New PC ... Views + Suggestions appreciated

[DaveM1965]

I am buying a PC for a close friend. He had around £1,000 to spend. Now I am no expert but did alot of reading and asked several people for advice and was thinking of this one below. The only stipulation he had was that he wanted TWO DVD writers and TWO 1GB Hard Drives. The machine is for playing games.

I would really appreciate any feedback good or bad as I dont want to f**k it up.

Case
STYLISH BLACK ALUMINIUM TRIGON CASE + 2 FRONT/SIDE USB (Special Offer)

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-760 Quad Core (2.80GHz, 8MB Cache)

Motherboard
ASUS® P7H57D-V EVO: FULL ATX, TRUE USB 3.0 & SATA 6.0GB/s

Memory (RAM)
4GB CORSAIR XMS3 DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 x 2GB KIT)

Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX460 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11

2nd Graphics Card
NONE

3rd Graphics Card
NONE

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
3rd Hard Disk
NONE
4th Hard Disk
NONE

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Memory Card Reader

INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)

Power Supply & Case Cooling
800W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£89)
Processor Cooling

INTEL SOCKET LGA1156 STANDARD CPU COOLER
Sound Card

ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities

ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

 

[waydal242]

He wanted two 1gb hard drives, you mean 1tb right?

 

[JakAttack]

I assume he did mean that

It looks like a very nice spec, you can probably save him some money and drop the PSU down to a 650W Corsair PSU, as 800W is quite high, 650W would be above requirements but would give ample room for future updates/upgrades etc.

The Intel i5 760 and the GTX 460 should provide lots of fun!

 

[HMFC_Riley]

Are you looking for the best possible spec for £1000? Does he already have a copy of Windows? (Since you don't list that?)

Also why the 800W PSU? Too much IMO and I'd drop that down to the 650W Corsair.

 

[steveuk87]

the guys are right, the 650 corsair performs better than the 800 and gives you better all round power at lower cost why 2 DVD drives though.. is he going to be burning dvds?

Steve

 

[PCS]

As everyone else has stated, a 600W or 650W will be more than adequate, and as HMFC_Riley has stated, if you want it to work straight form the box with less chance of problems, we recommend you order Windows 7 Home Premium with the order

 

[LDUK]

Case
STYLISH BLACK ALUMINIUM TRIGON CASE + 2 FRONT/SIDE USB (Special Offer) OK

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-760 Quad Core (2.80GHz, 8MB Cache) OK

Motherboard
ASUS® P7H57D-V EVO: FULL ATX, TRUE USB 3.0 & SATA 6.0GB/s OK

Memory (RAM)
4GB CORSAIR XMS3 DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 x 2GB KIT) OK

Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX460 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11 EXCELLENT

2nd Graphics Card
NONE

3rd Graphics Card
NONE

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm) OK
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm) OK
3rd Hard Disk
NONE
4th Hard Disk
NONE

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM OK

2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM Do you really need a second drive?

Memory Card Reader

INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) OK

Power Supply & Case Cooling
800W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£89) Go for a 650W Corsair

Get Windows 7 64bit

 

[DaveM1965]

He wanted two 1gb hard drives, you mean 1tb right?

Told you I am no expert LOL

 

[DaveM1965]

I appreciate all the feed back and will recommend the change of power supply. And to answer LDUK... Yes he wants two drives. As for the operating system.. he doesnt want to buy a new one as he already has Windows 7 Pro.

So other than the power supply do you think it will be good for playing games on?

Thanks to everyone who have taken the time to comment so far

 

[LDUK]

I appreciate all the feed back and will recommend the change of power supply. And to answer LDUK... Yes he wants two drives. As for the operating system.. he doesnt want to buy a new one as he already has Windows 7 Pro.

So other than the power supply do you think it will be good for playing games on?

Thanks to everyone who have taken the time to comment so far

Yes, this spec has my blessing. LDUK certified for gaming

 

[HMFC_Riley]

I appreciate all the feed back and will recommend the change of power supply. And to answer LDUK... Yes he wants two drives. As for the operating system.. he doesnt want to buy a new one as he already has Windows 7 Pro.

So other than the power supply do you think it will be good for playing games on?

Thanks to everyone who have taken the time to comment so far

It'll be fine for playing games on

 

[DaveM1965]

I put forward your suggestions which he has taken on board

HOWEVER he asked is it worth changing the 1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX460 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11 to a 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX460 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS ??

Since the difference is only £16

Thanks again for the feedback

Dave

 

[PCS]

HOWEVER he asked is it worth changing the 1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX460 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11 to a 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX460 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS ??

This card is slightly faster, as it's overclcoked, and the extra memory will be better for future games which require more than 1GB, so if you think it's worth it for £16, I'd go for it

 

[Sleinous]

Yeah so would I, especially as there are more and more memory intensive games out there, rather than GPU / shader intensive

 

[LDUK]

Go for the 2GB. A faster card with double memory for a small price of £16? Hell yeah it's worth it.