considering new pc

[sobranie]

Considering the following after 8 years with my fujitsu machine.
Main use is burning old dvds and cds and linking to my sony bravia tv to watch blue ray movies.
Comments much appreciated.

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE (£59)
Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X4 955 (3.20GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION
Motherboard
ASUS® M4A89TD PRO/USB3 : DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0Gb/s, CrossFireX
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5770 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
2nd Graphics Card
NONE
3rd Graphics Card
NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
750GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
750GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
RAID (HDD 1 & 2)
NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
10x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£59)
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
10x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£59)
Memory Card Reader
NONE
Power Supply & Case Cooling
800W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£89)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
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
Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Floppy Disk Drive
NONE
Firewire & Video Editing
NONE
TV Card
NONE
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor
IIYAMA E2472HD 24" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D FULL HD 1920x1080 (£179)
2nd Monitor
NONE
DVI Cable
NONE
Keyboard & Mouse
Logitech® Internet 350 USB Keyboard (£9)
Mouse
NONE
Speakers
NONE
Webcam
NONE
Headsets (VOIP)
NONE
Surge Protection
NONE
Printer
NONE
External Hard Drive
NONE
Home Installation
NONE
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Data Recovery
NONE
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 12 working days
Price (excluding VAT)
£1,031.49

Price
£1,212.00

Order Quantity
1

Bulk discount
£0.00

Total order price (Ex VAT)
£1,031.49

Total order Price

£1,212.00

[Simon]

Can I test it for a couple of years for you, Rick? 

[Rik]

Have you tried getting a quote from Scan, Rick. You'll get a three year, extendable, on site warranty.

[Glenn]

You may find the standard CPU cooler is a little noisy when watching TV.

[sobranie]

Have amended the cpu cooler to a 'super quiet 22dba triple copper heatpipe  cpu cooler'.  (That OK Glenn?)
Takes the price up to £1231.
PCSpecialist advise that I only require a 600W PS but I'll take the 800W which should take care of any future requirements.
Haven't contacted Scan as yet but I'll send the quote to them too.
Tks for replies folks.

[Glenn]

That should be fine.

[sobranie]

Can I test it for a couple of years for you, Rick? 

You can have my old one, a snip at £500.00   

[Rik]

 

[Simon]

 

[pctech]

I've got a good spec machine I'm trying to offload so I can get an i7.

Yours for £650

[sobranie]

Final Choice I THINK>>>>>>> Any suggestions greatfully received.


Case
ANTEC 900 BLACK GAMING CASE (£79)


Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X4 955 (3.20GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION


Motherboard
ASUS® M4A89TD PRO/USB3 : DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0Gb/s, CrossFireX


Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)


Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5770 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11


2nd Graphics Card
NONE


3rd Graphics Card
NONE


Memory - 1st Hard Disk
750GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)


2nd Hard Disk
750GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)


3rd Hard Disk
NONE


4th Hard Disk
NONE


RAID (HDD 1 & 2)
NONE


1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
10x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£59)


2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM


Memory Card Reader
NONE


Power Supply & Case Cooling
800W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£89)


Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)


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


Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND


Floppy Disk Drive
NONE


Firewire & Video Editing
NONE


TV Card
NONE


Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)


Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE


Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE


Monitor
IIYAMA E2472HD 24" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D FULL HD 1920x1080 (£179)


2nd Monitor
NONE


3rd Monitor
NONE


4th Monitor
NONE


DVI Cable
NONE


Keyboard & Mouse
Logitech® Internet 350 USB Keyboard (£9)


Mouse
NONE


Speakers
NONE


Webcam
NONE


Headsets (VOIP)
NONE


Surge Protection
NONE


Printer
NONE


External Hard Drive
NONE


Home Installation
NONE


Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)


Data Recovery
NONE


Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)


Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 12 working days


Quantity
1

New Total Price
£1,208.00

[Rik]

Why the AMD and not an Intel, Rick?

[sobranie]

Why the AMD and not an Intel, Rick?

Time to check out the opposition I guess plus pc specialist recommends the amd in my chosen spec.
Web reviews are particularly favourable too.

[sobranie]

.er indoors has pointed out that I'll need an HDMI lead around 6 mtrs long to connect the graphics card to the bravia tv.
I read somewhere that this can lead to sparklies on the screen due to the distance. Any thought on this pls.?

[Rik]

Time to check out the opposition I guess plus pc specialist recommends the amd in my chosen spec.
Web reviews are particularly favourable too.

Just curious, Rick, the Intels seem to be hot favourites at the moment.

[sobranie]

Just curious, Rick, the Intels seem to be hot favourites at the moment.

Can always swop in due course and flog the amd!

[Rik]

.er indoors has pointed out that I'll need an HDMI lead around 6 mtrs long to connect the graphics card to the bravia tv.
I read somewhere that this can lead to sparklies on the screen due to the distance. Any thought on this pls.?

You can go up to 15 metres, but it needs to be a Cetegory 2, or High Speed, cable.

There's a specialist firm here:

http://www.cabling4less.co.uk/index.php?action=search&searchTerm=hdmi+cable&gclid=CLCysJCX6aMCFYlg4wodgmsM2w

[Rik]

Can always swop in due course and flog the amd!

[sobranie]

You can go up to 15 metres, but it needs to be a Cetegory 2, or High Speed, cable.

There's a specialist firm here:

http://www.cabling4less.co.uk/index.php?action=search&searchTerm=hdmi+cable&gclid=CLCysJCX6aMCFYlg4wodgmsM2w

Ouch!! I've only to go around 7 mtrs max, any suggestions Rik?

[Rik]

They do a 7m at £20.21 with a money-back guarantee.

[Technical Ben]

I did similar to save money. AMD seem to be the best bang for buck. Not had any trouble with mine. I was on a budget, so I dropped 1 core, and got a 3 core 2.8 black edition. Was a cheapstake on my ram too. I also had trouble justifying 1 cd drive, let alone 2 blue ray drives! 
But my rig was half the price at around £650.
Nice setup you'll have there. 

[sobranie]

Have just swapped the blue ray player for a blue ray player,re-writer & I hope that just about does it.

[Steve]

I did wonder about the HDD, wouldn't a larger drive be better value plus you'll get a bit more cache.

[sobranie]

I did wonder about the HDD, wouldn't a larger drive be better value plus you'll get a bit more cache.

Drive 1 upped to 1.5Tb. Tks Steve.

[Technical Ben]

Drive 1 upped to 1.5Tb. Tks Steve.

Just remember it's bad to put all your eggs in one basket in this case. (Metaphorically and in reality. )
Make sure you can backup essentials.

[sobranie]

Just remember it's bad to put all your eggs in one basket in this case. (Metaphorically and in reality. )
Make sure you can backup essentials.

I have a 120Gb external HD for this purpose together with a few 8Gb memory sticks for really important bits and bobs

[magicred]

I bought a PC from PC specialist last year/The Antec case you are buying is brilliant.There are 3 air filters that you can take out and wash whenever they get clogged with dust.PC runs silent. Plus it's built like a brick outhouse,I kid you not.

[sobranie]

I bought a PC from PC specialist last year/The Antec case you are buying is brilliant.There are 3 air filters that you can take out and wash whenever they get clogged with dust.PC runs silent. Plus it's built like a brick outhouse,I kid you not.

'er indoors will be overjoyed (NOT) when she views this heap!  otoh my present 'pute sounds like a 10 megawatt generating plant so I think that she will accept the compromise in fairly short order.
She's ploughing her way thro. qvc and amazon at the mo., why am I getting worried?