My order

[vanthus]

For what its worth this is what i have finally gone for.PCS has quoted 9 to 12 working days,reading between the lines im not going to hold my breath.
Case
COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE + 2 FRONT USB

Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X4 970 (3.50GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION

Motherboard
ASUS® M4A87TD/USB3: DUAL DDR3,SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0

Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)

Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5870 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11

2nd Graphics Card
NONE

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE

RAID
NONE

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
10x BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£89)

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)

Power Supply & Case Cooling
CORSAIR 650W PSU (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£76)

Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EXTREME DIRECT TOUCH COPPER CPU COOLER (£39)

Sound Card
Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Titanium PCI Express (£66)

Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT

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

Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND

Floppy Disk Drive
NONE

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

TV Card
HAUPPAUGE HI-DEF SATELITTE DVB-S2 TV RECIEVER (WinTV-NOVA-HD-S2)

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

Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE

Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL

Monitor
NONE

2nd Monitor
NONE

DVI Cable
1 x 2 Metre DVI Cable (£5)

GeForce 3D Vision
NONE

Keyboard & Mouse
Logitech® Internet 350 USB Keyboard (£9)

Mouse
Logitech® MX™518 Optical Gaming Mouse (£29)

Speakers
LOGITECH Z323 2.1 Stereo speakers with Rich bass and 360-degree sound (£39)

Webcam
NONE

Headsets (VOIP)
Logitech® PC Headset 860 Stereo with in-line volume control (£15)

Surge Protection
Belkin 8-Socket 2M SurgeMaster with £175,000 Protection Warranty! (£18)

Printer
NONE

External Hard Drive
NONE

Home Installation
NONE

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

Data Recovery
NONE

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

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 12 working days

Price (excluding VAT)


£1,237.02

Price


£1,453.50

Order Quantity


1

Bulk discount


£0.00

Total order price (Ex VAT)


£1,237.02

Total order Price


£1,453.50

Payment method


Credit Card (will carry a 2% surcharge)

Delivery details


Production Dates


Processed Date
30-09-2010

 

[Sleinous]

Very nice looking spec, one thing though, why 1 6gbs drive and one 3gbs drive? The WD1002FAEX offers next to no performance increase as the RPM of the drive is the limiting factor here and doesnt surpass the 3gbs bandwidth.

 

[PCS]

Great spec. I would have thought that the black drive is faster than the green drive, especially given that the OS is installed on it.

WD Greens - cool, quite and low power usage, so performance suffers some, so not recommended as boot drive but for storage.

WD Black - Good performance, more heat, fine as boot drive...

 

[vanthus]

Great spec. I would have thought that the black drive is faster than the green drive, especially given that the OS is installed on it.

WD Greens - cool, quite and low power usage, so performance suffers some, so not recommended as boot drive but for storage.

WD Black - Good performance, more heat, fine as boot drive...

Yes,thats right.according to all my research the green drive is not good for os as it spins down when idle so dont know why sleinous keeps harping on about this,much as i respect his obvious knowledge.

 

[Sleinous]

Because they only power down when idle...and resume when activity resumes. You dont honestly think they power down and then thats it, end of session, time to reboot, do you? By all means go for whichever one you want, its your future computer, not mine. I have both versions of the drive, with an OS on each, not noticed any lapse in performance on my green despite it being an even older model than the WD EARS

 

[Phoenix]

Looks great, only thing I'd change is removing the 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM since the 10x BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW does the same thing and more. But if you need 2 disc drives then it's perfect

 

[vanthus]

Because they only power down when idle...and resume when activity resumes. You dont honestly think they power down and then thats it, end of session, time to reboot, do you? By all means go for whichever one you want, its your future computer, not mine. I have both versions of the drive, with an OS on each, not noticed any lapse in performance on my green despite it being an even older model than the WD EARS

Ok not the best choice of words,what i meant,as posted to you before. re quote.eg.tomshardware.(The green drives are not considered good "Primary" drives due to the fact they will drop to 5400 rpm from 7200 rpm depending on workload. It takes time for them to spin backup to 7200.)Fair point from phoenix,but i have reasons for having all the components listed,as ive said before.