My New PC

[Voyeurism]

Case
Choose Your Own Case
Overclocked CPU
OverClocked Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-950 (3.06GHz @ max 3.8GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® P6X58D PREMIUM: DDR3, USB 3.0 & SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI
Memory (RAM)
12GB KINGSTON HYPER-X TRI-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (6 x 2GB KIT)
Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5870 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB OCZ VERTEX 2 SATA II 2.5" SSD (upto 285MB/sR | 275MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
2TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 32MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
4x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ROM (£36)
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
10x BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£89)
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)
Power Supply & Case Cooling
CORSAIR 850W PSU (TX850) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£100)
Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£62)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC COOLING MX-3 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Titanium PCI Express (£66)
Network Facilities
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI CARD (£16)
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Firewire & Video Editing
1 x IEEE 1394a FIREWIRE PORT ONBOARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£108)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
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)
Data Recovery
1 x Hard Drive Data Recovery Service - Protect 1 Hard Drive Against Failure (£29)
Delivery
SATURDAY DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (BEFORE 12 NOON) (£19)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 12 working days


Currently in pre-production. I was originally hoping it would be ready for delivery next weekend, but I guess now it will probably be the weekend after.

 

[nmcc8an]

looking good, what case did you go for ,lol Now is the worse bit the waiting

 

[Sleinous]

Looking like a v nice spec, just a couple of points. Would you be considering adding a second 5870 at a later date in crossfire? If so an HX 1000W PSU would be recommended. Also, maybe consider the 64mb cached HDDs like the WD10EARS Otherwise looking like a v nice build. Enjoy!

 

[Darko]

yey nice specs! will last years!

 

[Phoenix]

Looks good and as Sleinous said I'd also recommend going for the western digital caviar green drive instead due to its much larger cache.

 

[Voyeurism]

I will probably look to add a second 5870 at some point, probably when the price has come down by a good chunk, but at that point the TX850 will almost certainly come out and go into another box I have, so that I can add a ton more storage and use it as a fileserver, and a 1000W+ PSU will probably have come down in price a bit.

I'll consider swapping to the Caviar Green, thanks for the suggestion.

 

[Sleinous]

I will probably look to add a second 5870 at some point, probably when the price has come down by a good chunk, but at that point the TX850 will almost certainly come out and go into another box I have, so that I can add a ton more storage and use it as a fileserver, and a 1000W+ PSU will probably have come down in price a bit.

I'll consider swapping to the Caviar Green, thanks for the suggestion.

Sounds like a plan!

 

[Voyeurism]

Delay?

The status for this order has been showing as "In Building" since last Tuesday, when I received an email advising that it had been built - is there any particular reason (problem?) for the delay in moving to testing, or is it just down to being busy at the moment?

Order # is 353233 in case anyone wants to check in on it.

 

[PCS]

I've chased this for you and it's just down to us being busy - apologies for the delay. There is a backlog in our testing department at the moment but all start are working overtime to reduce this as quickly as possible. It should enter testing today or tomorrow at the latest.