Will this be a good all rounder?

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CybrHwk

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Case
COOLERMASTER HAF-X FULL TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-3930K (3.2GHz) 12MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® SABERTOOTH X79: SOCKET 2011, R.O.G
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS QUAD-DDR3 1600MHz X.M.P(4 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB KINGSTON HYPERX SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/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
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
12x BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£79)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1200W PRO SERIES™ GOLD AX1200-80 PLUS® GOLD MODULAR(£208)
Processor Cooling
INTEL SOCKET LGA2011 STANDARD CPU COOLER
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£109)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£69)
Delivery
SATURDAY DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (BEFORE 12 NOON) (£19)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Never done overclocking before but would I be better off with the Rampage Extreme IV? I do a lot of programming and photo editing, is 16GIG going to be enough?

Any other comments/suggestions welcome :)
 
tom_gr7

tom_gr7

Life Serving
I'd suggesting getting pcs to overclock your pc for you, then you are covered with warranty dude.
 
bg92

bg92

Expert
Rampage Extreme IV shoulb provide better overclocking results. Btw why did you choose a 1200w psu? For a single gtx580 its overkill. A 650w-750w power supply would be enough.
16gb of ram should be enough.
I also think that buying an already overclocked pc from pcspecialist would be a better idea. Especially since you would be covered by warranty.
 
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CybrHwk

Active member
Thanks guys for the replies. Reason for the 1200W PSU is that I plan on putting in a second 3GB 580 at a later date (if I want to upgrade later, chances are the nvidia card will need yet more power!), along with another hard disk and memory. I just want to spread the cost a bit

I phoned yesterday to ask about CPU Coolers as I can't chose one as its the new Socket 2011, they said it would be Akasa, does that mean I might get a Akasa Venom? Or should I consider Liquid Cooling?
 
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CybrHwk

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£2400 ish. Haven't bought a new PC in about 8yrs, so thought I spend a bit more. Currently using an AMD 64 3200+ with 2gig of RAM
 
tom_gr7

tom_gr7

Life Serving
HAve a look into the sandbridge processors and z68 motherboards? I will post a spec up see what ya think.
 
tom_gr7

tom_gr7

Life Serving
\What about this. overclocked by pcs, costs 2012.

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF-X FULL TOWER GAMING CASE

Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™i7-2700k Quad Core(3.50GHz @ max 5.00GHz)

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V PRO/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
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB KINGSTON HYPERX SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
12x BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£79)

Power Supply
CORSAIR 1050W PRO SERIES™ HX1050-80 PLUS® SILVER MODULAR (£159)

Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)

Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)

Sound Card
ASUS XONAR DG 5.1 SURROUND SOUND PCI CARD (£20 SPECIAL)

Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs

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

Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£69)

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity 1
 
dangro474

dangro474

Bright Spark
Very nice system spec.

A single 580 GTX is enought o run almost all of the most recent title releases maxed out in 1080p (being generous with AA/AF).

Regarding the RAM volume; if this concerns you, you could always opt for 2x 8GB rather than 4x 4GB, allowing you to upgrade to the full 64GB limit without having to replace DIMMs in the future.
 
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