High budget PC check

[ChrissG]

Although this is a high budget PC I'm looking for a little future proofing as well. I was going to go Solid State on the hard drives but they are too small at the moment. It will be used for Editing photos, streaming large media files to a laptop, a PS3 2 XBox's and maybe my older PC until it totally dies...



Case
FRACTAL DESIGN R3 - BLACK PEARL CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X6 1100T (3.30GHz/9MB CACHE) ***SPECIAL OFFER***
Motherboard
ASUS® CROSSHAIR IV EXTREME: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0Gb/s, R.O GAMERS
Memory (RAM)
16GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (4 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
2GB AMD RADEON™ HD6970 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DirectX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
12x BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£89)
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1200W PRO SERIES GOLD (AX1200) 80+ MODULAR PSU (£209)
Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO C240 A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£105)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) 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
Firewire & Video Editing
3 Port IEEE 1394a Firewire PCI Card (£9)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£147)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor
IIYAMA E2710HDS 27" WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D HD 1920x1080 (£239)
Keyboard & Mouse
Logitech® G19 Gaming Keyboard with Gamepanel LCD Display (£129)
Printer
HP PHOTOSMART WIRELESS ALL-IN-ONE PRINTER - B110a (£89)
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
DELIVERY BY 10 A.M WITHIN UK MAINLAND (MON - FRI) (£19)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 11 to 13 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £2,375.00 including VAT and delivery.

 

[Phoenix]

I wouldn't spend so much on the motherboard unless you're planning on overclocking or running multiple graphics cards, something like a Asus M4A79XTD would be a better idea. The cooling is overkill unless you plan on overclocking but if you're wanting a quieter PC you could get the standard CoolIT ALC and the power supply is again overkill unless you're going to be running 3-4 graphics cards, I'd go with the HX750 instead. It would be worth picking up the silver warranty as well.

 

[ChrissG]

Thanks for the advise. I did forget to mention that I would like it as quiet as possible.

 

[Tez77]

Chriss i would change the 3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) to silver not saying anything will go wrong but for 5 pound it changes to 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5 well worth it i would go soild state on first drive then the 2tb then am sure u can still add more or get 2tb external from what i herd booting from ssd very nice and fast

 

[Tom DWC]

Just to add to the comments made so far, I would change the secondary hard drive to a Caviar Green model. There's very little point having anything other than the primary drive as a Caviar Black unless you're running them in a RAID configuration. This should save you a few pennies and will be a bit quieter too.

 

[Nemesis]

Just to be clear are you intending on overclocking or not?? and yes all the above advice is sound!

 

[ChrissG]

No, not overclocking. I'm looking at the PC long term. I like the idea of Solidstate as the boot up drive

 

[Meds]

Ok then to sum up;

- Downgrade Motherboard to something like the M4A79XTD EVO or M4A89TD Pro/USB3 - no need for the Crosshair as you won't OC.
- Downgrade to the CoolIT ECO - the 240 is not needed as you're not overclocking.
- Downgrade PSU to the TX750/TX850 - 1200W is waaaay over the top for this specification
- Downgrade 2nd HDD to Caviar Green - up to you, I personally wouldn't (no particular reason) but I know a lot would.

- Add the Silver Warranty for £5.

You'll save a fortune but still get almost identical performance

 

[ChrissG]

Ok after a little re-shuffling it now looks like this...

Case
FRACTAL DESIGN R3 - BLACK PEARL CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X6 1100T (3.30GHz/9MB CACHE) ***SPECIAL OFFER***
Motherboard
ASUS® M4A89TD PRO/USB3 : DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0Gb/s, CrossFireX
Memory (RAM)
16GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (4 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
2GB AMD RADEON™ HD6970 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DirectX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
240GB OCZ VERTEX 2 SATA II 2.5" SSD (upto 285MB/sR | 275MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD20EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
3rd Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD20EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
12x BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£89)
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W TX SERIES (TX850) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£99)
Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£49)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) 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
Firewire & Video Editing
3 Port IEEE 1394a Firewire PCI Card (£9)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£147)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor
IIYAMA E2710HDS 27" WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D HD 1920x1080 (£239)
Keyboard & Mouse
Logitech® G19 Gaming Keyboard with Gamepanel LCD Display (£129)
Printer
HP PHOTOSMART WIRELESS ALL-IN-ONE PRINTER - B110a (£89)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
DELIVERY BY 10 A.M WITHIN UK MAINLAND (MON - FRI) (£19)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 11 to 13 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £2,345.00 including VAT and delivery.

And still just within budget

 

[Tez77]

Very nice like the hdd space