Opinions on a configuration please?

[Revolver]

What do you think to this sort of config? I'm kinda guessing so would like some help with what to tweak about?


I finish paying for laser eye next moth so may fuck it and use that spare income to take the plunge. You only live once and all that.



Configuration #: 362855

Configuration URL: http://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/savin ... ?id=362855

Product Name: Cyberpower Z68 configurator

Price: £997.00

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*BASE_PRICE:[+458]

BLUETOOTH:None

CABLE:None

CAS:Coolermaster Dominator CM-692 Mid-Tower Gaming Case [+30] (Black Color)

CASUPGRADE:NONE

CD:LG BH10LS30 10X Blu-Ray Rewriter & 16X DVD±R/±RW Drive (please select the Blue Ray software in the Software section) [+50]

CD2:NONE

COOL:NONE

CPU:Intel® Core™ i5 2500K Quad Core 3.3GHz 6MB cache LGA1155 + HD Graphics ***Overclockable XXX***

CS_FAN:Maximum Case Cooling Fans for your selected case, and match the colour of the fans already in the case [+15]

DONGLES:NONE

EXPAN:NONE

FA_HDD:None

FAN:Asetek 510LC / Xtremegear Liquid Cooling system w/ 120mm Radiator (For Ultra Slient Operation -- SHARKOON Eagle SE Ultra Slient Modular Fan, 500-1200rpm (Custom PC Award Winning !!) ***Overclockable S&S***. [+10])

FLASHMEDIA:None

FLOPPY:NONE

FREEBIE_CS:None

FREEBIE_CU1:FREE Game - Shogun 2 Coupon: Total War

FREEBIE_CU2:FREE Game - Battlefield 3

FREEBIE_NVVC:None

GLASS3D:NONE

HDD:64 GB Kingston V100 2.5 inch SATA Gaming MLC SSD (Single Hard Drive Kingston V100 2.5 inch SATA Gaming MLC SSD)

HDD2:1TB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16M Cache Hard Drive [+75] (Single Hard Drive)

HOMEINSTALL:NONE

IEEE_CARD:NONE

KEYBOARD:NONE

MB_SRT:None

MEMORY:4GB (2x2GB) PC10666 DDR3/1333mhz Dual Channel Memory (Kingston Hyper X Blu Series w/Heat Spreader ***Overclockable XXX*** [+12])

MODEM:NONE

MONITOR:24" TFT Active Matrix LCD/LED Display [+106] (Samsung Syncmaster S24A350H 2ms 1920x1080, D-sub, HDMI, Black Full HD LED Wide Monitor [+48])

MONITOR2:NONE

MONITOR3:NONE

MOTHERBOARD:GigaByte GA-Z68P-DS3-B3 Intel Z68 Chipset DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ Intel Smart Response Technology & 7.1 Dolby Home Theater Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, 2x SATA-III RAID, 2 Gen2 PCIe, 3 PCIe X1 & 2 PCI ***Overclockable Safe & Stable***

MOUSE:NONE

NETWORK:ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT -- As standard on all PCs

OS:Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium [+74] (64-bit Edition)

OVERCLOCK:No Overclocking

POWERSUPPLY:700 Watts Power Supplies [+23] (Cyberpower 700watt high performance Gaming Power Supply -- SLI / Crossfire Ready ***Overclockable XXX*** [+27])

RUSH:NONE

SOUND:HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO

SPEAKERS:NONE

TEMP:NONE

UPS:None

USB:Built-in USB 2.0 Ports

USBHD:NONE

VC_PHYSX:None

VIDEO:AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB GDDR5 16X PCIe Video Card , Eyefinity 3 capable [+69] (Major Brand Powered by AMD)

VIDEO2:None, or On-Board Integrated Graphics

VIDEO3:None, or On-Board Integrated Graphics

WAP:NONE

WARRANTY:STANDARD WARRANTY: 3 Year Labour, 1 Year Parts, 1 Month Collect and Return plus Life-Time Technical Support

WNC:NONE

XWNA:NONE

_PRICE:(+997)

[sparksy]

look s pretty good... thats my case by the way... the things dont come with pretty blue lights though..u have to addem

im very impressed so far with the nvidia 570.. played bbc2 last night... wow its like a film

id maybe get 8 gb ram..the price difference is minimle really...

save all the hassle of building like you say rev

[skeletor]

As Sparksy said get 8GB RAM and you have a machine that should last quite a while.

[Revolver]

look s pretty good... thats my case by the way... the things dont come with pretty blue lights though..u have to addem

im very impressed so far with the nvidia 570.. played bbc2 last night... wow its like a film

id maybe get 8 gb ram..the price difference is minimle really...

save all the hassle of building like you say rev

The fancy lights are extra and not sure I'm bothered. Unless you can turn them off all it's likely to do is make my room glow for no reason. The RAM is minimal but also cheaper on amazon. The 570 was available as a "free upgrade" instead of a 560Ti but it's way more expensive than a 6850 which according to benchmarks is about the best fps/£ you can get.

I am so close to just ordering it but I think the likely scenario is wait till after Xmas and see what I have saved (it's amazing what 10 weeks no smoking saves you!), I've also got some extra cash coming for holiday I haven't taken. I'm also thinking maybe they'll have some new year offers...?

Just checked and 8gb of Kingston hyper x blu is £38 on amazon. Only thing is how it would affect warranty.

[skeletor]

Like all companies they will do what they can to get out of a warranty.

As for lights, avoid. I like my Antec 1200 and my previous 900 but the lights drive me mad and I can't leave it on overnight as the lights keep me up (they are really bright).

[Revolver]

That case doesn't exactly look light crazy anyway. It's not like it has a clear panel or anything so it wood only be the fans on show by looks of it. I think Sparksy would have to answer that one for me as he knows first hand!

The other thing is the monitor, they arent too expensive on there but the choice is rather limited...

[skeletor]

Don't choose one of their monitors (assuming you can go through without and get a better one later on).

My fans have 3 LED's in each, and are rather annoying. I was hoping for a dull glow, not light up a dark room. Most motherboards have power LEDs and stuff on them now too which is nice for detecting problems but not good when you have a window on the side of the case.

[sparksy]

if its all tweaked for you then it would save alot of hassle... im going to have to do some reseach into this one....

it doesnt boot up quick..seems like its searching for the operating system. not sure if i should set up raid with the 3 hds... and fuck knows how i do it anyway..

updated bios.... seems the same... the thing also sleeps... goes off..and when you turn it on... instead of going into windows intro... its goes back to my desktop strange shit going on....

[skeletor]

Most likely going in to standby or hibernation. If you leave it plugged in all the time then that's fine, just loads up faster.

There will be settings in BIOS that you can set to speed up boot time.

Manually set first boot device to the hard drive with windows on it.
turn off SMART.

[sparksy]

Manually set first boot device to the hard drive with windows on it.
turn off SMART.

yeah ive turned it to quick boot.. the raid thing went a right bollox as all HDs are different sizes

what sata port do you think i should put the main HD in with windows on.. sata 0 or sata 1 ?

comes up with a little message saying loading operating system... then windows starts ??

its got about 6 different utilitys with it as well.. for overclocking ect