Comments Please

[Teaz]

Im sure the future will not even come to 8gb just for the OS and games alones so soon. unless you plan to do heavy editing with multimedia programs like photoshop or something similar then its fine with 16gb.

 

[Teaz]

btw you forgot the pci wireless card on both builds Fear lol.

Im just wondering if the pci-e is needed as its the same thing as the pci type?

 

[Fear]

:sweatdropoh wireless cards i blame the hot weather and whiskey today

*Edit* would you believe even with the 2 wireless cards fitted they are jusy under the £2700 budget (the whiskey is good)

 

[RichH]

Whiskey must be good, great builds thanks.

Some great advice and suggestions

Will have a sleep or 2 on it and let you know what I end up with !

 

[Fear]

Always good to spend some time looking and getting lots of opinions if you come up with anything else post back and we will see what else can be done.

 

[RichH]

More or less decided on :

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 932 FULL TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8P67 PRO (NEW REV 3.0): USB 3.0/SATA 6Gb/s, CrossFireX™ & SLI
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 590 - 2 DVI,mHDMI - DX® 11, 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
RAID
RAID 1 (MIRRORED VOLUME - 2 x same size & model HDD / SSD) (£9)
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 TX SERIES (TX750) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£86)
Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£49)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI-E CARD (£19)
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

and :

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8P67 (NEW REV 3.0): USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX™
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - DX® 11, 3D Vision Ready
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
CORSAIR 650W TX SERIES (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£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 GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI-E CARD (£19)
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)

comes in about £9 over budget, but what the hell, could drop the Coolit i guess and get 2x silver warranties.

Any issues with these builds that you can spot ?

Thanks

 

[Teaz]

You could swap the wireless cards to a pci versions since they are both the same. It's in both since it will allow people to choose incase they have their slots covered or used. that should save you abit. Other that that it's good. Just when you do ever overclock in future, i would suggest getting a better cpu cooler. Although i dont really think your son's pc even need to be overclocked since this spec will last for years to come as adjustments can be made over time

 

[RichH]

Dropped the Coolit for Triple Copper, swapped the PCI-E wireless cards for the PCI versions, added Pro mobo to sons and added silver warranty to both and it comes in at £1 over budget I reckon the wife will be ok with that !

Should keep us both going for a few years ( hopefully ) with some scope for upgrading if necessary.

Thanks for all the advice and help all.

Just need to click that buy button now.

Sons ordered anyway, for some reason the payment on credit card won't process, might be something to do with 2 separate £1k+ transactions being made within 5 min lol

 

[RichH]

Orders finally sorted Would like to thank everyone for their help and advice...couldn't have managed without you guys !

Case COOLERMASTER HAF 932 FULL TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard ASUS® P8P67 PRO (NEW REV 3.0): USB 3.0/SATA 6Gb/s, CrossFireX™ & SLI
Memory (RAM) 8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card 3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 590 - 2 DVI,mHDMI - DX® 11, 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk 1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
RAID RAID 1 (MIRRORED VOLUME - 2 x same size & model HDD / SSD) (£9)
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 TX SERIES (TX750) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£86)
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 GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI CARD (£16)


And :

Case COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard ASUS® P8P67 PRO (NEW REV 3.0): USB 3.0/SATA 6Gb/s, CrossFireX™ & SLI
Memory (RAM) 8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card 1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - DX® 11, 3D Vision Ready
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 CORSAIR 650W TX SERIES (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£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 GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI CARD (£16)

Came in a touch over budget at £2740 mainly due to the 2% cc surcharge, could have paid by debit card but i prefer the added insurance that cc gives, also had a nice discount code for £15 off

 

[pez]

Congrats and Rep given for the order

 

[Fear]

Place your bets which will turn up first well thats 2 good specs that will last a long time have fun when you get them and post some pics they love pics on here they even give free rep

 

[RichH]

Will def post some pics as long as I don't forget in all the excitement !

 

[Nemesis]

we wont let you forget

 

[Nemesis]

If you want to find out how much your spec is predicted to draw, change the PSU to 450W or 350W (Under powered), try to progress to order and it will give you the Wattage needed +20%

 

[RichH]

Yep, its tells me i need a 750W but the info about the card on the site says it needs 800W.

 

[Nemesis]

Cant give you a particular reason but what has been said before is that PCSpecialist dont handle large quantities of stock so that when an item drops in price they can pass the savings on to you.
You never know... in a few days it could have risen by £40. Its just how it is

Hmmm you edited your post... tut tut

Well youd be best off trusting the power requirements calculated for your individual specification. The info on the card is just a guideline

 

[RichH]

Thanks, but me bad, didnt take into account the 2% cc surcharge etc lol, deleted the post