Possible purhase and some suggestions

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deadone

Member
ok 1st of all hi, site and forums look great and some very nice kit you have to offer.

anyway after tweeking here and there i have came up with this so would everything be good to go in the lines of gaming. general use and will all the components work well together.

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE (£82)**SPECIAL**

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-660 Dual Core (3.33GHz, 4MB Cache) + HD Graphics

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

Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (4 X 2GB)

Graphics Card
2GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5970 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11

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 (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)

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

Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£62)

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

22" Wide TFT Silver/Black 1920 x1080 2MS D-Sub, DVI, 21.6" Panel (£119)

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, Lifetime Tech Support) (£5)

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days

Price (excluding VAT)
£1,290.21

apart from the above i already have my own gaming keyboard/mouse, speakers etc etc..
tips and comments always welcome and any changes you might see im open to them.

thanx
Mick
 
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deadone

Member
got any suggestions to the corsair psu.. pref in the same kind of price range would be good.
what about this one.
CORSAIR 750W PSU (TX750) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£92)

thanx all
Mick
 
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deadone

Member
hopefully all going well i should have a nice new rig to play with.

also with the Coolermaster HAF case as i have added liquid cooling etc how big is the visible window to be able to see this in all its glory or would you suggest a different case..

thanx
Mick
 
Meds

Meds

Moderator
Moderator
Hi deadone,

There are no perspex windows in the HAF922, only the HAF932 - see pics below;

HAF922

CM_HAF_922.JPG


HAF932

CM+haf932(2).jpg
 
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deadone

Member
thankyou for the heads up regarding the case.
the window is not very big looking at the image..
what other cases that you stock would you suggest that would fit my with my parts etc.

regards
Mick
 
Randomthom

Randomthom

Silver Level Poster
My 2c if you don't mind the new guy chipping in with a thought;
Why put so much of the budget into the graphics card & (comparatively) so little into the processor?
As is the general trend with PC components, the performance/price tends to kick in far below the top components (i.e. you pay disproportionately more for top-end parts).

You might want to consider getting an i7 processor in that & dropping the graphics option down, I'm not 100% sure about how the pricing would work out but you could probably push the processor up to the bottom i7 quad-core & get 2x GT460s for a similar amount.

Otherwise very, very nice though ;)

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steveuk87

steveuk87

Super Star
to be fair the 2 GPU's he has will be awsome for anything but then again so will the recommendation you gave, its all much of a muchness to be fair they will run anything for a long time to come (on top specs)

Steve
 
Randomthom

Randomthom

Silver Level Poster
Yeah, was just thinking the i7 will have a bit more longevity & performance, it depends a lot on the game but for some (particularly RTS games) processing power is King.

Anyone remember C&C Generals Extreme AI? It just used as much processing power as was available to manage it's forces, lower difficulties were capped.
 
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deadone

Member
thanx all for the help and tips, and i agree with the proessor power..
im going to be changing it after looking and lowering the gfx card and upgrading to one of the i7's.

i was thinking about this also and thought a better processor would make better sence and i could always in the future upgrade gfx card if needed as they are contsantly being updated.

ill post specs here of what i am thinking within my budget and see what you all think.

Mick
 
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deadone

Member
ok all, how about this setup.. i have changed a few things to fit around what im looking for and took some of your suggestions on board also.

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 932 FULL TOWER GAMING CASE (£115) **SPECIAL**
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7-880 Quad Core (3.06GHz, 8MB Cache)
Motherboard
ASUS® P7H57D-V EVO: FULL ATX, TRUE USB 3.0 & SATA 6.0GB/s
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (4 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX465 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
Free Item
FREE Just Cause 2 Game (RRP: £34.99) with any GTX 4xx Series GPU!
2nd Graphics Card
NONE
3rd Graphics Card
NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1.5TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 32MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NONE
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)
Power Supply & Case Cooling
CORSAIR 1000W MODULAR PSU (HX1000) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£172)
Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO C240 A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£95)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB Options
4 PORT USB 2.0 INTERNAL PCI CARD + STANDARD USB PORTS
Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Floppy Disk Drive
NONE
Firewire & Video Editing
NONE
TV Card
NONE
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor
22" Wide TFT Silver/Black 1920 x1080 2MS D-Sub, DVI, 21.6" Panel (£119)
2nd Monitor
22" Wide TFT Silver/Black 1920 x1080 2MS D-Sub, DVI, 21.6" Panel (£119)
DVI Cable
NONE
GeForce 3D Vision
NONE
Keyboard & Mouse
NONE
Mouse
NONE
Speakers
LOGITECH Z-2300 2.1 Extreme THX®-certified 2.1 performance (£135)
Webcam
NONE
Headsets (VOIP)
NONE
Surge Protection
Belkin 8-Socket 2M SurgeMaster with £175,000 Protection Warranty! (£18)
Printer
NONE
External Hard Drive
NONE
Home Installation
NONE
Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, Lifetime Tech Support) (£69)
Data Recovery
NONE
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
Quantity
1


i would like to see more case options. im realy liking the haf-x case as well but you dont have it listed here. also the monitors can be changed if need be, i just selected 2 to see if its in my price range.

Mick
 
PCS

PCS

Administrator
Staff member
deadone said:
i would like to see more case options. im realy liking the haf-x case as well but you dont have it listed here. also the monitors can be changed if need be, i just selected 2 to see if its in my price range.
Mick
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We can source the Haf-X case for you if you would like to order this case. It will be around £150.

steveuk87 said:
very nice build dude, but why have 2 monitors?
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2 monitors is a great setup, as you can browse the internet with one screen while having outlook or another program open in another. Pretty much every PC in our offices has a dual monitor setup :p
 
Meds

Meds

Moderator
Moderator
If I had the space, (and I'm sure I will one day) I would go for dual monitor set up. I've got so used to it at work I go home and have to switch between windows, gets quite annoying tbh.
 
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