[mb1980y]

Hi

Still looking around at places to get a new pc pre built, anyone have any coments on the below spec and the company ?

All the below for £1350 from cyberpowersystem which doesnt seem to be bad compared to chillblast.

X-Cruiser Mid-Tower Case W/ WINDOW, MultiMeter Display & Control
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 CPU @ 2.4GHz 1066FSB 2x2MB L2 Cache EM64T
SONY DUAL FORMAT 18X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER
1.44 MB FLOPPY DRIVE
Belkin 4-Socket Surge Protector
Thermaltake Blue Orb II CPU Cooler
Single Hard Drive (320GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM
Logitech Media Elite Keyboard
Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical PS2/USB Mouse
EVGA nForce 680i SLI Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2 Mainboard
2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Corsair XMS2 Xtreme Memory w/ Heat Spreader
ONBOARD 10/100 NETWORK CARD
Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Professional Wiring for All WIRINGs Inside The System Chasis with High Performance Thermal Compound on CPU
OCZ GameXStream 600W SLI Ready Power supply
STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY
HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 5.1 AUDIO
Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB 16X PCI Express Video Card (XFX Extreme Edition Geforce 8800 GTX 768 )
USB Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps USB Adapter

[muckshifter]

Professional Wiring for All WIRINGs Inside The System Chasis

I wonder if they use blue-glow cable ties. ... and they can't spell.


If that price don't include a 24" wide-screen monitor, then it's overpriced.


Sorry, but to me that does seem at least £300 over the top.

[mb1980y]

This is why I struggle to find a decent place for pre-built systems at a good price, chillblast, gladiatorcomputers, komplett all hover around the same price, id rather have a pre-built system as I dont trust myself.

The above doesnt include a monior at all.

Can you suggest anywhere for a resonable price at all ?

[muckshifter]

Originally Posted by mb1980y

This is why I struggle to find a decent place for pre-built systems at a good price, chillblast, gladiatorcomputers, komplett all hover around the same price, id rather have a pre-built system as I don't trust myself.

The above doesn't include a monitor at all.

Can you suggest anywhere for a reasonable price at all ?

Oh, I don't "recommend" these days ... I just pick holes in what some of our members suggest.

If you do a search, you should find some interesting suggestions ... even for cyberpowers ... but around the £1000 mark is a better deal.

Hang around, someone will suggest something for you.

[insomnia]

dont' understand pre built systems, build it yourself and you'll get far better parts for your money.

Sorry don't mean to sound negative but thats just the way I see it.

just a brief example off that spec

Case £50
E6600 with Vista home premium bundle £200
18speed DVD/RW £20
Blue Orb £20
Logitech Keyboard £15
Logitech Mouse £32
Motherboard £135
Memory £110
Surge Protecter £any electrical wholesaler for no more than £5 and certainly more than 4 plug
GPU £350
USB Wireless adapter £10
PSU £65 - although I'd avoid as I know these are going EOL soon

= round about £1000 for 5 mins work from one supplier on the net so only one lot of shipping

[PotGuy]

Well many people don't think they can, or can't be bothered.

And while its not as difficult as it sounds, you need to have a certain amount of knowledge at least.

Pay your money, get your choice

[insomnia]

nope fully understand, just showing the flip side of the equation, maybe worth a few learning a little knowledge and saving $$$$$$$

[Me__2001]

its just a case of sticking it all together, well atleast until something goes wrong but i guess i've been lucky and haven't had any real problems

there are some good guides on the net that may be worth reading, maybe talk to a local PC shop and see if they'll build it for a small fee and show you at the same time, thats what i did to begin with