Paul Posted January 22, 2009 Content Count: 6804 Joined: 11/06/07 Status: Offline Share Posted January 22, 2009 (edited) Anyone know if this is really worth the price? £914 inc VAT and Delivery. $1,257 Processor (CPU) AMD PHENOM™ X4 9950 (2.6GHz) 4 x 512K L2 CACHE (SOCKET AM2+) Memory (RAM) 8GB CORSAIR DOMINATOR 1066MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY (4x2GB) Motherboard ASUS® M3N78-PRO: DUAL DDR2, S-ATA II, PCIe x16, 2 x PCIe x1, 3 x PCI Operating System Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium 64 bit Edition + SP1, CD & Licence (£85) USB Options 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD Memory - 1st Hard Disk 500GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm) 1st CD/DVD Drive 22x DUAL LAYER LIGHTSCRIBE DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM Graphics Card 1024MB GEFORCE 9800GT PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT Sound Card Sound Blaster® Audigy® SE with 7.1 Surround Sound (£20) Network Facilities ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT Memory Card Reader INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) Case Stylish Black/Silver Conqueror Case + 2 Front USB Power Supply & Case Cooling 450W Quiet Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£22) Processor Cooling ASUS TRITON 81 PURE COPPER BASE ULTRA COOLER (£45) Warranty 1 Year Return-to-Base incl 1 Year Free Collect & Return: £5 Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI) Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 9 working days Quantity 1 Edited January 22, 2009 by Paul Link to comment
Daze Posted January 22, 2009 Content Count: 6741 Joined: 06/10/08 Status: Offline Share Posted January 22, 2009 Anyone know if this is really worth the price? £914 inc VAT and Delivery. $1,257 [qoute]Processor (CPU) I wouldn't say so, the Graphics card is kind of out dated, the PSU wouldn't be able to handle it if you stuck in a more powerful card. You could probably build this exact system for roughly £700 if you wanted to. Link to comment
Paul Posted January 22, 2009 Content Count: 6804 Joined: 11/06/07 Status: Offline Share Posted January 22, 2009 I wouldn't say so, the Graphics card is kind of out dated, the PSU wouldn't be able to handle it if you stuck in a more powerful card. You could probably build this exact system for roughly £700 if you wanted to. Ive never built a pc before, but i guess there are alot of guides out there/ tuts. Daze if you get chance, is there any possibility you could price me up pc from somehere (cheapest site) between £600-800. Looking for -5gb+ ram -quad core -decent graphics card(s), -no monitor -500gb harddrive -decent cooling system Link to comment
Smallsasaurus Posted January 22, 2009 Content Count: 167 Joined: 01/21/08 Status: Offline Share Posted January 22, 2009 Hey Paul, I built you one. See if you can view this: https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=14411027 It totals up to $1150 with $155 in mail in rebates (yeah a pain, I know), so around a thousand USD or a bit over $750 for you. CPU - Intel Q6600 - 2.4 GHz (you can upgrade this to a Q9550 to get to 2.83 for about $100 more, but you can easily overclock this somewhere between 2.8-3.0 for no extra cost) RAM - 4 x 2GB - Corsair Video Card - MSI GTX 260 (you can downgrade this to save a few bucks (around $70) and not lose much performance, maybe to the ATI 4850) Motherboard - Gigabyte - Intel Chipset P45 - solid board for good price, kind of tight on space, which might be a bit of a concern with the heatsink I picked out, but it should be fine, and it also only has one PCIe slot, so no dual video cards (which are very unnecessary for the most part anyway) Hard Drive - 500 GB Seagate Barracuda PSU - PC Power & Cooling - 750 Watt - in hindsight 750 is probably a bit overkill here, you can probably save a few bucks downgrading this into the 550-600 range. Also I packed in a sound card, a DVD burner, a nice looking case, a heatsink, and even included some silver compound. Much better computer for the price, and I'm sure you could tweak this setup to find an even cheaper/more optimal situation. I just picked these out quick. If I had to pick anything to upgrade, it would be the motherboard first. Oh and I didn't factor in Windows to the price, drat I always forget something. Well you can either drop $80 for a Vista disk, install an older copy you might have laying around, or go with Linux. Link to comment
