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[Penfold]

Thanks for the heads-up.

I'll just buy it without the graphics card and then source it from elsewhere

The price on PC Specialist is Ã,£175  SCAN are doing it for Ã,£176 so job done.

Cheers for the heads-up

[lionheart]

I think Oldie has a Gigabyte one, may be worth getting his opinion on it.

[Zootoxin]

Hey Pen, what spec did you buy in the end and how much did it cost?

[Penfold]

I haven't gotten round to doing it yet tbh. I think it came in at about Ã,£1300 in the end.

I still haven't quite decided on the final spec but have ordered the graphics card so have started .

[Penfold]

The card is great. Apparently I need to o/c it so I may be asking someone to tell me how to do it if it's easy and worthwhile.

I also bought a 120gb SSD and I can't believe the difference it makes. I'm trialling it in my office machine and opened the complete CS4 suite of indesign, photoshop and illustrator almost as quick as I could press the buttons - amazing.

[Gorion]

Pen, don't upgrade anything yet.

The new sandybridge cpu's from intel should be out shortly(Q1 2011) and as usual there will be quite a price drop on current mainstream hardware.

[Penfold]

Good to know, thanks.

I've only bought  the GTX460 and a 120gb SSD as yet but am not desperately desperate to upgrade so don't mind waiting a few months. Nice one.

[Penfold]

I've moved back from Dewey's thread toi this

Can someone please double check this spec for me:

https://secure.scan.co.uk/aspnet/Shop/SavedBasket/Show.aspx?Id=f7772716e6f347dcaedf7f6d9455400d

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Thanks !

[lionheart]

Nice, I like all of that.

Whats your graphics card?

One thing I might add, I would imagine that you intend to over clock the processor to 4 Gig? Its insanely easy and makes the processor noticeably quicker, if so then I would get 2 of the apache fans and mount them in a push/pull config,really improves the cooling performance with a negligible increase in noise as the fans are virtually silent. You will need to get a fan mounting kit with the cooler as well, its an extra set of the wires used to attach the extra apache fan to the cooler.


Ok now just seen that its coming pre-overclocked.

And that you've got a 460.

[Gandalf]

Sweet system, and I agree with lionheart. Get another fan to do a push pull arrangement on the cooler and that cpu will easily hit 4ghz Only minor addition, add this

[Dewey]

Is there any reason to get the WD HD instead of a samsung F3 (currently on offer from scan) and v.cheap at Ã,£41 inc vat?
 
I don't know if you'll play many games on this pc Pen? If so its well worth getting an extra gtx 460 it literally doubles the fps.

[Penfold]

Thanks guys.

Extra fan added and I guess they'll know about the push pull arrangment on the cooler thingy?

No, no reason on the HDD Dewey so I'll checkout the F3 and also going with two GTX460's.

Thanks

[Dewey]

Just one final thing re your system Pen....
 
Its going to be awsomely quick mate!
 

Thanks guys.

Extra fan added and I guess they'll know about the push pull arrangment on the cooler thingy?

No, no reason on the HDD Dewey so I'll checkout the F3 and also going with two GTX460's.

Thanks

[Penfold]

Is there any reason to get the WD HD instead of a samsung F3 (currently on offer from scan) and v.cheap at Ã,£41 inc vat?

I don't know if you'll play many games on this pc Pen? If so its well worth getting an extra gtx 460 it literally doubles the fps.

Isn't the WD a lot faster at 6 GB/s? and therefore better to stripe??

[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]                              1TB (1000 GB) Western Digital Caviar Black Hard Drive - HDD
1TB Western Digital WD1002FAEX Caviar Black, SATA 6Gb/s, 7200rpm, 64MB Cache, 8 ms

                            1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 Hard Drive - HDD HD103SJ
1TB Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3, SATA 3Gb/s, 7200rpm, 32MB Cache, 8.9 ms, NCQ, OEM

[Penfold]

Finally, I must begoingmad but when I do the same spec at PC Specialist it's Ã,£300 cheaper.

Can someone spot a blindly obvious thing I've missed? :blink:



Case
COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE
Processor (CPU)
IntelÃ,® Coreâ„¢i7 Quad Core Processor i7-950 (3.06GHz) 4.8GTs/8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUSÃ,® P6X58D-E: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI
Memory (RAM)
6GB KINGSTON HYPER-X T1 TRI-DDR3 2000MHz, X.M.P (3 x 2GB KIT)
Graphics Card
NONE, I ALREADY HAVE A GRAPHICS CARD
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB OCZ VERTEX 2 SATA II 2.5" SSD (upto 285MB/sR | 275MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK  WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER Ã,±R/Ã,±RW/RAM
Power Supply & Case Cooling
CORSAIR 850W PSU (TX850) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (Ã,£99)
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (Ã,£39)
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
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
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 9 to 13 working days
    Quantity
1
Price: Ã,£1,071.00 including VAT and delivery.

against scans:

3XS Intel X58 Core i7 - Custom Series
Coolermaster CM 690 II Advanced Black Mid Tower Computer Case 32061 VAT Ã,£228.83 Company:
Corsair HX Series 850W Modular Power Supply (PSU) 27644
Asus P6X58D-E Intel X58 1366 Motherboard 33069
CPU Ã,£199.17 1 Intel CPU i7 950 Quad Core Processor 27179
CPU Cooler Ã,£39.89 1 Prolimatech Intel Copper CPU Cooler 29054
Corsair Memory XMS3 6GB DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600) Triple Channel Desktop 25348
1 1TB (1000 GB) Western Digital Caviar Black Hard Drive - HDD 32170 Reference Number:
1 OCZ 120GB Vertex 2 SSD - Solid State Drive 34716 Salesperson:
Optical Drive 1 Ã,£14.89 1 Pioneer DVD Writer, DVR-S18LBK, SATA, Black, Retail 29304 Direct Dial
Akasa Apache Black Ultra Silent Fan HDB bearing PWM fan *OEM Fan Only 33444
Akasa Apache Black Ultra Silent Fan HDB bearing PWM fan *OEM Fan Only 33444
Thermalright Chill Factor 3 33983
Cables Ã,£0.00 1 30cm Akasa 8 pin to 8 pin Extension Cable 17842
Cables Ã,£0.00 1 30cm Akasa Fan Cable 4 pin to 4 pin for x3 Fans 25096