Desktop Spec

[Enazel]

Case
InWIN BLACK DRAGON RIDER GAMING CASE
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3550 (3.3GHz) 6MB Cache
ASUS® P8Z77-V PRO: PCI-E 3.0 READY,WIFI, SLI, CROSSFIREX
16GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 2133MHz X.M.P(4 x 4GB KIT)
120GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
CORSAIR 1050W PRO SERIES™ HX1050-80 PLUS® SILVER MODULAR (£159)
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Will also have added to it once it arrives here, 2 560 Ti 1GB graphic cards, 2 smaller SSD (60gb OCZ Vertex 2) for O/S and apps I want fast loading, the 120 will become my Steam drive, and there is a 1tb for data and programs I am not worried about slow access to. Majority of my data is on data storage. O/S will be Windows 7 Pro 64 bit, (I have a full retail version that will be moved to this pc)

Any issues people see?

 

[Rakk]

What are you going to be using the PC for?
16GB RAM may be overkill unless you're going to be using high RAM usage software such as rendering/video editing programs.
Also is there any reason youve picked RAM with that high a speed?

 

[Enazel]

Video Rendering will be one thing it will be doing, not the only thing. Mainly this pc will be used for all my hobby activities, my work is kept away from my play. (I work in IT for my sins). This pc will be mainly for gaming and video editing mainly of game play and found my old pc did notice the 8 to 16gb upgrade i did 8 months back. Probably don't need the high speed, but the price difference was minimal, and saving on not replacing my GPU's at the present time, so thought i might as well get the 2133 memory, means I won't be wanting to replace it in the future.

 

[Rakk]

16GB may be useful then

Though the higher speed memory tends to be less stable and unless you're overclocking you may see little difference anyways, so I'd suggest dropping down to the 1600MHz stuff, unless you know you'll really benefit from the 2133MHz.

 

[Enazel]

Ok I will probably drop the memory speed down, as no I am not overclocking, from what i seen the ivybridge really isn't happy with OC'ing much, and I rarely do it anyhow.

Only other consider i got is the case, from some of the reviews I read the side fan can have issues with hitting cpu heatsink, anyone got one of these cases tell me if thats likely to be an issue or not?

 

[Enazel]

Right so this got ordered and arriving tomorrow, Very friendly guys at PCSpecialists, and definitely be using again. Couple of changes, one was the case and the other was the memory speed got dropped down.

Case
CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIES™ 400R MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3550 (3.3GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V PRO: PCI-E 3.0 READY,WIFI, SLI, CROSSFIREX
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1866MHz X.M.P(4 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
INTEGRATED INTEL HD GRAPHICS (HDMI, DVI, 1920 X 1200)
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 330 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 500MB/sR | 450MB/sW)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1050W PRO SERIES™ HX1050-80 PLUS® SILVER MODULAR (£159)
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

With the 2 560 Ti 1GB graphic cards, 2 smaller SSD (60gb OCZ Vertex 2) for O/S, and there is a 1tb for data and app's. Probably upgrade the GPU's in 12 to 18 months time but we will see. they doing a good job at present so decided to leave replacing them for the time being.

So now i just get to sit and wait tomorrow morning for my new toy .