Quiet PC for gaming/music editing

[bananaracing]

Hi

Looking for a PC caple of gaming and editing music files. Already have soundcard/quality speakers that I can use, budget about £1500. I have come up the spec below (I am unlikley to overclock). Any help/suggestions would be appeciated

Case
COOLERMASTER SILEO 500 QUIET MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-950 (3.06GHz) 4.8GTs/8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P6X58D-E: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI
Memory (RAM)
6GB KINGSTON HYPER-X TRI-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (3 x 2GB KIT)
Graphics Card
1280MB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX470 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11 + MAFIA II
Free Item
FREE MAFIA II Game (RRP: £34.99) with a qualifying GTX 4xx Series GPU!
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
2TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD20EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
10x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£49)
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply & Case Cooling
600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) 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
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
IIYAMA E2472HD 24" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D HD 1920x1080 (£179)
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 9 to 13 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,450.00 including VAT and delivery.

Cheers banana

 

[adbcrazy]

i doubt you'll need i7-970, 3 hard drives, and a blu ray plus a separate CD rom (theres a joint one to save on bays)
You should have a look at the FAQ forums which will advise you on spec alternatives!

obviously if you don't care about saving a few pounds, just press confirm and buy it

 

[Phoenix]

Change the RAM for the 1333mhz modules because you're not going to benefit from it since you're not overclocking, the rest of the build looks pretty good.

 

[bananaracing]

hi, thanks for the advice on RAM. didn't realise that you need to overclock to use 1600mhz ram. PCS seem to have it as the default RAM on their non overclocked Gaming PC.

Will the Coolmaster Sileo Case keep the components cool enough as it is not described as a gaming case?

cheers banana

 

[Phoenix]

No you don't need to overclock to use it, it's just that you're not going to really gain anything from using it over the 1333mhz RAM. I'm not really sure why it has been put on the gaming PC's as standard, seems a bit strange. The sileo case should be fine, Gorman used it for a while and didn't have any problems.