just purchased.

[harfle]

Case
COOLERMASTER CM STORM TROOPER - GAMING ENTHUSIAST CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3550 (3.3GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V: PCI-E 3.0 READY, WIFI, SLI, CROSSFIREX
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 330 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 500MB/sR | 450MB/sW)
2nd 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
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX850 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£99)
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)
Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Xtreme Audio (£32)
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
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor
IIYAMA E2273HDS 22" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D 1920x1080 (£129)
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 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,422.00 including VAT and delivery.


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would like to thank, Ruben, Vanthus and Jack for personally helping me choose this PC.

tell me what you guys think. i'll hopefully upgrade to 2x Gtx 670's in the future if necessary.

- if I made any big mistakes please do tell

 

[keynes]

Looks good
I have a SLI set up and having a soundcard could affect temperatures on your GPU. I would recommend a PCI-E card (the sound card would be place above the top GPU rather than below or in between) perhaps the ASUS Xonar DX?

 

[harfle]

i'm hoping this wouldn't be a major issue, as i've already purchased it, although it is still in processing, can the choice be edited. if not I will add probably another 1-2 fans anyways, would you expect much heat from them?

 

[keynes]

i'm hoping this wouldn't be a major issue, as i've already purchased it, although it is still in processing, can the choice be edited. if not I will add probably another 1-2 fans anyways, would you expect much heat from them?

Not much around 5 to 10 degrees in my case (if I remember correctly). The thing is in SLI the lower GPU usually gets hotter than the top GPU. The asus xonar dx is not sold by PCS, I had to buy one from a different retailer and fit it myself. I hope you understand what I am referring to, I had a GTX 580 SLI and a similar soundcard to yours, it was fitted in between:
http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1060&d=1331163428

If you get the asus xonar dx, it has a PCI-E connection so it will go above the top GPU in the picture (blue connector)

 

[harfle]

Yes I know what you mean, and I had pre-calculated this myself 2.... however, I thought the GPU slots, started from the left and the rest of the GPU went to the right of it, so if I was correct in this case.. I would have had a 2 nice spare pci and 1 pci-e slot available, without effecting the cooling whatsoever. however it appears the GPU's go in the opposite direction :wheelchair:

is it possible to edit my order, to perhaps cancel the soundcard and buy a pci-e one separately?

 

[keynes]

Yes I know what you mean, and I had pre-calculated this myself 2.... however, I thought the GPU slots, started from the left and the rest of the GPU went to the right of it, so if I was correct in this case.. I would have had a 2 nice spare pci and 1 pci-e slot available, without effecting the cooling whatsoever. however it appears the GPU's go in the opposite direction :wheelchair:

is it possible to edit my order, to perhaps cancel the soundcard and buy a pci-e one separately?

Yes, of course. One of the things I really like about PCS is how easy is to amend and customise your existing order. (I ended up doing like 18 amendments - not recommended though, might delay your order), they can also fit any additional fan you wish to add or the soundcard.

 

[harfle]

actually nevermind- I know it sounds careless, but i'm not expecting to upgrade 2 2x GPU's for a little while, and my dad's comp could always use an upgrade.. or a few, so i'll just give him the soundcard and buy a new one when the time comes. But thank you very much for the suggestion!

 

[keynes]

actually nevermind- I know it sounds careless, but i'm not expecting to upgrade 2 2x GPU's for a little while, and my dad's comp could always use an upgrade.. or a few, so i'll just give him the soundcard and buy a new one when the time comes. But thank you very much for the suggestion!

No worries , your spec looks great and the storm trooper is a very nice case.

 

[harfle]

Thanks man, i'm going to Uni in Sept. so thought one with a handle might be a good idea!!

 

[dangro474]

VEry nice, congrats

 

[harfle]

VEry nice, congrats

cheers pal!