Ordering TODAY! [Advice]

[Connor]

Heya, over the past 2 months I've been posting threads of my pc I hope to get so i've narrowed it all down and this is it. I'm ordering it tonight so any advice would be great!


Case PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU) AMD PHENOM II X4 965 (3.40GHz/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 6850 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11, Eyefinity 3 Capable
2nd Graphics Card NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
2nd Hard Disk NONE
RAID NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE
Memory Card Reader NONE
Power Supply & Case Cooling 600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)
Processor Cooling SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
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 NONE
TV Card NONE
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor NONE
2nd Monitor NONE
DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables NONE
Eyefinity / GeForce 3D Vision NONE
Keyboard & Mouse NONE
Mouse NONE
Speakers NONE
Webcam NONE
Headsets (VOIP) NONE
Surge Protection NONE
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 13 working days
Quantity 1

 

[cjc1984]

I think that spec is nice and balanced. The only thing I would personally change is to replace the HDD with the Caviar Black 1TB. May use up a little bit more power but I would personally want the boot drive as fast as possible, maybe having the green drive as a 2nd HDD

 

[Connor]

It is that? Lol.

 

[Phoenix]

Looks pretty good to me, I'd rather have the cavair green for a quieter computer though.

 

[Tom DWC]

Looks pretty good to me, I'd rather have the Caviar Green for a quieter computer though.

This is a good point. The Caviar Black might be fast but it is a very noisy drive. On an OS such as Windows 7, which is always performing tasks such as indexing files, it's almost always audible. The Caviar Green is almost silent. (I have the Black as an internal drive and the Green as an external backup drive and the Green is still quieter even when outside the case).

Comes down to personal preference really.

 

[Tysuro]

From what I have read in the Computer shopper magazine both Green and black are both not very good drives at all.

Green:
Might save you a little power but its inconsistent performance makes the Cavier Green 1TB a hard disk to avoid.

Black:
Not convinced that the inconsistant speed improvements of the SATA lll hard disk are worth its performance.

I just copied the summarys verdict thats all from PC stopper.

 

[Connor]

From what I have read in the Computer shopper magazine both Green and black are both not very good drives at all.

Green:
Might save you a little power but its inconsistent performance makes the Cavier Green 1TB a hard disk to avoid.

Black:
Not convinced that the inconsistant speed improvements of the SATA lll hard disk are worth its performance.

I just copied the summarys verdict thats all from PC stopper.

Will it be good for me oh? Seen as I assume these people that do reviews for them attempt to put them through the limit and I mean as long as it performs better than the regular hard drives I should be fine and worth the money?

 

[Sleinous]

The green is worth it yep.

 

[JSG10]

Nothing wrong with the Caviar Green drive, got one in mine and works pretty well Definitely better than my old system. Boots quick enough for my liking and is pretty quiet.

 

[Connor]

So it's all good for gaming ect..?

 

[JSG10]

Yep, that spec will be fine for gaming, mines similar, slightly more powerful CPU and a Nvidia GTX470 instead of ATI and it eats through every game going at the moment You won't have a problem.

 

[Connor]

Anyone else wanting to provide advice for purchase?

 

[Connor]

Quite annoyed apparently I have to pay £19 extra for delivery cause of the Scottish Highlands, and the funny thing is I don't even live in the Highlands! I live in UK Mainland I live 10-20 miles out from the highlands.

I'm judging weather I should buy it now cause that kind of thing has really annoyed me.

 

[PCS]

Our couriers DHL give us a list of post codes and they charge us more to deliver to these postcodes. If you postcode falls into one of these then there is nothing we can do unfortunately.

 

[Connor]

Our couriers DHL give us a list of post codes and they charge us more to deliver to these postcodes. If you postcode falls into one of these then there is nothing we can do unfortunately.

Well thanks for the notice, I'd ring Customer support up earlier but I've decided to buy it.
(My Christmas present)


Anywho, only reply with amazing comments about my system and PC Specialists.


Case: PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU): AMD PHENOM II X4 965 (3.40GHz/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 AMD RADEON™ HD 6850 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11, Eyefinity 3 Capable
2nd Graphics Card: NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk: 1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
2nd Hard Disk: NONE
RAID NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive: 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive: NONE
Memory Card Reader: NONE
Power Supply & Case Cooling: 600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)
Processor Cooling: SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card: ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
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: NONE
TV Card: NONE
Operating System: Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software: FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus: NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor: NONE
2nd Monitor: NONE
DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables: NONE
Eyefinity / GeForce 3D Vision: NONE
Keyboard & Mouse: NONE
Mouse: NONE
Speakers: NONE
Webcam: NONE
Headsets (VOIP): NONE
Surge Protection: NONE
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: SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS & UK OFFSHORE ISLANDS / N IRELAND (£19)
Build Time: Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 13 working days

 

[PCS]

WOW

On a serious note it's actually a great spec!

 

[Connor]

WOW

On a serious note it's actually a great spec!

Thanks,

Although I'd like to know weather to save a little bit of cash and go for the case before the current one? Cause I'm not sure if it'll make that much of a difference.

 

[Phoenix]

Although I'd like to know weather to save a little bit of cash and go for the case before the current one? Cause I'm not sure if it'll make that much of a difference.

The coolermaster elite 310 is a great case but it doesn't have any LED's, just go for whichever one you like the look of more.

 

[Connor]

The coolermaster elite 310 is a great case but it doesn't have any LED's, just go for whichever one you like the look of more.

So do you think it would make sense to downgrade the case?

 

[Phoenix]

So do you think it would make sense to downgrade the case?

I think it's a very subjective matter that you need to decide for yourself, I personally think the T900 looks better so would stick with it but if you prefer the elite 310 or don't really mind the look of either then the downgrade would make sense.