New gaming PC

[marcusriv]

After looking around the website and configuring I have seetled on the following:

Case
InWIN MANA-136 BLACK GAMING CASE
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Quad Core i7-3820 (3.6GHz @ max 4.4GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® P9X79 LE: INTEL® SOCKET LG2011
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS QUAD-DDR3 1600MHz X.M.P(4 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
2nd Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB KINGSTON V300 SSD, SATA 6 Gb (450MB/R, 450MB/W)
2nd Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX850 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£99)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H60 Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler (£59)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) 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
FREE 60 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 2010 Professional Edition
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,652.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/intel-2011-overclocked/_tKekdwCNa/

 

[keynes]

You may want to consider silver warranty for £5, if it is for gaming the i5-3570 will be a cheaper alternative and if you are not overclocking you could get the triple copper heatpipe CPU cooler instead. Comsidering the components you have selected I'd suggest spending more on your case.

 

[marcusriv]

Ok what about this:

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570K (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V LK: PCI-E 3.0 READY, 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
2nd Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W PRO SERIES™ HX750-80 PLUS® GOLD MODULAR (£119)
Processor Cooling
Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)
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
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

Price: £1,515.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/intel-ivy-bridge-pc/VyLR52tSmh

Just a question, how good is the i5-3570 compared to the i7's? And would the 3570 serve me well into the future?

 

[Toxophilix]

Just a question, how good is the i5-3570 compared to the i7's? And would the 3570 serve me well into the future?

It doesn't have Hyper-threading, which is a key feature of the i7s. What that does is enable the processor to simulate having twice the number of cores it actually does - ie, a quad core i7 will have four physical cores but eight virtual ones (and many system monitoring utilities will see it as an eight-core processor). This is considered not to be of benefit in running any game that is currently available as none of them use more than four cores anyway (and most probably use fewer). So, the go-to CPU for gamers who can afford it is the 3570. Obviously it's possible that games will appear that do make use of more than four cores, in which case an i7 would handle them better. I've no idea how likely that is, though.

Btw, if you don't intend to overclock then you can save a little money by getting the plain i5 3570 rather than the 3570K. The 'K' model is essentially the same processor, but with an unlocked multiplier for overclocking.

 

[baron75mk2]

Ok what about this:

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570K (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V LK: PCI-E 3.0 READY, 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
2nd Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W PRO SERIES™ HX750-80 PLUS® GOLD MODULAR (£119)
Processor Cooling
Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)
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
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

Price: £1,515.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/intel-ivy-bridge-pc/VyLR52tSmh

Just a question, how good is the i5-3570 compared to the i7's? And would the 3570 serve me well into the future?

Looks like a very solid gaming build indeed - should max out any game & play 95% of them at a full 60fps , i think you will be pleased with it

 

[marcusriv]

Ok cheers for comments and advice, one thing I'm not sure about is the case. Any suggestions?

 

[baron75mk2]

Ok cheers for comments and advice, one thing I'm not sure about is the case. Any suggestions?

The Case all comes down to your own personal tastes (looks size etc) , but being that you are doing an SLI build , for air flow & cooling i would reccomend the coolermaster HAF-X , granted not the nicest looking case but from an airflow & roominess point of veiw you cant get much better , also it comes with 1x 200mm top fan , 1x 200mm side fan
(good for keeping those GPUS supplied with cool air) & 1x 230mm front fan , its also very easy to install an additional 200mm in the top as well for bags of airflow
( just make sure you get the actual coolermaster fans though as it can be hard to fit other brands in there) (i have tried)

 

[Toxophilix]

The Case all comes down to your own personal tastes (looks size etc) , but being that you are doing an SLI build , for air flow & cooling i would reccomend the coolermaster HAF-X , granted not the nicest looking case but from an airflow & roominess point of veiw you cant get much better , also it comes with 1x 200mm top fan , 1x 200mm side fan
(good for keeping those GPUS supplied with cool air) & 1x 230mm front fan , its also very easy to install an additional 200mm in the top as well for bags of airflow

Good advice imo. You have a great high-end spec so you might as well go for a full-on case to protect your investment.

I could also recommend the CM Storm Trooper, for the same reasons baron75mk2 recommends the HAF-X (roomy, good airflow - though I do think it looks good too - it's a huge black monolith that causes anyone who sees it to exclaim "What the *bleep* is that?!" which has to be good). Anyway, the fact that we are both promoting our own CM cases is a good sign I think