confused!!!

[Iceash]

Hello guy's just could do with some info really, i am a bit wary following a pc from a large retailer (cough pc ****d ) which was liquid cooled and it died about 10 months with a catastrophic failure with the liquid cooling system. after a refund i decided to go for a gaming pc that was out of this world hint hint from another big company which was going wrong straight out of the box so that is being returned, waiting for the delivery company to pick up as i type. so in a couple of weeks time will be looking for a new pc. PCSPECALIST has been recomended and looking at the forum site seems to have a good rep. I am just so wary now of buying a new pc for my gaming. will have upto £1200 to spend and am looking at the nvidia gtx 580 but am completly lost when it comes to what processor to go for it won't be overclocked so what's the diff between a I-5 and a I-7 and with the complete failure of a liquid cooled system before was i just unlucky or am i better sticking with say the titan fans? any advice would be appreciated.

 

[tom_gr7]

A good processor to go with would be the I5 2500, I see what spec i can come with for you.

what kinda case do you want?

 

[Iceash]

thx for the help looking at the storm enforcer £79

 

[tom_gr7]

What do you think of this? comes in at £1206. Configure here http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/intel-sandy-bridge-pc/

Case
COOLERMASTER CM STORM ENFORCER - GAMING ENTHUSIAST CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-2500 Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, NVIDIA®SLI™, ATI®CrossFireX - this motherboard is sli capable, if you wanted to add another 580, all you would have to do is upgrade the psu.

Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT) - same price as the samsung ram, so ya might as well.

Graphics Card
1.5GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
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FREE Batman Arkham City with any Nvidia® GeForce GTX560 or above!

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 ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£72) - If you want to go sli with a extra 580 in the future you will need a 1050w corsair.

Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19) - no need for the titan, its massive, and can in some cases prevent a side fan being installed, this cooler will provide enough cooling at a good price.

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
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5) - dont forget this lol, increases collect and return incase of any issues.

I think this is a very good setup for your budget.

 

[tom_gr7]

out of interest what liquid cooler did you have before?

 

[Iceash]

thankyou very much for the help your notes after the selections are just the extra info i need for the build and the budget is bang on. just got to wait the 2 weeks for the cash to get now.

 

[Iceash]

i can honestly say i havn't got a clue as to the liquid cooling make it was just included in the cost for the graphics card i was looking at, it was a sealed cooling system pc made by advent.