I have just drawn up the following specification from the website for a home PC and would appreciate if anyone could cast a professional eye over the choices I have made as I really only have a very basic knowledge of the technology concerned and any input (in layman's terms) would be very much appreciated.
My criteria is to have a machine that ideally will not be too out of date very quickly, cater for the kids gaming online (we have a fast internet service) cater for loads of photos (including photo editing) and surfing the web. I also have an ipad and want to ensure that iTunes will be ok - heard some reports of it working with Windows 8?? I usually just do backups on a remote drive so have not included for a second drive here - unless I am missing something crucial about having a second drive?
COOLERMASTER ELITE 311 BLUE CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570 (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard ASUS® P8H61-MX USB3/SI: uATX, USB 3.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s
Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 650 - DVI, mHDMI, VGA - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
(7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 10x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW
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
Processor Cooling Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)
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 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System Genuine Windows 8 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£109)
Office Software Microsoft® Office Home & Student 2013 (1 License Key Card) (£96)
Anti-Virus NORTON ANTI-VIRUS 2013 - 1 Year Licence for 1 PC (£9) *SPECIAL*
Keyboard & Mouse LOGITECH® K200 USB MEDIA KEYBOARD (£10)
Mouse CM Storm Xornet Gaming Mouse (£19)
As I mentioned all advise appreciated (feeling out of my depth here.....)
Many thanks
My criteria is to have a machine that ideally will not be too out of date very quickly, cater for the kids gaming online (we have a fast internet service) cater for loads of photos (including photo editing) and surfing the web. I also have an ipad and want to ensure that iTunes will be ok - heard some reports of it working with Windows 8?? I usually just do backups on a remote drive so have not included for a second drive here - unless I am missing something crucial about having a second drive?
COOLERMASTER ELITE 311 BLUE CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570 (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard ASUS® P8H61-MX USB3/SI: uATX, USB 3.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s
Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 650 - DVI, mHDMI, VGA - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
(7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 10x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW
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
Processor Cooling Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)
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 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System Genuine Windows 8 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£109)
Office Software Microsoft® Office Home & Student 2013 (1 License Key Card) (£96)
Anti-Virus NORTON ANTI-VIRUS 2013 - 1 Year Licence for 1 PC (£9) *SPECIAL*
Keyboard & Mouse LOGITECH® K200 USB MEDIA KEYBOARD (£10)
Mouse CM Storm Xornet Gaming Mouse (£19)
As I mentioned all advise appreciated (feeling out of my depth here.....)
Many thanks
