This is what I purchased
Case InWin CENTINAL BUC BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570K (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard ASUS® P8Z77-V: PCI-E 3.0 READY, WIFI, SLI, CROSSFIREX
Memory (RAM) 16GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 X 8GB)
Graphics Card 3GB AMD RADEON™ HD7950 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
2nd Graphics Card NONE
3rd Graphics Card NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 120GB KINGSTON V300 SSD, SATA 6 Gb (450MB/R, 450MB/W)
2nd Hard Disk 2TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE
3rd Hard Disk NONE
4th Hard Disk NONE
RAID NONE
SSD CACHE DRIVE NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 4x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ROM (£27)
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE
Memory Card Reader NONE
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)
Processor Cooling Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)
Extra Case Fans NONE
Fan Controller NONE
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Modem NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Floppy Disk Drive NONE
Firewire NONE
TV Card NONE
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor NONE
2nd Monitor NONE
3rd Monitor NONE
4th Monitor NONE
DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables 1 x 2 METRE DVI-D CABLE (£5)
Eyefinity / GeForce 3D Vision NONE
Keyboard & Mouse NONE
Mouse NONE
Gaming Mouse Pad NONE
Speakers NONE
Webcam NONE
Headsets NONE
Surge Protection NONE
Cable Tidy NONE
Printer NONE
External Hard Drive NONE
Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Home Installation NONE
Data Recovery NONE
Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 11 working days
Miscellaneous FREE CRYSIS 3 & FAR CRY 3: BLOOD DRAGON with AMD HD 7900 Series GPUs!
My build arrived last friday and I thought I would give myself a bit of time to get to know it before doing a review. I ordered on the 19th of April and the computer would have arrived on the 9th rather than the 10th had I been able to be home to sign for it. Very impressed with the delivery service, it was easy to change date and they gave you a one hour slot on the day of delivery, no waiting around all day hoping and praying. My inital impression of the pc was 'wow this is big'. Not a complaint by the way I like it, but something for people looking at this case to consider. The case has a quality look about it without appearing too flash, no needless LEDs. I opened the case up to remove the inflatable foam packaging (great idea) and found everything appeared to have arrived in good order, the inside looks great and I am glad I chose this motherboard, already dreaming of adding a second 7950. Must say they have done a great job with the cables too.
Having booting the machine up I have to say it runs spectacularly fast, as you would expect from an ssd. One thing I would say about that is if you are torn between 128gb and a bigger option I really would recommend the bigger option if you plan to have any games installed on it, they are pretty big these days and I am already pretty concerned about managing space. The SSD was also set to a scheduled defragment but that was easily remedied.
Gaming wise I havent had masses of time to play yet however I did test it out with a few games of crysis 3 which ran just fine on the maximum settings; and looks amazing, and also metro 2033 which also ran perfectly. The machine runs cool; everything around 30 degrees (at stock) when idle. My GPU after metro 2033 was at around 50 degrees and my cpu was hitting just over that during a 15 minute prime 95 test, very happy with that. The machine is relatively quiet though it does let out an audible hum, its not at all intrusive though and doesnt make leaving it at night whilst trying to sleep a problem at all. Unlike my old pc which had began to sound like a jet was taking off in my room.
Only gripe is that I haven't received the copy of far cry blood dragon, not sure if they are out of stock (would have been nice to have been told if thats the case) or it was simply forgotten. Delivery does take a long time, which can be frustrating but you are of course made fully aware of this before purchasing. It is certainly worth the wait.
All in all I am delighted with my purchase, would use PC Specialist again and will be recommending them to friends. I shall try and upload a picture or two shortly.
Case InWin CENTINAL BUC BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570K (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard ASUS® P8Z77-V: PCI-E 3.0 READY, WIFI, SLI, CROSSFIREX
Memory (RAM) 16GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (2 X 8GB)
Graphics Card 3GB AMD RADEON™ HD7950 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
2nd Graphics Card NONE
3rd Graphics Card NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 120GB KINGSTON V300 SSD, SATA 6 Gb (450MB/R, 450MB/W)
2nd Hard Disk 2TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE
3rd Hard Disk NONE
4th Hard Disk NONE
RAID NONE
SSD CACHE DRIVE NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 4x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ROM (£27)
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE
Memory Card Reader NONE
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)
Processor Cooling Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)
Extra Case Fans NONE
Fan Controller NONE
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Modem NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Floppy Disk Drive NONE
Firewire NONE
TV Card NONE
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor NONE
2nd Monitor NONE
3rd Monitor NONE
4th Monitor NONE
DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables 1 x 2 METRE DVI-D CABLE (£5)
Eyefinity / GeForce 3D Vision NONE
Keyboard & Mouse NONE
Mouse NONE
Gaming Mouse Pad NONE
Speakers NONE
Webcam NONE
Headsets NONE
Surge Protection NONE
Cable Tidy NONE
Printer NONE
External Hard Drive NONE
Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Home Installation NONE
Data Recovery NONE
Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 11 working days
Miscellaneous FREE CRYSIS 3 & FAR CRY 3: BLOOD DRAGON with AMD HD 7900 Series GPUs!
My build arrived last friday and I thought I would give myself a bit of time to get to know it before doing a review. I ordered on the 19th of April and the computer would have arrived on the 9th rather than the 10th had I been able to be home to sign for it. Very impressed with the delivery service, it was easy to change date and they gave you a one hour slot on the day of delivery, no waiting around all day hoping and praying. My inital impression of the pc was 'wow this is big'. Not a complaint by the way I like it, but something for people looking at this case to consider. The case has a quality look about it without appearing too flash, no needless LEDs. I opened the case up to remove the inflatable foam packaging (great idea) and found everything appeared to have arrived in good order, the inside looks great and I am glad I chose this motherboard, already dreaming of adding a second 7950. Must say they have done a great job with the cables too.
Having booting the machine up I have to say it runs spectacularly fast, as you would expect from an ssd. One thing I would say about that is if you are torn between 128gb and a bigger option I really would recommend the bigger option if you plan to have any games installed on it, they are pretty big these days and I am already pretty concerned about managing space. The SSD was also set to a scheduled defragment but that was easily remedied.
Gaming wise I havent had masses of time to play yet however I did test it out with a few games of crysis 3 which ran just fine on the maximum settings; and looks amazing, and also metro 2033 which also ran perfectly. The machine runs cool; everything around 30 degrees (at stock) when idle. My GPU after metro 2033 was at around 50 degrees and my cpu was hitting just over that during a 15 minute prime 95 test, very happy with that. The machine is relatively quiet though it does let out an audible hum, its not at all intrusive though and doesnt make leaving it at night whilst trying to sleep a problem at all. Unlike my old pc which had began to sound like a jet was taking off in my room.
Only gripe is that I haven't received the copy of far cry blood dragon, not sure if they are out of stock (would have been nice to have been told if thats the case) or it was simply forgotten. Delivery does take a long time, which can be frustrating but you are of course made fully aware of this before purchasing. It is certainly worth the wait.
All in all I am delighted with my purchase, would use PC Specialist again and will be recommending them to friends. I shall try and upload a picture or two shortly.
