In pre production.

[eagleonthelast]

I finally got round to order this, I reckon it will be ok for my needs which are mainly photo editing and maybe a little video editing in the future.

COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i5-2500 Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard ASUS® P8H67-V (NEW REV 3.0): ATX, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0Gb/s, CROSSFIREX
Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card 1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTS 450 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - DX® 11, 3D Vision Ready
2nd Graphics Card NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk NONE
RAID NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE
Memory Card Reader INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply 600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)
Processor Cooling SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities ONBOARD GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI CARD (£16)
USB Options 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Modem NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Floppy Disk Drive NONE
Firewire & Video Editing NONE
TV Card NONE
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
Monitor IIYAMA E2473HDS 24" LED WIDESCREEN, 2 x HDMI/DVI-D HD 1920x1080 (£169)
2nd Monitor NONE
DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables 1 x 2 METRE DVI-D CABLE (£5)
Eyefinity / GeForce 3D Vision NONE
Keyboard & Mouse LOGITECH® K200 USB MEDIA KEYBOARD (£9)
Mouse LOGITECH® OPTICAL USB MOUSE (£5)
Speakers NONE
Webcam NONE
Headsets (VOIP) NONE
Surge Protection NONE
Printer NONE
External Hard Drive WD 1TB My Book Essential USB 3.0 External HDD WDBACW0010HBK - Black (£68)
Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Home Installation NONE
Data Recovery NONE
Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 11 to 13 working days

 

[Fear]

Looks spot on to me for what you are doing don't forget to post some pics

 

[eagleonthelast]

I've never posted any pics but I'll have a butchers and give it a go when it arrives. I've heard a few moans about the CPU cooler I went for, something about it being a flimsy connection to the mobo, fingers crossed it's ok.

 

[Fear]

I've never posted any pics but I'll have a butchers and give it a go when it arrives. I've heard a few moans about the CPU cooler I went for, something about it being a flimsy connection to the mobo, fingers crossed it's ok.

Yeah keep your fingers crossed but that fan your on about in another thread has probably had some grumpy parcel worker who has dropped it as there have been lots of specs reccomended on here with that fan and i have not seen any other complaints about it.

 

[eagleonthelast]

It's usually the norm, you spend what seems like months making your mind up on what spec to get, and after you finally order it someone puts in a negative about one of the components. I'm confident though and think you're right in saying some clumsy handler has caused the problem, I must admit I was even thinking about picking mine up myself when it's ready but it's a couple of hours drive and I'm a bit busy.

 

[Fear]

There is always someone who is going to have a problem with something it's the law