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Xavierthenewb

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Hello all, I'm ordering a pc today for editing and gaming, the budget I was given is £1400, the pc is exactly this much. Please tell me what you think, will it work? What would you change? Thanks

Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™i7-3770k Quad Core (3.50GHz @ max 4.60GHz)

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V: PCI-E 3.0 READY, WIFI, SLI, CROSSFIREX

Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card
3GB AMD RADEON™ HD7970 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/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 ±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
CORSAIR 750W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX750 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£86)

Processor Cooling
Corsair H60 Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler (£59)

Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)

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

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

I am ordering from here http://pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/intel-1155-overclocked/
 
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jts23

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Will work nicely, nice and balanced system.

What case are you going to use?

EDIT: Oh its not a self build, would work out alot cheaper if you knew you could do it yourself =/
 
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Xavierthenewb

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Thanks! I'm not totally sure yet, I was leaning towards the zalman z11 plus, but I am still undecided
 
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Xavierthenewb

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Yeah I'd liked to have built it myself, but I don't have the time at the moment, would you mind giving me an estimate on how much it would have cost if I were to build it myself? Thanks
 
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scotty220

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My current PC was originally built by PC Specialist. I haven't had too many problems with them but I know many who have. My dad bought a PC from them and it was completely dead after a year. If you know what you're doing I would definitely build one yourself. I have slowly started replacing most the components I originally got from them and double checked all components and installation upon first delivery of it.

BTW, I went for the Zalman Z11 plus a few months ago and its AWESOME! Such a good case with plenty of room for playing and loads of fans!
 
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jts23

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The total cost of building yourself would be with a case and operating system 200-300 pound less than prebuilt.

You'll also find you personally can scale stuff back and save money here and there for little performance loss.
 
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