buying a new pc

[ramraider]

Buying a new pc well after crimbo it one of those where you pick the parts and they build it here are the specs is it a good combination ? this 1 costs £570 inc vat and delivery also the company say if you can find cheaper they will match it but they are very confident about their prices , btw its from pc specialists and its all ready to go everthing installed


Processor (CPU)


AMD ATHLON™ 64 X2 6400+ (3.2GHz) 2 x 1MB L2 Cache (Socket AM2)

Memory (RAM)


2GB CORSAIR XMS2 800MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x1GB)

Motherboard


ASUS® M2N: DUAL DDR II, S-ATA, x16 VGA, 3 PCI

Operating System


WINDOWS® VISTA Home Premium (inc Genuine CD & License) (£59)

USB Options


6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD

Memory - 1st Hard Disk


400GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7200rpm)



1st CD/DVD Drive


20x Dual Layer LightScribe DVD Writer ±R/±RW/RAM

2nd CD/DVD Drive


20x Dual Layer LightScribe DVD Writer ±R/±RW/RAM

Graphics Card


256MB RADEON HD 2400 PRO PCI Express + DVI



Sound Card


6 Channel Realtek ALC660 High Definition Audio (Onboard)


Network Facilities


ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT


Case


Black Neon Bubble case + Neon Extreme Kit!

Power Supply & Case Cooling


500W (Peak) Quiet Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£25)

Processor Cooling


ASUS SILENT KNIGHT II PURE COPPER ULTRA COOLER (£36)


would be interesting to see what other people think


Thanx for looking

 

[digicol]

A little over priced mate.

Here is a similar setup at a lot less:
LiteOn DH-20A1S 20X DVD1RW/DLRAM Black Bare Drive - OEM 131151 195 in stock £14.31 £14.31
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+ Socket AM2 Black Edition 3.20GHz Retail Boxed Processor Without Fan 132142 38 in stock £94.25 £94.25
M2n/amd Am2 Nforce 430 Pcie X16 Atx 121143 17 in stock £37.77 £37.77
OCZ 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 CL 4-4-4-15 PLATINUM XTC with LIFETIME WARRANTY 116755 387 in stock £34.10 £34.10
Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB SATA II 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM 124228 2503 in stock £52.99 £52.99
ASUS 2400PRO 256MB DDR2 DVI VGA HDCP HDTV out Silent PCI-E Graphics Card 132321 94 in stock £22.43 £22.43
Casecom LG-3360 Black Mid-Tower Windowed Case with Red LED and Red LED 12cm Front Fan - No PSU 128052 156 in stock £17.01 £17.01
SilverPower True 400W PSU 104483 16 in stock £21.98 £21.98
Cooler Master Sphere 100% Copper with 4 Heatpipes Processor Cooler 136637 284 in stock £23.16 £23.16
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium x32Bit OEM 1PK DVD 123052 175 in stock £52.09 £52.09

*FREE SHIPPING ON THIS ORDER» Shipping Charge:
Subtotal:
VAT:
Total: £0.00
£370.09
£64.81
£434.90

What would be using the machine for mate?

Jus to point out that the graphics card is the lowest of the low, one of the worst you can get. For close to £600 you can get a much better system, I would recommend going down the Intel route and getting a quad core setup, also getting a 64bit OS (cheaper than 32bit) as these are now quite stable and let you run loads of memory at once, whereas a 32bit operating system will struggle to recognise much more than 3gb of ram. Also opt for a better motherboard, you can get some great ones for about £60.

As for the PSU they do not say which make it is, yes it says dual rail but if it is not stable then you could be pushing your luck on such an expensive system. If you have the cash I would ask them to put in something from Corsair, Seasonic, Enermax, FSP, etc. If your not running a SLI or Crossfire system then 500W will be more than enough, with that card even a 350w SilverPower would be fine, but if your upgrading the card to something better go for minumum 400w branded PSU.

Also why 2 dvd writers? Nero takes care of this for you, it just stroes the DATA in Nero then asks you to put in a blank DVD after it's read the first one.

Also just noticed the (£25) you put beside the PSU, that to me is a massive no no, it will be crap, I would risk it in one of my £160 builds but not if your paying this kind of money mate.

 

[ramraider]

A little over priced mate.

Here is a similar setup at a lot less:
LiteOn DH-20A1S 20X DVD1RW/DLRAM Black Bare Drive - OEM 131151 195 in stock £14.31 £14.31
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+ Socket AM2 Black Edition 3.20GHz Retail Boxed Processor Without Fan 132142 38 in stock £94.25 £94.25
M2n/amd Am2 Nforce 430 Pcie X16 Atx 121143 17 in stock £37.77 £37.77
OCZ 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 CL 4-4-4-15 PLATINUM XTC with LIFETIME WARRANTY 116755 387 in stock £34.10 £34.10
Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB SATA II 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM 124228 2503 in stock £52.99 £52.99
ASUS 2400PRO 256MB DDR2 DVI VGA HDCP HDTV out Silent PCI-E Graphics Card 132321 94 in stock £22.43 £22.43
Casecom LG-3360 Black Mid-Tower Windowed Case with Red LED and Red LED 12cm Front Fan - No PSU 128052 156 in stock £17.01 £17.01
SilverPower True 400W PSU 104483 16 in stock £21.98 £21.98
Cooler Master Sphere 100% Copper with 4 Heatpipes Processor Cooler 136637 284 in stock £23.16 £23.16
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium x32Bit OEM 1PK DVD 123052 175 in stock £52.09 £52.09

*FREE SHIPPING ON THIS ORDER» Shipping Charge:
Subtotal:
VAT:
Total: £0.00
£370.09
£64.81
£434.90

What would be using the machine for mate?

