Need help with a build (please help guys)

[Sweetiebelle]

All comes to £2,100/ $3,302.2 with other things like 3 year warrants, anti virus, heandset, keyboard and mouse all thrown in.
I need to know whether it would be able to play games on max seetings, lik Crysis 2, BF3, Skyrim, Shogun total war, will it be able to play them on ultra if not how well will it perform?

I'm sort of leaning in favour of the 690 and lots of ram for future proofing

Another question is, is this a good build? and what are your thoughts on it

Thank you for anything you have to say?

specs


Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570K (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-M: MICRO-ATX, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 2133MHz X.M.P(4 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 690 DUAL GPU - 3 x DVI-I, 1 x mDP
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
180GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 32MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1050W PRO SERIES™ HX1050-80 PLUS® SILVER MODULAR
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence

 

[Pyotr]

I'm skeptic about the motherboard. It's micro ATX meaning it might lack some quite important stuff found on normal ATX. It might also be too small to fit RAM and non-stock cooler for example. And considering the rest of the parts are high-end, why not go for a proper motherboard as well?
You could also cut down on SSD size. It is normal to use the SSD as a system disk, having only OS on it to avoid unnecessary wear and tear. And quite frankly I don't really trust SSDs lasting long yet.
There is also no case in the list. You might want one to put the parts in.

 

[Sweetiebelle]

Oh thanks for your help, Yeah I will be changing the motherboard after I read up on it haha and I have a case in mind which has a side fan and a few other fans here and there its big enough to fit it all in its a rather generic low end case. It is called The PCS Maelstrom T900 Case

 

[wolfeking]

All comes to £2,100/ $3,302.2 with other things like 3 year warrants, anti virus, heandset, keyboard and mouse all thrown in.

Are you buying this somewhere? If so, you can save yourself a good 2 grand on it by building it yourself.

future proofing

No such thing. Only expect about 3 years from your computer with gaming.

is this a good build? and what are your thoughts on it

Not really. And it will be outlined below.

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570K (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache

This is good. One of the best for gaming. If you want to overclock much though, go for a 2500k as they run cooler.

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-M: MICRO-ATX, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX

This is bad. Not because of the company. Asus is good as long as you do not need customer support ever. But you want a ATX, not a Micro ATX. It will reduce your temps and will have more features. Something like a P8Z77 would be okay, but I personally would go for a Gigabyte board either the UD5H or Sniper 3 Z77. Both are excellent boards and would perform on par to the Asus with far better customer support/

Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 2133MHz X.M.P(4 x 4GB KIT)

This is a waste of money. You are better off with 1600 or even 1866 memory with tight timings, CAS9 or below. You will not see a difference in game above that.

Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 690 DUAL GPU - 3 x DVI-I, 1 x mDP

Waste of money again. A GTX 670 4GB will max every game out today and for the forseeable future for far less. then if you need more, you can run SLI and get about the same performance for about $200 less.

Power Supply
CORSAIR 1050W PRO SERIES™ HX1050-80 PLUS® SILVER MODULAR

You really don't need this much power. a good 850 watt unit would do just fine. But it is a good unit. Your call there.

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence

You really want to have Professional or above with 16GB of RAM and a dedicated video card.

 

[Pyotr]

It is called The PCS Maelstrom T900 Case

Link relevant: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forum...00-BLACK-GAMING-CASE-TITAN-FENRIR-EVO-EXTREME

So in other words, you might want to consider a smaller CPU cooler. Being huge doesn't mean it has good cooling. I'm sure it does, but if you get it you won't be able to use the side fan. I think the cooling provided might even be slightly overkill unless you want to overclock it like a madman.

 

[Benny Boy]

What ^ he said.

Also,
Examples of some of your manufacturer's warranties:
Memory = lifetime
Power supply = 7yrs
520 SSD = 5
If the hdd is Western Digital Black(probly not tho) = 5
CPU = 3
MB depends on which one it is.
How much does the warranty cost. If needed, how convenient will it be. Does the company provide excellent customer service on thier warranties.

Maybe you have program(s) that will use 16gb memory? Gaming won't use 8gb let alone 16. As far as 'future', if more memory was ever needed it would cost less by then and is simple to install.

If you like that cpu cooler, it will work well. Not neccessarily suggesting it but for reference: the CoolerMaster V6 GT performs better.

If I looked at the right case, it appears to have good cooling and lacking cable management/other features. I esp don't care for the front/back drive cage design that doesn't look like any of it is removable. Also means at least some drives and thier cables will extend beyond the cage and into the rest of the case, when lends to poor cable management when compared to the better case. Go for a better case.

EDIT: Just in case[no pun]. It's a common misconception that more memory will make the pc run faster and will future proof it. Adding memory to a system that already has more than needed won't make it faster. For memory, "future proof" means first assuming it will need more later on and spending more now, vs lower cost and a few mins of time to plug in more later.
To answer your ?'s. Change at least the mb to ATX and choose a better case. Yes its a quality build and will max games. It has unneeded overkill and expence to achieve the same now/future performance.
What AV are they going to put on your system? Are they going to charge you? Some use up more system rescourses than others, seemingly embed thierself and bloaty. Take a look at some threads here discussing AV. There are some very capable free ones. If getting pay version, you may decide on one that is better than the preinstalled (which might be McAfee or Norton).