help me get the price down on this rig

[Skull]

Hey all,

I need a new PC with a budget of around £1200, my choice has gone slightly over and I need to downgrade something but cant decide what. The PC will need to run ARMA 3 well, and have loads of storage space. Here are the specs:

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Free Item
FREE Battlefield 3 with 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ Processor-K
Motherboard
ASUS® SABERTOOTH P67 (NEW REV 3.0): USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, THERMAL ARMOR!
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
2GB AMD RADEON™ HD6950 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 320 SERIES SSD, SATA 3 Gb/s (upto 270MB/sR | 130MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
2.5TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD25EZRX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
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
350W Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO II A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£59)
Sound Card
Sound Blaster® Audigy™ SE (£19)
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
SATURDAY DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (BEFORE 12 NOON) (£19)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,272.00 including VAT and delivery.

I have just got the power supply replaced in my current desktop with a quiet 800W so I will use that along with my monitor. I'm wondering if a sound card would make that much difference as I always play games and music out of a amp and speakers.

Will water cooling be worthwhile for a CPU I don't plan on overclocking?

What does everyone think?

 

[mantadog]

you can save youself the money on the watercooling right away, it is way over the top for just gaming with no overclock. The tripple copper heatpipe will be fine as cooling.

You could drop the the i5 2500k (for the free battlefield i presume) as that processor tends to be fine for gaming with. Then add the silver warranty for 1 years free collection.

Do you intend to send your PSU to PCS to install in your build? I think you would have to as they wont be able to test the system properly without the 800w PSU installed i don't think.

 

[Skull]

Thanks for your help, getting the i5 2500-k and getting rid of the water cooling does get it down to a comfortable £1193.00

The thing is, I plan to have this PC a while and I want a decent processor as that's the most annoying thing to upgrade. Will not having hyper-threading on the CPU make much of a difference?

I forgot they'd have to test the computers first, I'll get a 650W and swap it over when it arrives.