3XS Intel X58 Core i7 - Gaming PC

[Rev_Hill]

Would welcome any comments on the below spec. Will be purchasing next week from Scan.

As title suggests this will primarily be a gaming pc.

Its slightly over my £1,500 budget but think its worth it - if you can see anywhere i can save money please also comment.

3XS Intel X58 Core i7 - Custom Series - Updated November 2010

Silverstone Fortress FT01B, Black, Mid Tower, Full Aluminum. w/o PSU (£116.69)
Asus P6X58D-E - USB3 and SATA 6GB/s Support (£122.58)
Intel i7 950, Quad Core, 3.06Ghz, 4.8GT/s QPI, 8Mb Cache (£199.17)
Akasa Venom - Ultra Performance (£28.95)
Your choice of an Intel i7 professionally overclocked by our 3XS engineers to 4Ghz
6GB (3x2GB) Corsair Dominator, DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600), CAS 8 (£98.12)
1536Mb Asus GTX 480, 700Mhz GPU 480 Cores, 3696Mhz GDDR5 (£299.48)
1000W Corsair HX Series Modular (Dual GTX 480s or 5970s Cards) (£149.10)
1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3, 7200rpm, 32MB Cache (£35.56).
LG CH10LS20 - 8x Blu-Ray Reader & DVDRW (£43.87)
Scan AK-ICR10 Multi Card Reader with 2.5" Sata Support (£12.95)
*Sound Card Not Required Use On Board Sound* (£0.00)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit - OEM (£62.07)
Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010 - OEM (£64.14) add £64.14
Standard 3XS System Warranty - 2 Years (1st Year Onsite / 2nd Year Return to Base) (£0.00)
3XS System Delivery - Our Technician will contact you & arrange a convenient time prior to delivery, then your system will be delivered direct to your door. (£0.00)

£1,652.12

Thanks all.

K

[Phage]

Seems fine - no SSD ? If you're spending that much, seems a shame not to.

[Rev_Hill]

Is it really worth buying SSD ?

Cheapest from Scan (as an upgrade option) is '64GB Crucial RealSSD C300, 6GB/s, Read 355MB/s, Write 70MB/s (£93.10) add £93.10'

Thanks

[c.ruel]

Ownage system.

psu might be a bit excessive. I am sure a HX850 would be fine but still maybe stick with the hx1000 since everything else seems to be pretty much top spec, without descending into insanity.

[Marcvs]

Are you a student?

MT

[nibbler]

This has convinced me never, ever to go near a GTX 480. Ever. Even if it's not mine.

[Marcvs]

Looks faked

[Skulltrail]

Save £15 switching to http://www.scan.co.uk/products/6gb-(...-8-8-8-24-165v

Save £68 switching to http://www.scan.co.uk/products/750w-...-year-warranty

I would re-invest the savings into:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1536m...x-dl-dvi-mhdmi for +£10

or consider 2x 6850 in Crossfire for ~£50 less but ~8% better performance (http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/A...ssFire/23.html)

SSD would be very nice addition but 64GB is really a bit small, try a 90GB Sandforce or 80GB Intel.

[nibbler]

Looks faked

You can watch it in 4 parts, it's real alright

[GoNz0]

you could do that with most GPU's or CPU's so i don't really see the point. if it can hit 100 degrees C it can cook an egg, infact it doesn't have to be 100 degrees.

[vicar]

At that price point SSD is a must IMHO.

[nibbler]

There's another video of the heatpipes cooking a piece of steak
Performance wise they can't be beat of course - just a personal thing about having something that hot in your computer - if you're WCing like gonzo then also no issue.

[Rev_Hill]

Are you a student?

MT

errr nope ?

[Rev_Hill]

Ownage system.

psu might be a bit excessive. I am sure a HX850 would be fine but still maybe stick with the hx1000 since everything else seems to be pretty much top spec, without descending into insanity.

Originally was going for the 850 but decided to go with the 1000 in case I want to use dual graphics cards in future.... two 480's....too hot to handle... ??

K

[Rev_Hill]

At that price point SSD is a must IMHO.

Looking at around another £150 for SSD - whats the real benefit of this ?

Is there any issue with upgrading / installing this at a later date?

Thanks

K

[Rev_Hill]

or consider 2x 6850 in Crossfire for ~£50 less but ~8% better performance (http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/A...ssFire/23.html)

ooh got me thinking about best graphics card/s now..... benchmarks do look good for crossfire 6850, notice nothing good in stock at Scan. Would probably be looking at 2x '1GB XFX HD 6850 Black, 4000MHz GDDR5, GPU 820MHz, 960 Cores, DisplayPort/DVI/HDMI' ?

K