Help Please?

[AwesomeDude]

Hi Everyone!
I am New to this forum and Need some help getting a Good Spec going. Now I'm not that Great at computers although I do have some knowledge of computers. My Laptop at the moment is a P6100, 2.00Ghz, 4Gb Ram and No Graphics card. This isnt a Very good Laptop or Computer obviously so I would like to get an Upgrade. I have managed to save £1700! I have 2 Specs and I don't know what is Better for Gaming, Which Is what I'm using the new pc for. I'm Also doing video editing and recording and I have heard that It causes your computer to lag if you record on the same Hard drive you play on, is this true? What do you think is the Better Spec?:






First Spec:
Case
NZXT PHANTOM WHITE GAMING CASE

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

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3: PCI-E 3.0 READY, SLI, CROSSFIREX

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

Graphics Card
3GB AMD RADEON™ HD7950 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable

2nd Graphics Card
3GB AMD RADEON™ HD7950 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, 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 (£69)

Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI-E CARD (£16)

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 V10 - 1 Year, 1 User + 5GB Online Backup (£12)

DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables
1 x 2 METRE DVI-D CABLE (£5)

Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® MK250 WIRELESS KEYBOARD & MOUSE COMBO (£21)

Cable Tidy
JML 1.5M Zip Cable Tidy - Professional Cable Management For Your PC (£4)

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


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2nd Spec:
Case
NZXT PHANTOM WHITE GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7-2600 Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3: PCI-E 3.0 READY, SLI, CROSSFIREX

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

Graphics Card
3GB AMD RADEON™ HD7970 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 510 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 450MB/sR | 210MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)

Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI-E CARD (£16)

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 V10 - 1 Year, 1 User + 5GB Online Backup (£12)

DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables
1 x 2 METRE DVI-D CABLE (£5)

Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® MK250 WIRELESS KEYBOARD & MOUSE COMBO (£21)

Cable Tidy
JML 1.5M Zip Cable Tidy - Professional Cable Management For Your PC (£4)

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


What do you guys Think?

 

[Corfate]

I think you've hit the nail on the head with the second one mate Couple of changes though:

1) go for homeplugs, better reliability than those wireless cards
2) Go for silver warranty for a fiver

 

[AwesomeDude]

Thanks!

 

[mantadog]

I would also go for the 2nd spec, with just one or two changes. The cooler is over the top as your not overclocking the processor you can get away with the tripple copper heatpipe with no trouble. I would get a performance drive for your 2nd drive as the 120GB SSD will fill up quite fast, that way you will still be able to launch applications and games from your HDD very quick with a performance drive like the barracuda or the caviar black.

As for lagging, you just wont with that SSD as your main drive. You could play a game and record at huge resolution to that drive but you can be sure the drive will keep up.

If you were just going to be gaming i would have said stick with the i5, but because you plan to edit video too i would stick with the i7

 

[AwesomeDude]

Okay Thanks for the Reply I will consider some of these changes!

What about 2 Ssd's and One Hard drive?

 

[tom_gr7]

Be a good idea to speak to guy a called NMEBowen, he has the same case, as I think the titan is pretty tall and may cause side fan issues. I'll drop him a line for ya.

 

[AwesomeDude]

Okay but don't worry Tom Because I'm lowering the cooler to a SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER so it should be okay!

 

[tom_gr7]

Okay but don't worry Tom Because I'm lowering the cooler to a SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER so it should be okay!

hahah, lol already sent pm haha. no worries.

 

[AwesomeDude]

Oh well Lol I may get the Antec Nine Hundred v3 How's that?
And does the 7970 Run Bf3,Batman Akrham City and Skyrim Okay? I would like to run these on High/Ultra Settings with 60 fps+ is this Possible?

 

[tom_gr7]

Oh well Lol I may get the Antec Nine Hundred v3 How's that?
And does the 7970 Run Bf3,Batman Akrham City and Skyrim Okay? I would like to run these on High/Ultra Settings with 60 fps+ is this Possible?

the 7970 will run anything on max mate, single fastest gpu on the market at the moment. have ya look at this thread, there's some videos there.

the antec 900v3 is a good choice, there's a full tower version the antec 1200 v3!

 

[AwesomeDude]

Thanks Man I'll watch it now
I think I will go for the Nzxt After watching and reading all that

 

[tom_gr7]

yeah the nzxt phanton is a massive case! got some great features

 

[Music Guy123]

That looks like a solid spec, the only thing I would recommend is possibly upgrading the second HDD to a caviar black, it is much faster. Also, the 2TB caviar black is only £19 more than the 1TB caviar black...stuff to consider! And don't forget the silver warranty! Oh, and you may want to upgrade that psu to a 850w so that you can add another gpu later in a few years when one on its own starts to struggle with the new games.

 

[AwesomeDude]

Thanks But couldn't I just sell this and Buy a New Gpu? and I probably will get the 2tb

 

[Music Guy123]

Yes you could but when that time arrives, this gpu will be worth very little and a new one would cost a lot. It is cheaper to buy another of the same gpu and put them in cf/sli and then you get good fps and can play games at ultra again! It is just cheaper!

 

[AwesomeDude]

Ok Thanks!