Another PC Help Thread :)

[sharp-spark]

Hi there! Im thinking of acquiring a new pc, budget wise im not planning to spend more then £700.

I found a pretty nifty looking pc for £650, it seems like a good deal, but i dont know much about all this, so, i thought i would come to the experts

Here are the specs:

Processor Type: Intel PD820 (dual core) Processor Clock-Speed 2.8GHz
Front Side BUS: 800MHz
Cache: 2 mb
Operating-System: Windows XP Media Center 2005
RAM Memory: 2048 mb
Hard Disk Capacity: 400 Gb
Optical Drive 1: DVDRW

Built-in TV Tuner: Yes
Built-in Digital TV Tuner: No
Built-in Radio Tuner: Yes
Remote Control: Yes
802.11g Wireless Network Ready: Yes
Graphics Memory: 256 mb
Graphics Description: nVidia 6200TC64M
Sound Card: 8 CHANNEL HD AUDIO
Media Card Reader 8-In-1
No of USB connections 4
No of PCI Slots 2
No. of Firewire Connections 1

Im not sure whether the OS is home or media centre as elsewhere it says its home, but here it says media centre *shrugs*

Anyways, thoughts opinions, advice???

Thanks!

 

[Anon_F]

Looks ok, who are you buying from??

 

[muckshifter]

Looks ok, who are you buying from??

It's an HP/Comcrap ...

No other comment needed from me.

 

[sharp-spark]

Heh, pc world.

Thought id leave that part out to avoid any pc world prejudice

Seems the plan might not have worked tho

I thought the specs were quite good though, is there a reason i shouldnt buy from pc world, can i do better elsewhere? Are the specs in fact terrible?

Thx again.

 

[muckshifter]

There is NO reason NOT to buy from PCWorld ... they don't build PCs.

The 'problem' is they put profit before the customer, despite what they say. You can get some very nice priced components though, like HDs & graphics cards.

There are a few things wrong with the spec to price ... the 6200TC64M is an integrate[size=-1]d graphics card which only has 64MB of it's own memory and WILL use your ordinary ram to bolster itself ... no good for games ... and that then tells me it is using a very poor MB.

So, the rest of the spec' is worthless to me without a good MB


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[sharp-spark]

Ahh i see...

How bout this one?

Processor Type: Pentium 4 524
Clock-Speed: 3.06GHz
Front Side BUS: 533MHz
Cache: 1 mb
Operating-System: Windows XP Media Center 2005
RAM Memory: 1024 mb
Hard Disk Capacity: 160 Gb
Graphics Memory: 256mb dedicated mb
Graphics Description: ATI X300SE

Same problem here?

If so, what sort of websites would be good to check out?

Im looking for a fairly good gaming pc within the budget, with windows xp.

 

[Anon_F]

I think the ATI x300se has had problems, who is this PC made by?
And i don't rate the Media Centre O/S, just another gimmick from MS

 

[sharp-spark]

The second one is made by phillips.

From the looks of things seems like im gonna have to go searching the net.

Ive used novatech before, and ive heard mention here about OCUK... these the best places to be looking?

 

[Anon_F]

Novatech do make good PC's and you can ajust the build to sort your own taste.

 

[V_R]

I've used novatech before, and ive heard mention here about OCUK... these the best places to be looking?

I have only ever bought parts from OCUK not a full pc. So far i have never had any probs with them.

check out the llink below for some pre-built rigs they offer.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Full_Systems.html

 

[sharp-spark]

Could i run the pc through my tv? So i dont have to worry about monitors??
My tv can run stuff at 60hz...

 

[sharp-spark]

So, with my budget and shopping at ocuk... ive got this so far...

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Motherboard: Abit KN8 SLi nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express


CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939)


RAM: GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5


Graphics: BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express)


Sound: HDA Digital X-Mystique 7.1


HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 160GB ST3160812AS SATA-II 8MB Cache


Case: Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU


Optical Drive: LG GSA-H10NBAL 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black)

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Any suggestions/reccommendations? Or is this looking good? Cant really upgrade anywhere, but if theres better items for same prices then that would be cool to know about.

 

[James12513]

If you go to www.aria.co.uk they are pretty good people, I've bought 2 pc's from there