Paul Posted January 22, 2009 Content Count: 6804 Joined: 11/06/07 Status: Offline Share Posted January 22, 2009 Hey Paul, I built you one. See if you can view this: https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=14411027 It totals up to $1150 with $155 in mail in rebates (yeah a pain, I know), so around a thousand USD or a bit over $750 for you. CPU - Intel Q6600 - 2.4 GHz (you can upgrade this to a Q9550 to get to 2.83 for about $100 more, but you can easily overclock this somewhere between 2.8-3.0 for no extra cost) RAM - 4 x 2GB - Corsair Video Card - MSI GTX 260 (you can downgrade this to save a few bucks (around $70) and not lose much performance, maybe to the ATI 4850) Motherboard - Gigabyte - Intel Chipset P45 - solid board for good price, kind of tight on space, which might be a bit of a concern with the heatsink I picked out, but it should be fine, and it also only has one PCIe slot, so no dual video cards (which are very unnecessary for the most part anyway) Hard Drive - 500 GB Seagate Barracuda PSU - PC Power & Cooling - 750 Watt - in hindsight 750 is probably a bit overkill here, you can probably save a few bucks downgrading this into the 550-600 range. Also I packed in a sound card, a DVD burner, a nice looking case, a heatsink, and even included some silver compound. Much better computer for the price, and I'm sure you could tweak this setup to find an even cheaper/more optimal situation. I just picked these out quick. If I had to pick anything to upgrade, it would be the motherboard first. Oh and I didn't factor in Windows to the price, drat I always forget something. Well you can either drop $80 for a Vista disk, install an older copy you might have laying around, or go with Linux. Sweet thanks, any way I could get onto the link without making an account? Wont let me view it, it must get attached to your account? If so then maybe some screenshots of the full spec? Thank you! Link to comment
Smallsasaurus Posted January 22, 2009 Content Count: 167 Joined: 01/21/08 Status: Offline Share Posted January 22, 2009 I tried making the list public, but it hasn't gone through yet. If it does I'll edit this post with the link. In the mean time, here is the very jumbled text version of the computer. Wish List: Qty. Product Description Savings Total Price 1 MSI N260GTX-T2D896 OC GeForce GTX 260 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card MSI N260GTX-T2D896 OC GeForce GTX 260 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card Item #: N82E16814127361 Return Policy: Limited Non-Refundable 30-Day Return Policy -$10.00 Instant $40.00 Mail-in Rebate $269.99 $259.99 2 CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-6400C5DHX CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X4096-6400C5DHX Item #: N82E16820145176 Return Policy: Limited Non-Refundable 30-Day Return Policy $30.00 Mail-in Rebate $180.00 1 Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound Item #: N82E16835100007 Return Policy: Consumable Items Return Policy $5.99 1 PC Power & Cooling S75QB 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI NVIDIA SLI Certified (Dual 8800 GTX and below) CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply PC Power & Cooling S75QB 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI NVIDIA SLI Certified (Dual 8800 GTX and below) CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply Item #: N82E16817703009 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy -$120.00 Instant $40.00 Mail-in Rebate $249.99 $129.99 1 GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard Item #: N82E16813128359 Return Policy: Limited 30-Day Return Policy $15.00 Mail-in Rebate $119.99 1 Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3500320NS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3500320NS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive Item #: N82E16822148294 Return Policy: Limited 30-Day Return Policy $89.99 1 Creative Sound Blaster SB0570 Audigy SE 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card Creative Sound Blaster SB0570 Audigy SE 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card Item #: N82E16829102003 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $27.99 1 Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Item #: N82E16811129042 Return Policy: Limited 30-Day Return Policy -$20.00 Instant $69.95 $49.95 1 SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223F SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223F Item #: N82E16827151171 Return Policy: Limited 30-Day Return Policy $25.99 1 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor Model BX80562Q6600 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor Model BX80562Q6600 Item #: N82E16819115017 Return Policy: Processors (CPUs) Return Policy $189.99 1 ZALMAN 9500A 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler ZALMAN 9500A 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler Item #: N82E16835118223 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $59.99 Link to comment
Paul Posted January 22, 2009 Content Count: 6804 Joined: 11/06/07 Status: Offline Share Posted January 22, 2009 Thanks. I want to try and find a UK based site to compare prices and other things. Anyone know a good one/ bargain prices one? Link to comment
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