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ChrisR1997

Member
this is my spec for my first gaming pc. im tired of my old laptop and i want to get into pc gaming. i will be using it for games such as skyrim and battlefield and i also like to multitask alot. are there any improvements, do i need anymore ram????? a better graphics card???? do my specs fit the case and are there any more improvements??? thanks

Case
Send In Your Own Case (Sharkoon T9 ATX Midi Tower Case - Green, http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sharkoon-ATX-Midi-Tower-Case/dp/tech-data/B004REHPEE/ref=de_a_smtd)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3820 (3.6GHz) 10MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P9X79: INTEL® SOCKET LG2011
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
90GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K 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
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case FanProcessor Cooling
INTEL CERTIFIED LIQUID CPU COOLER FOR SOCKET LG2011 (£79)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
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
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor
IIYAMA E2473HDS 24" LED WIDESCREEN, 2 HDMI/DVI-D 1920x1080 (£159)
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,258.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/intel-2011-extreme/atTj00qC58/
 
keynes

keynes

Multiverse Poster
If the PC is solely for gaming an i5-3570 would be a good choice. The spec below has a better graphics card, the GTX 670 should max most games in 1 screen. The 120gb Intel 330 SSD is £3 more expensive and you get 30gb extra compare to the kingston 90gb. If you are considering to SLI (add a 2nd gpu to improve performance) then you would need to upgrade the motherboard and psu.
Case
Send In Your Own Case
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3470 (3.2GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 330 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 500MB/sR | 450MB/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
Power Supply
600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
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
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
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor
IIYAMA E2473HDS 24" LED WIDESCREEN, 2 HDMI/DVI-D 1920x1080 (£159)
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 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,156.00 including VAT and delivery.

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ChrisR1997

Member
Well, its wont be soley for gaming i will be doing work, surfing the internet etc... and im also a big multi-tasker so i think it wuld best to get an i7 processor. What do you think and if u agree which i7 should i get, also doesnt the kinston ssd perform better or is there not much of a difference??? (same with the ram). and lastely how well will the 560 perform because i dot think i will have the money to get the 670, but i will be upgrading anyway. also with motherboard should i upgrade to???
 
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ChrisR1997

Member
used for lots of gaming, working, surfing, and lots of multi-tasking. also does the case fit the spec

Case
Send In Your Own Case (Sharkoon T9 ATX Midi Tower Case - Green, http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sharkoon-ATX.../ref=de_a_smtd)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770 (3.4GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti - 2 DVI, HDMI, VGA - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
90GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K 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
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case FanProcessor 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
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
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor
IIYAMA E2473HDS 24" LED WIDESCREEN, 2 HDMI/DVI-D 1920x1080 (£159)
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 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,121.00 including VAT and delivery.

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keynes

keynes

Multiverse Poster
For the uses you mentioned there is no noticeable difference between 1333mhz and 1600mhz. If you go with an nvidia GPU and you wish to SLI then you need o upgrade the motherboard otherwise it is fine. Unless you are benchmarking, in my opinion, there is no significant difference running day to day applications between the 330 and Kingston SSD, you get an additional 30gb by spending around £3 extra with the intel 330 SSD.
 
Wolvo7

Wolvo7

Bright Spark
What kind of programs do you use? Even an i3 could cope with high multitasking. I'd get an i7 if you're gonna use CPU intensive programs such as photoshop or video editing software. I'd follow the others' advice and get the 670 cuz the i7 won't help you in gaming unless you're into CPU-intensive games like FSX.

If you really do want an i7 then I'd go with that, I assumed your budget to be 1250 pounds based on your 1st spec.

Case

Send In Your Own Case
Processor (CPU)

Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770 (3.4GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard

ASUS® P8Z77-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX
Memory (RAM)

8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card

2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk

120GB INTEL® 330 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 500MB/sR | 450MB/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 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)
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

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

NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software

NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus

NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor

IIYAMA E2473HDS 24" LED WIDESCREEN, 2 HDMI/DVI-D 1920x1080 (£159)
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 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,246.00 including VAT and delivery.

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ChrisR1997

Member
thank you everyone for all the help!!!!! ive added to your reputation because all of you hve managed to talk some sense into me and give me a much better build for the same price!!!! Reubensolo, i will be playing what i think are cpu intensive games maxed out such as battlefield 3, batman aa, cod, crysis 2, skyrim, maybe starcraft 2 and their sequals (inclluding elder scrolls mmo and i might start into wow). i can see myself using video editing software in the future but not at the moment but im quite sure i will be getting into video editing (not completely sure to be honest), i would say an i7 would be better for now and for future proofing. do you think i should go for the i7 or stay with an i5.
 
keynes

keynes

Multiverse Poster
Since you want to play those games with high settings I would put more emphasis on the GPU , an hd 7850 or hd 7870. If you still want to go with the i7 I would consider Wolvo's spec that includes an even better GPU.
 
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ChrisR1997

Member
also if their aare any other cases you would suggest please do, i would quite like it to glow green but im not completely sure on how to change the fans to green fans in a case
 
keynes

keynes

Multiverse Poster
ChrisR1997 said:
thanks i think i will be going with wolvo's exact build as its seems to be very goodthanks for all the help and will tht motherboard be compatable with sli and will this case http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sharkoon-AT...HPEE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344434388&sr=8-1 work with the build???
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The motherboard Wolvo's chosen is not SLI compatible. Regarding the case, as long as it meets the requirements it should be fine
http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/choose-your-own-case/1936/
To SLI the gtx 670 you need the P8Z77-V and at least 750w PSU.
 
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Wolvo7

Wolvo7

Bright Spark
Yup if you want this build to be SLI capable that will set you off an additional 80 pounds. If you wanna keep the same price then you'll have to drop the CPU to the i5 3570. If I had to choose between SLI or i7 I'd go for SLI in a gaming rig.
 
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ChrisR1997

Member
do u think i need ssd, cause im only really using it for the os and i think the caviar black will tke care of that. is there much of a difference???
 
keynes

keynes

Multiverse Poster
ChrisR1997 said:
do u think i need ssd, cause im only really using it for the os and i think the caviar black will tke care of that. is there much of a difference???
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The SSD is not essential, I would put more emphasis in the CPU and GPU.
 
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