I'm thinking of buying

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Adam-bing

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Memory (RAM)


Graphics Card


2nd Graphics Card


3rd Graphics Card

3) hard drives, optical storage & memory card reader

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2nd Hard Disk


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RAID


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Memory Card Reader

4) power & cooling

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Extra Case Fans


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5) system refinements

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6) choose your operating system and software

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I'm thinking of buying from PC specialist I was looking at this spec, it's a home desktop used for occasional mid level gaming, browsing writing DVDs converting films and music and the occasional photo edit software. Can't really afford more than £650 but might stretch to £700 if its gonna vastly out perform the spec I chose. Thanks in advance.
 
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Adam-bing

Member
Lol try again that was late last night



Case
COOLERMASTER ELITE 311 BLUE CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570 (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX

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

Graphics Card
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6670 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - DX® 11

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB KINGSTON V300 SSD, SATA 6 Gb (450MB/R, 450MB/W)

2nd Hard Disk
500GB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB CACHE

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

Power Supply
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan

Processor Cooling
INTEL SOCKET LGA1155 STANDARD CPU COOLER

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

Operating System
Genuine Windows 8 Standard Edition 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

Office Software
FREE 60 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 2010 Professional Edition

Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
Quantity 1


Any good for what I need
 
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SlickShoes

Well-known member
I have dropped your SSD but upgraded your graphics card and case. You can add an SSD easily later and the caviar black is still a fast HDD.

Case
InWIN MANA-136 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570 (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD7770 - DVI,HDMI,DP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 3 Capable
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
Power Supply
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
Processor Cooling
INTEL SOCKET LGA1155 STANDARD CPU COOLER
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
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £682.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/intel-ivy-bridge-pc/zGnGV6xuOk/
 
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Karnor00

Bright Spark
In your original spec, the 6670 GPU in your spec is very much at the bottom of gaming GPUs. The spec SlickShoes posted is a much stronger gaming spec because of the better GPU.

However, in order to afford this he has needed to drop the SSD - I think given the budget an SSD is a fairly luxury item. However booting faster can be a big advantage for some people. It depends how important this is for you compared to the gaming.

I do think that you could stick to the Coolermaster Elite 311 case to save a bit of money - it should be more than adequate for your needs.

Finally I'd suggest going for the 1866Mhz RAM. It's unlikely to make a huge difference, but it's the same price as the 1600Mhz RAM.
 
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Adam-bing

Member
Ok cheers another question a little of topic, can other hardware be OCed without an intel K CPU ie the graphics card?
 
Rakk

Rakk

The Awesome
Moderator
Adam-bing said:
Ok cheers another question a little of topic, can other hardware be OCed without an intel K CPU ie the graphics card?
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I believe you can (though I could be wrong), however, the moment you overclock your graphics card, the warranty on it will be void, so personally I certainly wouldn't do it.
 
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Adam-bing

Member
Rakk said:
I believe you can (though I could be wrong), however, the moment you overclock your graphics card, the warranty on it will be void, so personally I certainly wouldn't do it.
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I understand it voids the warranty but there not mega bucks to replace, does anyone know what sort of improvements I could get from it by OCing and if it did eventually burn the GPU would it take the whole mobo with it ?
 
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Karnor00

Bright Spark
Adam-bing said:
I understand it voids the warranty but there not mega bucks to replace, does anyone know what sort of improvements I could get from it by OCing and if it did eventually burn the GPU would it take the whole mobo with it ?
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Depends how much you overclock it. But could be around a 30% improvement performance if you go for a high overclock. But how far you can go depends on how good the cooling is and how lucky you are with the chips in your GPU. At some point as you increase the overclock the system will become unstable and start crashing.

Overall you are unlikely to damage anything in the short term from overclocking (that's assuming you stick to the overclocking in the GPU software and don't do some crazy manual changes!) - the main risk is that you will cause your system to become unstable, and at that point you will need to lower the overclock some.

In the longer term your GPU will be running hotter which is likely to reduce the lifespan somewhat. But realistically you're likely to replace your GPU long before it dies from this.
 
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Adam-bing

Member
I've decided on a compromise and spent a bit more what you



Case
InWIN MANA-136 BLACK GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570 (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX

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

Graphics Card
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD7750 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - DX® 11

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB KINGSTON V300 SSD, SATA 6 Gb (450MB/R, 450MB/W)

2nd Hard Disk
500GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD5003AZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

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

Power Supply
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan

Processor Cooling
INTEL SOCKET LGA1155 STANDARD CPU COOLER

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

Operating System
Genuine Windows 8 Standard Edition 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE

Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
 
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