Thinking of buying this

[steve-pressman]

Hi guys just wanted some expert opinion on this system that I am thinking about buying, I will also add a solid state drive to it probably 100GB and a Western Digital 2 TB green for back up purposes.

"Ultima Viper" Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz @ 4.00GHz DDR3 System [] Pro Gamer - Ultima

I am not a gamer so the graphic card is not that bigger deal for me so long as it works . I do a lot of music production and web design and apart from that just general PC use.

Thx Guys

 

[Tews]

Looks like a nice system Steve..

 

[mitchell65]

Hi guys just wanted some expert opinion on this system that I am thinking about buying, I will also add a solid state drive to it probably 100GB and a Western Digital 2 TB green for back up purposes.

"Ultima Viper" Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz @ 4.00GHz DDR3 System [] Pro Gamer - Ultima

I am not a gamer so the graphic card is not that bigger deal for me so long as it works . I do a lot of music production and web design and apart from that just general PC use.

Thx Guys

Buy it then if you don't like it I will take it off your hands for you (as a gift to an OAP, of course) I can easily get to Droitwich Spa so don't bother with packing it up. If it came with surround sound speakers and a 24" plasma screen i might just find room in my car for them too.

 

[steve-pressman]

HA HA Mitchell you make me laugh

 

[altaier]

Cool ,,,,,

 

[thefabe]

Very nice. Quality parts. If you can afford to by a prebuilt. That converts to 1.252.93 US plus OS. I'm not in anyway trying to be negitive, I would just build it myself and save some money. Fabe

 

[steve-pressman]

Normally I would but i had a nasty fall back in January and since then i have the shakes and my screwdriver days are over But the firm I am buying from are a quality business I have only read good things about them

 

[CassieFWinTeam]

Looks great to me (with the addition of Windows 7 , of course)

Cheers,
Cassandra
Microsoft Windows Outreach

 

[erica647]

I think that's a very nice system too... which video card do you think you'll pick since it seems to be an option?

 

[steve-pressman]

Hi Erica I went with this card

Asus ATI Radeon HD 5770 CuCore 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Here is the link

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-219-AS

Like I said I am not a gamer but wanted something that has a little kick in it


Steve

 

[Ztruker]

Why buy a 2.8Ghz rated system then overclock it to 4Ghz? I've never been a fan of overclocking though I know many are and do. Why not go for one rated at 3.4Ghz and not overclock?

Just curious.

 

[steve-pressman]

Because of the price of the processor I had a budget of £1500 altogether and with the 120 GB £300 SSD I added and the extra 2 TB Western Digital Green that was the best I could come up with.


Steve

 

[Ztruker]

Okay, thanks for the response. It is a heck of a nice computer. I think you received one other offer but if for any reason your dissatisfied with it, please feel free to send me a PM and we can make arrangements to send it here

 

[steve-pressman]

Just to update I bought it and got it Friday I am using it now and it is awesome


Steve

 

[Aphelion]

Just to update I bought it and got it Friday I am using it now and it is awesome


Steve

Congratulations.. yes, I'm a little green here myself... envy you know.

Does it come overclocked?
I'll look at your original link but what kind of cooling system is installed?

Native powered music production is now a reality... systems like this are more powerful than the Protools hardware rigs that started at 10K.

Ap

p.s. hopefully you won't have to be looking for Realtek drivers again!

 

[steve-pressman]

Yes it came overclocked @ 4.0Ghz
Cooling is in the specs for you to see. I am sat at it now in t-shirt and shorts and it feels like an Air-Con unit if front of me.

I can honestly say it is the best PC I have ever had.
It is so fast that my Internet can't keep up with it, where as before I had to wait for the Browser now I am waiting for the internet ha ha.


As for the sound hand on heart I have not had a single problem, where as before on my old rig I had tremendous problems with stuttering, jitters and crackling, no matter what I throw at this beast it takes it all in it's stride and sound ids perfect always.

All in all well worth the money and would highly recommend it to anybody thinking of buying a new rig.


Steve

 

[hybridfan]

Very decent sounding system with great components. But you may want to add this if you work with audio....

ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

 

[steve-pressman]

I do actually do a lot of Audio work with Steinberg and especially Wave Lab but I have not had the chance to try any of that out yet, and to be honest I am all spent out now, music will have to wait until Christmas

Steve