Pre-order questions - hope you can help!

[shaolin_monkey]

Hi all!

New forum member, and new user (hopefully soon!) of Scan 3XS. I was recommended to you guys by a bunch of folk at the GamesTM Forums.

I intend to place an order for a gaming rig with you tomorrow, but wondered if I could ask some questions?

First of all, I'm choosing what looks like a pre-built custom model, and have chosen the Nvidia 3D kit and monitor to go with it. Bearing this in mind, how quickly could you get it to me? I see you use CityLink, who are normally very fast.

Secondly, on the spec I was going for (posted below) someone recommended I increase the PSU to 750 at least, in case I wanted to add drives etc at a later date. Would you say that is the case, and if so, would amending my order to include the 750w Corsair increase delivery time at all? Are there any otehr considerations when upping the PSU, such as heating etc?

Here's the rig I'll be going with:

LN26019 1GB XFX GTX 285 Black 55nm, 2600MHz GDDR3, GPU 690MHz, Shader 1476MHz, 240 Cores
LN28928 3XS-OVERCLOCKING- Check Build
LN28751 500GB Samsung HD502HJ Spinpoint F3, SATA 3Gb/s, 7200rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.9 ms, NCQ, OEM
LN19849 550W Corsair CMPSU-550VXUK, ATX, PS/2, 5 year Warranty
LN25348 6GB (3x2GB) Corsair XMS3, DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600) Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, 1.65V
LN29253 Acronis True Image Home 2010 HDD Backup & Restore Software - Protect your lovely data
LN22762 Antec Three Hundred Black Midi Tower Case w/o PSU
LN32753 Build/Config/OC/Test
LN28448 CyberLink PowerDVD 9 inc H.264 & 2 Chan Audio - Movie/Audio Player & Decoder Software OEM
LN25994 Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R, SLi, Intel X58 Express, S1366, PCI-E 2.0x16, DDR3 1333, SATA 3Gb/s, SATA RAID
LN32138 Intel Core i7 930 D0 SLBKP Bloomfield 45nm, 2.8 GHz, QPI 4.8GT/s, 8MB Cache, 20x Ratio, 130W, Retail
LN28324 Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail (Green) 32 & 64 Bit
LN17415 MS OFFICE 2007 25 Usage/60 Day TRIAL Basic,SBE & Professional
LN28040 Prolimatech Megahalems Super 6 Heatpipe Tower Cooler for 775/1366 (Fanless)
LN27240 Samsung-Nvidia 3D Vision Bundle Syncmaster 2233RZ 22" 120Hz LCD + NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision Glasses
LN1272 Scan 3XS System - 1year Onsite Warranty (Mainland UK)
LN27320 Sony AD-7240S-0B 24x DVD±R, 12xDVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RWx6 ,12xRAM SATA, Black, OEM



Any help much appreciated! Thanks folks.

[GheeTsar]

Sure wait a couple of days and get the GTX470/480 over the GTX285?

[leepen@scan]

I intend to place an order for a gaming rig with you tomorrow, but wondered if I could ask some questions?

You're more than welcome to

how quickly could you get it to me? I see you use CityLink, who are normally very fast.

Systems are usually 10 working days from the point of ordering.

Secondly, on the spec I was going for (posted below) someone recommended I increase the PSU to 750 at least, in case I wanted to add drives etc at a later date. Would you say that is the case, and if so, would amending my order to include the 750w Corsair increase delivery time at all? Are there any otehr considerations when upping the PSU, such as heating etc?

I wouldn't expect any issues from including the 750w at all, extra heat is vented out of the rear of the PSU and not into the system so an upgrade such as this is simple and if you do wish to go for more HDD's or SSD's in the future, it's definitely recommend to invest as much as you can on the PSU as it can be argued that it's the most important component in the system.

The spec selected looks like an awesome rig - if you can get in touch with myself direct I'll ensure that you receive the exact spec as above - send me a quick email with your details and I'll get it set up on the system and call for payment tomorrow if this is suitable? **-Ninja-Remove-** let me know once you've got the email address and I'll remove it from this thread.

All the very best

p.s. - provide a tel no and I'll give you a call to discuss the other graphics card options