Any feedback on this rig?

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I plan to buy a new PC before January comes by. Is there anything you guys would change (which won't affect the price too much) to this rig? It's a pretty expensive investment so I want to make sure I'm getting it right.

Case
ANTEC NINE HUNDRED TWO - UK, The Ultimate Gaming Case, Evolved
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-950 (3.06GHz) 4.8GTs/8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P6X58D-E: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI
Memory (RAM)
6GB SAMSUNG DDR3 TRI-DDR3 1333MHz (3 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
2GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5970 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11, Eyefinity 3 Capable
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB OCZ VERTEX 2 SATA II 2.5" SSD (upto 285MB/sR | 275MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
10x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£48)
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W PRO SERIES (HX1000) 80+ MODULAR PSU (£169)
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
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI EXPRESS CARD (£19)
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
 
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I'd spring for not-a-home-edition of Windows 7, but that's just because I don't like getting locked out of obscure less frequently used administrator functions.
 
The one thing I noticed that would be important to me is to not have samsung memory. Get corsair or crucial if possible. The speed of ddr3 memory means very little to i7's, since the platform is built on 1066, the real world difference of higher clock speeds is negligible at best. Samsung makes cheap parts to push out cheap products, so their timings are probably not all that good at that speed.

Is this something you're building yourself or is it a company building it for you? If you're building it yourself, I'd look into the ASUS Sabertooth X58 mobo, as it's similarly priced if not lower, and it's just as good as anything above it. Has USB3.0 and SATA 6gbs capability, so you're pretty set. Also it has military spec capacitors, resistors, and mofsets, so you know you're getting a reliable board.
 
Taurothar said:
The one thing I noticed that would be important to me is to not have samsung memory. Get corsair or crucial if possible. The speed of ddr3 memory means very little to i7's, since the platform is built on 1066, the real world difference of higher clock speeds is negligible at best. Samsung makes cheap parts to push out cheap products, so their timings are probably not all that good at that speed.

Is this something you're building yourself or is it a company building it for you? If you're building it yourself, I'd look into the ASUS Sabertooth X58 mobo, as it's similarly priced if not lower, and it's just as good as anything above it. Has USB3.0 and SATA 6gbs capability, so you're pretty set. Also it has military spec capacitors, resistors, and mofsets, so you know you're getting a reliable board.
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A company is building it for me. I'm way too uneducated to put it together myself. If you can chip a nail while doing it, then the job should be done by a real man.

They do, do other ram that I could pick from however. This is the site I'm ordering from http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/ My budget is £1700 maybe push to £1800 but I don't want to have to unless completely needed.
 
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