please check the components which i have chosen for my new PC

[fis]

hello

so this is what I am thinking of getting :

[Edit by Rakk: no links to competitor sites please]

HDD and DVD is missing, thats another 100 pounds I guess.

So, the pc will be used for editing HD videos and gaming. Also, I'm planning to play around with some advanced video graphic programs and programming. If I will control myself not to spend to much time gaming, it's going to be like my little studio, to record music, movies, play around with my imagination

My biggest concern is the processor. AMD phenom 2 x6 is deffinetly worse than i7 3930k but, maybe I should buy amd phenom 2 x8, or even x 10 - which will still be cheaper than i7 but maybe even better in the performance. what about amd phenom 2 x12?
so yes, please advise me ...

thank you!

 

[mantadog]

perhaps post up a PCS machine and we can go from that. You could also post a total max budget and we can make a spec for you to have a look at.

 

[fis]

perhaps post up a PCS machine and we can go from that.

sorry, not sure what you mean...
my budget is around 1500 pounds (that's just the pc, no accesories, no screen). I can save another couple of hundreds pounds if that would make the purchase much more attractive.

 

[mantadog]

You must have posted a competitor product in your OP so it was removed i was just suggesting you could make a similar PC on a PCspecialist configurator and we could take it from their.

Anyway thats a nice budget you have so you could get something like this....

Case
COOLERMASTER CM STORM ENFORCER - GAMING ENTHUSIAST CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-3930K (3.2GHz) 12MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P9X79 LE: INTEL® SOCKET LG2011
Memory (RAM)
16GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 8GB)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 680 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/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 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)
Processor Cooling
Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)
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 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: £1,649.00 including VAT and delivery.

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

That is towards the top end of your budget and it is a very very nice machine.

You could cut back to an i7 quadcore if you wanted to save the money, but that machine is a beast and will serve you well.

 

[fis]

sorry, not sure what you mean...
my budget is around 1500 pounds (that's just the pc, no accesories, no screen). I can save another couple of hundreds pounds if that would make the purchase much more attractive.

thanks

you sure the cooling here for only 19 quid will be good enough, also for OC?

 

[vanthus]

If planning on overclocking best upgrade cooler to one of the Hydro series.

 

[fis]

so, I went to yoyotech in central london, and this is what I could buy today (without ordering):

i7 3930k
gtx680 2gb msi 1006mhz 1536 cores, 28mm 6008mhz gddr5 gpu 2x DL DVI DP hdmi PCI-E 3.0
asus sabertooth x79 socket 2011 motherboard
16gb ram (2x8gb) ddr3 1600mhz corsair pc3-128000 1.5v
850W silverpower 85% Eff, 80 plus bronze EPS12V quiet fan ATX Power supply
enermax ETS-T40-VD CPU cooler with blue and red fans
corsair 200r carbide series black mid tower case
120gb 2.5 SSD samsung840 basic read 530mb\s write 160mb's drive sata 3 6gbp's 3-core mdx 21nm toggle NAND
1tb 3.5 western digital AV 16mb cache intellipower rpm sata 3 hard disk drive
samsung 24x dvd +/- RW sata black

- £1480 for that

please tell me if these components are all good ... I think HDD and SSD are much worse from those proposed by mantadog.
I'd love to find components that are in stock in yoyotech or any other PC shop in london, so that I dont have to order, but just pick everything up and take it home
thanks

 

[Karnor00]

The components look fine to me. About the only other thing I think you'd need would be some thermal paste (tho that's pretty cheap) unless you have some already.

For reference an equivalent PCS system would cost about £100 more, tho of course it comes assembled and with a guarantee. But if you are confident to build it yourself, then it's certainly a little cheaper.

 

[fis]

The components look fine to me. About the only other thing I think you'd need would be some thermal paste (tho that's pretty cheap) unless you have some already.

For reference an equivalent PCS system would cost about £100 more, tho of course it comes assembled and with a guarantee. But if you are confident to build it yourself, then it's certainly a little cheaper.

oh, so if i build it myself I don't get any guarantee/warranty?
to be honest, i have never built a pc myself, but I guess it's not very difficult.

 

[Rakk]

oh, so if i build it myself I don't get any guarantee/warranty?

Well, you would get the manufacturers warranty for all the separate bits, so if the bits didn't work you would be able to get said bits replaces presuming they are within the warranty timeframes, but obviously you would then have to deal with said manufacturers.

 

[fis]

is that a good thing to do or a bad thing, you think?

 

[Rakk]

is that a good thing to do or a bad thing, you think?

Well, personally I like PC's being built and tested for me, and only needing to go through one company if any random part of it breaks (my two PCS built PC's have never had any problems so I've never needed to get anything sorted mind), admittedly, I am a bit of a static magnet, so I try not to go inside PC's too often, and only when I've found my anti-static wristband.