Jus to point out that the graphics card is the lowest of the low, one of the worst you can get. For close to £600 you can get a much better system, I would recommend going down the Intel route and getting a quad core setup, also getting a 64bit OS (cheaper than 32bit) as these are now quite stable and let you run loads of memory at once, whereas a 32bit operating system will struggle to recognise much more than 3gb of ram. Also opt for a better motherboard, you can get some great ones for about £60.

As for the PSU they do not say which make it is, yes it says dual rail but if it is not stable then you could be pushing your luck on such an expensive system. If you have the cash I would ask them to put in something from Corsair, Seasonic, Enermax, FSP, etc. If your not running a SLI or Crossfire system then 500W will be more than enough, with that card even a 350w SilverPower would be fine, but if your upgrading the card to something better go for minumum 400w branded PSU.

Also why 2 dvd writers? Nero takes care of this for you, it just stroes the DATA in Nero then asks you to put in a blank DVD after it's read the first one.

Also just noticed the (£25) you put beside the PSU, that to me is a massive no no, it will be crap, I would risk it in one of my £160 builds but not if your paying this kind of money mate.

ello m8 can you post me a link to these prices thanx also i have about £600 to spend so i want the dogs danglies if you see what i mean lol

 

[digicol]

All from Ebuyer.com, if you look at my post above you will see a 6 digit number after each product description, just type that number in the quickfind search box on the site to get to each item. Add rach item to your cart as you go along to give you a running total and choose super saver delivery option to get free delivery.

 

[ramraider]

ASUS EAX1550TD X1550 256MB DDR2 Hypermemory supporting 1GB DVI TV Out CI-E Graphics Card 127034 95 in stock £23.18 £23.18
LiteOn DH-20A4P-09C 20X DVD±RW/DL/RAM With Beige Black & Silver Bezals - Retail 138762 24 in stock £17.04 £17.04
Cooler Master Sphere 100% Copper with 4 Heatpipes Processor Cooler 136637 283 in stock £23.16 £23.16
Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB SATA II 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM 124228 2431 in stock £52.99 £52.99
Corsair 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Memory Non-ECC Unbuffered CL4(4-4-4-12) E.P.P. Heat Spreader Lifetime Warranty 111439 306 in stock £38.97 £38.97
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 Stepping (2.4GHz 1066MHz) Socket 775 L2 8MB Cache (2x4MB (4MB per core pair) Retail Boxed Processor 131950 479 in stock £136.16 £136.16
Coolermaster Elite 330 Black Case With CM eXtreme Power 460W PSU *SPECIAL OFFER* 135101 395 in stock £36.58 £36.58
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium x64Bit OEM 1PK DVD 123067 275 in stock £52.35 £52.35

well i have put this 1 together after a lot of advice and reading reviews the price is within my budget totals £564.53

All i need to know is all these components compatible with vista x64bit os also the graphics card i have chosen is not the best but i dont really do games, but i know that on my last pc (now deceased ) vista aero worked fine with a 256mb card in


thanx for looking

 

[digicol]

No motherboard in your setup mate, also that processor is the retail version which comes with it's own heatsink, you can either dump the Cooler Master Sphere heatsink/fan combo to save money or change the processor to the OEM version.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131823

Also that card is only DX9, I know you say you don't game but you may as well get a cheap DX10 card, either the Nvidia 8 series of cards or the ATI 2 series of cards, you can get 256mb version probably cheaper than that card you listed.

Other than that everything looks fine. Oh and if your going for the 64bit OS then don't forget you can put a shit load of ram in there and your OS will use it all. Just make sure you get a motherboard with 4 slots for memory incase you fancy putting 4gb or more in there.

 

[ramraider]

No motherboard in your setup mate, also that processor is the retail version which comes with it's own heatsink, you can either dump the Cooler Master Sphere heatsink/fan combo to save money or change the processor to the OEM version.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131823

Also that card is only DX9, I know you say you don't game but you may as well get a cheap DX10 card, either the Nvidia 8 series of cards or the ATI 2 series of cards, you can get 256mb version probably cheaper than that card you listed.

Other than that everything looks fine. Oh and if your going for the 64bit OS then don't forget you can put a shit load of ram in there and your OS will use it all. Just make sure you get a motherboard with 4 slots for memory incase you fancy putting 4gb or more in there.

ooops sorry m8 this is the board


Asus COMMANDO P965 Socket 775 Onboard Audio ATX 126252 19 in stock £101.17 £86.10 £101.17

 

[digicol]

Just off my head mate that board is an amazing buy.......about 6 months ago.

Seeing as it uses the 965 chipset and your paying £100 for it then I would advise against it as there are now better boards in the price range. The 965 chipset is great, but it is now an older one, the P35 has taken over from it and is proving a slightly better performer. Other chipsets are available but I wold stick with the P35 to be on the safe side considering your nor a massive gamer, and you can get a great board for about £60ish, anything more is just overkill mate. Save the cash and get an extra 2gb of ram to make 4gb in total, you will see massive benefits if your using Windows 64bit.

For £65 this would be a great choice of boards for you.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/136363/show_product_specifications

 

[ramraider]

Just off my head mate that board is an amazing buy.......about 6 months ago.

Seeing as it uses the 965 chipset and your paying £100 for it then I would advise against it as there are now better boards in the price range. The 965 chipset is great, but it is now an older one, the P35 has taken over from it and is proving a slightly better performer. Other chipsets are available but I wold stick with the P35 to be on the safe side considering your nor a massive gamer, and you can get a great board for about £60ish, anything more is just overkill mate. Save the cash and get an extra 2gb of ram to make 4gb in total, you will see massive benefits if your using Windows 64bit.

For £65 this would be a great choice of boards for you.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/136363/show_product_specifications

cheers m8 thanx for the advice