If you were going to spend this much, what would you change?

[William_Munny 12]

PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i7-3820 (Four Core, 10MB Cache) 3.60GHz

edit OPERATING SYSTEM English Windows® 7 Professional (64 BIT) edit GRAPHICS CARD 2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GTX 680 edit MEMORY 8192MB (4x2GB) 1600MHz DDR3 Quad Channel edit HARD DRIVE 2TB SATA 6Gb/s (7200RPM) 32MB Cache edit OPTICAL DRIVE DVD+/-RW (Read/Write) 24x edit SOUND CARD Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCIe Card edit WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY

802.11n WiFi and Bluetooth 2.1 EDR USB Combo Adapter - EUR

In other words. If I was already going to pay £1500 for that, what would you change?

[xWildChild 30]

get a smaller HDD and get an SSD

[tom_gr7 20]

drop the sound card, to be honest thats pretty naf, get a decent mobo, that will have as good as onboard sound.

where are you buying from dude?

Edited July 31, 2012 by tom_gr7

[Xaiier 27]

My pants.

Seriously though, thats a bit expensive for that setup.

[William_Munny 12]

Dropping the soundcard and can take the HDD down to 500GB.

What is the pro on getting a 2nd SSD, looking at a 50GB?

Anyone got the Intel® Core™ i7-3820 and can give me some info?

Anyone got the GTX 680 and can give me some info?

Edited July 31, 2012 by William_Munny

[Skithe 13]

Personally I would drop the 680 and get a 570. With the advances the Nvidia cards are getting lately the jump is huge between the 60's to 70's but the 70 to 80 not so much (especially to justify the price increase), and the 70's will last you probably 4 generations. My 470 works great and ive no want to get a 6 series. And going that much I would get a 16 gig comp asus mobo with 16gigs ram for that cost saved from the vid card.

[Delta Smoke 01 765]

get a smaller HDD and get an SSD

This ^^

[Michaelvoodoo25 3120]

What country? If U.K. Try CCL online (check their bundles)

The sound card is good, but some mobo's do have as good on board.

SSD is essential and also great for booting up Windows 7

[VaultDweller (DayZ) 58]

get a smaller HDD and get an SSD

Only this,the rest is a perfect PC.

Currently one of the best gaming ones on the market.

[Flambo (DayZ) 50]

Dropping the soundcard and can take the HDD down to 500GB.

What is the pro on getting a 2nd SSD, looking at a 50GB?

Anyone got the Intel® Core™ i7-3820 and can give me some info?

Anyone got the GTX 680 and can give me some info?

Just to avoid confusion: second SSD = 1 HDD plus 2 SSD? I've read mixed opinions on this. Some people claim improved performance with 2 SSD in a particular RAID configuration, other people just report higher failure rate.

I agree with dumping the Creative brand sound card, though if you have nice speakers or, particularly, nice headphones, I would definitely recommend a card from HT Omega. I use this, but it's not stocked by Newegg anymore. No experience with their other products.

[Bulletproof Sandwich 57]

if i spent that much id use an AMD processor and an ATI card unlike intel/nvidia amd/ati actually work for their money and dont offer u shiny turds

[Shikhee 2]

An i7 is probably overkill unless you need hyperthreading. Drop the soundcard, Most mobo's onboard sound is more than sufficient. Get a 670 instead of a 680 because they perform very similarly and the 670 can easily be overclocked to past 680 performance. With the saved money get a nice SSD. Samsung 830, Intel 520, and Crucial M4's are reliable and fast.

[William_Munny 12]

Thanks for all the feedback, it's hugely appreciated.

Thanks for the CCL link. I've found a few bundles and I thought this one from what everyone is saying about SSD and lowering the i7 would serve me proud.

What are your thoughts?

http://www.cclonline.com/product/82549/NoMfgCode/All-CCL-Desktops/CCL-Elite-Eagle-II-Gaming-PC/CCL-EL-EAG2/

[VaultDweller (DayZ) 58]

You wont be needing any new upgrade in the upcoming 5-6 years thats for shure.

That PC is a beast.

But,if you are buying it strictly for gaming...then i5 2500K will do the job just fine.

However if you are into programming and all then i7 is a way to go.

But if the money is not the problem,then the situation is obvious.

[RavenX (DayZ) 7]

Shop around for your parts. I like NewEgg.com and sometimes I go to a small computer repair shop here in town and order through them. I spend so much through them every couple of years that they give me a vendor discount. Also look into parts straight from the manufacturer. Every time I've boughten a NVidia card it's come with a Lifetime warranty straight from the company. Most stores will dick you around if a part goes bad and it's after the store warranty date has passed, because they don't tell the customer they in fact have a Lifetime warranty and they're only paying shipping and handling. Also you might be able to get two 1 terabyte drives cheaper than you can get one 2 terabyte drive. Put the rig together your-self as well, which will save you a ton and better familiarize you with the workings of your PC if you don't already know how one works and is put together. Over the years doing most of my tech work my-self I've saved a ton of money over buying a factory made system or having a specialty shop do the work for me.

[thisisbleep 32]

Don't buy 4x 2Gb ram, you save pennies and it means you have to replace all of the ram later if you want to upgrade.

Also the 670 is more than good enough for games and it will be for some time, the 680 is a luxury at the moment which you could cut down on to save costs.

Edited August 1, 2012 by thisisbleep

[William_Munny 12]

Ok, I think i'm going to plump for this.

Thoughts and comments please :)

Case STYLISH BLACK/SILVER TRIDENT CASE + 2 FRONT USB

Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics

Motherboard ASUS® P8Z77-M: MICRO-ATX, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX

Memory (RAM) 16GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 2133MHz X.M.P(4 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card 1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 550 Ti - DVI, HDMI, VGA - 3D Vision Ready

Memory - 1^st Hard Disk 500GB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB CACHE

2^nd Hard Disk 120GB INTEL® 330 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 500MB/sR | 450MB/sW)

1^st 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 450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual 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 Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence

[thisisbleep 32]

Looks good, but a few comments:

- What brand is the PSU and it is probably too small, it might run the system specs now but it definitely won't be able to handle a bigger graphics card when you add a second or upgrade it later on. Get a 600W or similar one for slightly more and it is more future proof. Power-wise it will not cost more to run, it only draws the power that it needs.

- 4x Stick of RAM is not something that I would choose to do, but it is personal preference. I would get 2x 8Gb, it would not cost a lot extra.

- I don't like internal card readers, they are cheap and nasty, but you get what you pay for. My current PC has one installed because it came free, but as soon as I change the motherboard I will replace it with a USB 3.0 panel instead.

- Use at least 2 case fans, one at the front to suck air in and one at the back to push air out. You can have it the other way but typically there is more dust behind the desktop than in front and you want to avoid sucking extra dust into the case. You get what you pay for with case fans, it is worth paying a bit more and getting quieter fans which won't burn out, because even better quality ones are cheap.