Hey everyone, thanks to anyone in advance who can give me their opinion, thoughts or advice on this spec, been quite a while since I made my own custom PC, so little rusty in some areas! This rig is for heavy gaming.
I know the power is a little excessive, but it really isn't that much more and I'll probably use this rig for a long time, but if it really, really is pointless, then fair enough. Motherboard wise, I'm pretty clueless on, but the X79 from all the reviews I've read seems to be a solid choice. I've been told to stick with a quad core processor for now as it will be better and more efficient than a six core, which people have said is only really needed if you're doing heavy editing etc. Likewise, 16gb ram should be just fine, but if anyone thinks 32gb is needed, let me know please!
The SSD drive is the area I'm most interested in getting opinions on though. Not had a SSD before, and I'm more than a little curious(anxious even) as to whether 240gb is enough, especially as I will be playing a lot of games on here, including MMORPG's, which usually come with a pretty heavy amount of GB's.
I've neglected to pick a soundcard out, as I will pretty much always be using a headset exclusively, and high end ones at that, so shouldn't really need one.
Windows 7 vs 8? Has 8 ironed out all the complaints people had about it, or is it still a better option to stick with 7?
Display is the last main question I have. From what I can see and read online, the 2460 is a pretty solid choice. Again this is all for gaming, so if anyone thinks there is a better screen out there that I should really look at getting, then any pointers would be awesome.
Other than those main concerns, is there anywhere you would advise I spend a little less on for the same performance, or areas where it would be worth spending just a little more to get an even better experience and system.
Case
CORSAIR GRAPHITE SERIES™ 600T WHITE MID-TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-4820K (3.7GHz) 10MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® SABERTOOTH X79: SOCKET 2011, R.O.G
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPERX BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2400MHz X.M.P (2 x 8GB KIT)
Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 780 Ti - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Free Item
FREE ASSASSINS CREED BLACK FLAG with GTX 660 & 7 Series GPUs!
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
240GB INTEL® 530 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 490MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
2TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RM SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET (£99)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H60 Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler (£59)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 2 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Monitor
AOC G2460PQU 24": 144hz - 1ms, 1920x1080, DVI, HDMI, DP (£219)
Keyboard & Mouse
Razer® Black Widow 2013 Ultimate Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (£119)
Mouse
Razer® Taipan Expert Ambidextrous Gaming Mouse (£75)
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 8 to 10 working days
Quantity
1
Price: £2,264.00 including VAT and delivery.
Thanks again!
I know the power is a little excessive, but it really isn't that much more and I'll probably use this rig for a long time, but if it really, really is pointless, then fair enough. Motherboard wise, I'm pretty clueless on, but the X79 from all the reviews I've read seems to be a solid choice. I've been told to stick with a quad core processor for now as it will be better and more efficient than a six core, which people have said is only really needed if you're doing heavy editing etc. Likewise, 16gb ram should be just fine, but if anyone thinks 32gb is needed, let me know please!
The SSD drive is the area I'm most interested in getting opinions on though. Not had a SSD before, and I'm more than a little curious(anxious even) as to whether 240gb is enough, especially as I will be playing a lot of games on here, including MMORPG's, which usually come with a pretty heavy amount of GB's.
I've neglected to pick a soundcard out, as I will pretty much always be using a headset exclusively, and high end ones at that, so shouldn't really need one.
Windows 7 vs 8? Has 8 ironed out all the complaints people had about it, or is it still a better option to stick with 7?
Display is the last main question I have. From what I can see and read online, the 2460 is a pretty solid choice. Again this is all for gaming, so if anyone thinks there is a better screen out there that I should really look at getting, then any pointers would be awesome.
Other than those main concerns, is there anywhere you would advise I spend a little less on for the same performance, or areas where it would be worth spending just a little more to get an even better experience and system.
Case
CORSAIR GRAPHITE SERIES™ 600T WHITE MID-TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-4820K (3.7GHz) 10MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® SABERTOOTH X79: SOCKET 2011, R.O.G
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPERX BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2400MHz X.M.P (2 x 8GB KIT)
Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 780 Ti - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Free Item
FREE ASSASSINS CREED BLACK FLAG with GTX 660 & 7 Series GPUs!
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
240GB INTEL® 530 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 490MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
2TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RM SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET (£99)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H60 Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler (£59)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Power Cable
1 x 2 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Monitor
AOC G2460PQU 24": 144hz - 1ms, 1920x1080, DVI, HDMI, DP (£219)
Keyboard & Mouse
Razer® Black Widow 2013 Ultimate Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (£119)
Mouse
Razer® Taipan Expert Ambidextrous Gaming Mouse (£75)
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 8 to 10 working days
Quantity
1
Price: £2,264.00 including VAT and delivery.
Thanks again!
