My New PC!

[bryben]

Hi All,

Just waiting for delivery now on my new PC, ordered merely 8 working days ago and dispatched today, so very pleased with the service there. Anyway, I was prompted to post the spec on here, so I thought I would see what everyone else makes of it, and whether I've got anything wrong in putting it together!!

Case
STYLISH PIANO BLACK ENIGMA CASE + 2 FRONT USB
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8P67 LE: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX™
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 430 - DVI,HDMI,VGA
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
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
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£29)
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 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
4 PORT USB 2.0 PCI CARD & 4 PORT USB 2.0 EXTERNAL HUB
Firewire & Video Editing
3 Port IEEE 1394a Firewire PCI Card (£9)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£109)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor
IIYAMA E2271HDS 22" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D HD 1920x1080 (£139)
Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® MK520 WIRELESS KEYBOARD & MOUSE COMBO (£39)
Speakers
LOGITECH S120 2.0 BLACK SPEAKER SYSTEM (£9)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)


Any thoughts from anyone as to what I should have done differently??

Cheers

Bryan

 

[Rakk]

Well, I'd have probably gone for a slightly better case and one of the Caviar Black drives for the hard drive.

Does kinda depend what youre going to be using it for though

 

[Cosa]

i believe that monitor used with a hdmi cable lets you play sound through its speakers meaning you wouldnt need desktop speakers could anyone confirm?

 

[Rakk]

i believe that monitor used with a hdmi cable lets you play sound through its speakers meaning you wouldnt need desktop speakers could anyone confirm?

But you then would need an HDMI cable which costs about the same as those speakers

 

[Petchi b]

You can get HMDI cables for around £2 on Play Trade or Ebay.

 

[DanteWilhelm]

that card isn't very good I'm sure.

depends what you want to do with your PC


go to amazon, i got a 1.8m hdmi cable form microvillage i think, gold plated for £1.49


just bought a 3m for £6.99

 

[bryben]

that card isn't very good I'm sure.

depends what you want to do with your PC


go to amazon, i got a 1.8m hdmi cable form microvillage i think, gold plated for £1.49


just bought a 3m for £6.99

Yes, I did get an HDMI cable from Amazon for £1.49 as well.

Re: the card, what's so bad about it? I'm generally using it for Internet Browsing, Working on Word/Excel/Photoshop/Dreamweaver and occasionally a couple of games (Football Manager mostly)

Would it suffer on that?

 

[Petchi b]

Yes, I did get an HDMI cable from Amazon for £1.49 as well.

Re: the card, what's so bad about it? I'm generally using it for Internet Browsing, Working on Word/Excel/Photoshop/Dreamweaver and occasionally a couple of games (Football Manager mostly)

Would it suffer on that?

No it will do fine for your needs.

 

[bryben]

My biggest problem before, was that if I had an internet browser open, word, excel, photoshop & dreamweaver, then my old computer would just grind to a halt, but as I need them all for work then it saves time having them open.

Hopefully with this it wont be so much of an issue?

 

[DanteWilhelm]

My biggest problem before, was that if I had an internet browser open, word, excel, photoshop & dreamweaver, then my old computer would just grind to a halt, but as I need them all for work then it saves time having them open.

Hopefully with this it wont be so much of an issue?

that would be pretty much down to RAM and how much memory you can have available at one time



firefox 5 512MB of RAM

word 512 MB RAM recommended for certain advanced functionality.

excel 256 megabytes (MB) RAM or higher.

photoshop 1GB of RAM

dreamweaver 512MB of RAM



looks good enough to me

 

[Corfate]

As people have said, it'll be absolutely fine with what you want it to do

Enjoy it when you get it