET H530 - CLEAR, DIGITAL AUDIO IN STEREO (£34)
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: £1,442.00 including VAT and delivery.
 

tom_gr7

Life Serving
looking good dude, but go for the triple copper cooler, will be alot better than the standard amd cooler.
 

robertbollo

Bronze Level Poster
Ok I'm either going to be able to click the order button in the next couple of hours or tomorrow!!! The time has finally come!

I just had a couple of questions before I go ahead and do it.

this is my spec: and I was wondering If the wife makes me shave of some of the cost do you think the The Coolermaster HAF 922 Case or the COOLERMASTER CM STORM ENFORCER are good cases? I'm currently going for the sniper but its the only area I can save some cash on.

Also I'm currently down to get the wireless card.... Is using a ethernet cable better than using wireless? If so I might ditch the wireless card. I currently use wireless for my phones, laptop and ps3 and only have a couple of problems with signal strength but its not that often.

If I go for using an ethernet cable, does anyone know of a good place to pick one up on the cheap? Do you know if PCS can supply one? I'll probably need a 5m-10m cable.

I'm currently £21 over my budget with the sniper and without the wireless card. I also have a £15 off code so that takes me closer to my budget of £1400.

Over the past couple of months my budget has gone from £1800 to £1200 and now I've cooked enough meals and washed the dishes enough to make my wife happy to get it up to £1400.
Case
COOLERMASTER CM STORM SNIPER - NEXT GEN GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7-2600 Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, NVIDIA®SLI™, ATI®CrossFireX
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
1.5GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
750GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD7502AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£72)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 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 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor
IIYAMA E2271HDS 22" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D HD 1920x1080 (£139)
Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® MK250 WIRELESS KEYBOARD & MOUSE COMBO (£19)
Speakers
LOGITECH S120 2.0 BLACK SPEAKER SYSTEM (£9)
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: £1,421.00 including VAT and delivery.
 

Fear

Prolific Poster
If you just get the 1333Mhz Ram as you do not need the 1600Mhz that will take another £5 off and with your £15 code that is only £1 overbudget so get to the dishes quick and i am sure you will get away with that ;)
 

robertbollo

Bronze Level Poster
Thanks Fear! I decided to stick with the 1600 as speaking with Frenchy he recommended it for what I need. I'm going to be using my Rig for gaming, but mostly Programming, App design, game design. Might have to wash some clothes now! But I have now finally placed the order!!! now the wait begins
 
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