<p>Dear all, <br>
Apologies for taking 9 months to sort this out. I just spent a week trying to get sense out of Dell for the spec of the XPS 8700 PC I wanted without any success at all. I considered getting a basic level spec and adding components myself, but re-installing Windows on SSD without the disks just seemed too much hassle.<br>
Therefore I got the following spec from Build Your Box the custom builders for £1,038. Too early to tell if it works, let alone lasts 7 years like my last PC, but they were infinitely easier people to deal with and had good reviews online. Thanks for all the assistance.</p>
Processor:
4th generation Intel Core i5 4690K @ 3.5 GHz x 4 cores
Cooler:
Be quiet! BK009 Pure Rock CPU Cooler
Motherboard:
Asus Z97-K Motherboard
RAM:
16GB Corsair Vengeance (2x8GB) DDR3 1600MHz
Graphics card:
Intel integrated HD 4000 graphics
Hard drive:
240GB Kingston SSD now v300 sata III solid state drive
Optical drive:
Samsung 24x Dual Layer DVD Rewriter
PSU:
430W Corsair CX430 80+ Bronze PSU
Case:
Antec VSK-4000E ATX Case
Fans:
2 x 120mm Be Quiet! Silents Wings 2 case fan pack
OS:
Genuine Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit (inc. disc)
Second hard drive:
2TB Seagate sata III 7200RPM hard drive
Third hard drive:
2TB Seagate sata III 7200RPM hard drive
Card Reader:
Icy Box internal multi card reader with USB 3.0
Sound Card:
Asus Xonar DG 5.1 Soundcard