About to order this pre-build, final check.

It's good system, not much to change there.
However, ask yourself if you really need the 580 and i7.

I wouldn't be throwing anywhere this kind of cash on PC unless you game on 24"+ monitor and must always have 64xAA on with every slider maxed out.

Especially with new CPUs and GPUs around the corner you might find yourself in 6months time in a situation where for 700 you might be able to buy something just as good and your current gear didn't even get stressed to 50% of it's potential yet.


So yeh, if you need it, great machine, if not, something in the area of 700-900 will be just as good. Also make sure to get SSD if you're already spending over 1200, otherwise it will be a waste to have monster rig without even small ssd ; ).
 
PhoenixUK said:
It's good system, not much to change there.
However, ask yourself if you really need the 580 and i7.

I wouldn't be throwing anywhere this kind of cash on PC unless you game on 24"+ monitor and must always have 64xAA on with every slider maxed out.

Especially with new CPUs and GPUs around the corner you might find yourself in 6months time in a situation where for 700 you might be able to buy something just as good and your current gear didn't even get stressed to 50% of it's potential yet.


So yeh, if you need it, great machine, if not, something in the area of 700-900 will be just as good. Also make sure to get SSD if you're already spending over 1200, otherwise it will be a waste to have monster rig without even small ssd ; ).
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Any other recommendations would be great, plus im getting a Samsung 24"monitor coming through the post soon, be gaming at 1920x1080.
 
That's all fine if you want to spend that much. You could spend much less for very similar performance, and have an SSD etc if you wanted to. Up to you.
 
For example. Less money and better... :)

2x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £389.98
Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD6 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £151.99
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £139.99
NZXT Phantom Enthusiast Full Tower Case - White £109.99
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £93.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £82.24
Antec TruePower New Modular 650W Power Supply £69.99
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £65.99
Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATAII Optical Drive - OEM Black £46.94
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £34.98
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £32.98
Sub Total : £1,037.50
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £183.75
Total : £1,233.75
 
Thanks for all the advice guys ive come up with this come to think of it the GTX 580 was overkill. will say though im not interested in building it, rather have it pre-made.

Thanks once again.


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Looks good, I'd probably change the case if you can afford few quid extra and if ocUK can do it.

Also I'll consider cheaper GPU, say a 470 or 6870.
GPUs change most often out of all the pc hardware I think and we're about to see a high end refresh very soon so I wouldn't spend all your cash on high end GPU right now UNLESS you really have to.

Depending on how old your current hardware is, you also might find yourself more than happy with a 'lower end' card and find it unnecessary to upgrade any soon.
 
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