Really thinking of getting this gaming spec, any comments?

[domyou]

i am really thinking of buying this spec, it is a gaming rig spec which i know will be great for gaming as i have been told by many and after alot of chopping and changing i have finally come to this, would anyone care to comment on it and on its gaming potential? thanks


Case

COOLERMASTER HAF 932 FULL TOWER GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)

Intel® Core™i7-2600 Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics

Motherboard

ASUS® P8Z68-V/GEN3: PCI-E 3.0 READY, SLI, CROSSFIREX

Memory (RAM)

16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card

2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 680 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

Memory - 1st Hard Disk

240GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk

2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, 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 850W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX850 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£99)

Processor Cooling

SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)

Sound Card

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

Network Facilities

2 x 200Mbps HomePlug AV - Create a Wired Network Using Electric Sockets! (£38)

USB Options

6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Firewire & Video Editing

3 Port IEEE 1394a Firewire PCI Card (£9)

Operating System

Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

Office Software

FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)

Anti-Virus

NORTON ANTI-VIRUS 2012 - 1 Year Licence for 1 PC (£14)

Monitor

IIYAMA E2473HDS 24" LED WIDESCREEN, 2 HDMI/DVI-D 1920x1080 (£159)

Speakers

LOGITECH S120 2.0 BLACK SPEAKER SYSTEM (£9)

Headsets (VOIP)

LOGITECH® STEREO HEADSET H110 - IDEAL FOR CALLS, MUSIC & GAMES (£15)

Surge Protection

6 Socket Compact 2M UFO Surge Protector + Auto Power Off Function (£19)

Cable Tidy

3 x JML 1.5M Zip Cable Tidy - Professional Cable Management (£10)

Warranty

3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Data Recovery

2 x Hard Drive Data Recovery Service - Protect 2 Hard Drives Against Failure (£55)

Delivery

PCS EXTRA-CARE DIAMOND DELIVERY - MON-FRI, PRE-NOON (£9)

Build Time

Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days

Charity Calendar

PC Specialist naked Charity Calendar in aid of ForgetMeNotChild.co.uk (£4)

 

[Rakk]

Looks like it will have no problems for gaming for quite some time, it should eat through anything with ease currently

Only thing I would say though is do you need 16GB of RAM, it may be a tad overkill

 

[domyou]

i agree about the RAM but money isn't an issue there so i thought i might aswell get 16 over 8, i thought why not and i want to be completely future proof, would it affect the performance in any way because it is bit over the top with the RAM? also i did go for the i5 2500 processor until recently because i have been told by many that there won't be much difference in gaming between the i7 and i5 but as money wasn't an issue there either i decided to go with the i7, which was 60 pounds more, do you think its worth it? overall this is a great gaming machine yes? will it be future proof? will it last me for years to come with new games and max settings on the top quality games out there? many thanks

 

[AndyL]

i agree about the RAM but money isn't an issue there so i thought i might aswell get 16 over 8, i thought why not and i want to be completely future proof, would it affect the performance in any way because it is bit over the top with the RAM? also i did go for the i5 2500 processor until recently because i have been told by many that there won't be much difference in gaming between the i7 and i5 but as money wasn't an issue there either i decided to go with the i7, which was 60 pounds more, do you think its worth it? overall this is a great gaming machine yes? will it be future proof? will it last me for years to come with new games and max settings on the top quality games out there? many thanks

The quick answer is yes it will. And when it starts to struggle all you will need to do is put another 680 in there in SLI.

 

[domyou]

thanks mate