Comments on these specs please...?

[venky07]

Hello

I am thinking of going in for something on the following lines:

My requirements: a PC that can run almost 24 hours, as silent as possible, and reliable and fast. Gaming: not very important, maybe occassionally only... I guess i need something for the silent option as well. I got this quote from http://www.scan.co.uk/ I heard from a friend that they are usually reliable.

The video card: 128Mb XFX GeForce 6200 PCI-E with TurboCache : I am not sure if this has a vga out... anyone know anything about this pls? Is it enough for some casual gaming?

Looking at some threads, i think i would prefer to go in for AMD Athelon instead of Intel Pentium 4

Any general or other comments please?

Thanks in advance

Venkat

Total cost including Vat is £722 (excluding is about £614)


Centurion 531 Silver Aluminium USB2.0 x2, MIC x1, SPK x1, IEEE1394 x1 (NO PSU)
Asus A8N-SLi Premium NF4 S939 DDR400 PCI-E SATA Raid Gbit Lan 8Ch Audio
480W Tagan Whisper quiet 21db Also support 12v EPS/SATA/XEON 3 Years Warranty ATX/BTX SLi Ready
50cm 3XS Round ATA133 Certified IDE Cable
50cm 3XS Round Floppy Drive Cable Certified
Scan 3XS System - 1year Onsite Warranty (Mainland UK)
Ahead Nero Express Burning ROM Suite 1 6.6.x OEM ** NEW**
Scan System Configuration
*No Custom Colour Required*
AMD Athlon 64 3000 32/64Bit CPU S939 "Venice" 90nm Retail inc Heat Sink Fan & 3 Years Warranty
NO HEAT SINK AND FAN
1Gb 2x512Mb Corsair, DDR400/PC3200,128Mx64, non-ECC, 184 DIMM, unbuffered, CL2.5, Lifetime Warranty
128Mb XFX GeForce 6200 PCI-E with TurboCache (16MB)
*No VGA Card Required* (Onboard Option Only)
160Gb Seagate Barracuda (7200rpm, 8Mb) - SATA - NCQ
*No Back up Required*
1.44Mb Sony Black Floppy Disk Drive OEM
Sony DWQ28AB2 Black 16x16x4 DVD±RW Double Dual Layer DVD Writer OEM UK
*No Soundcard Required* (Onboard option only)
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Inc. SP2 OEM Single
NVIDIA DVD - Bronze edition - Dolby 2.1
MS Works + Office 2003 SBE 60 Day Trial
Microsoft Black Optical Value Pack V2 - Multimedia Keyboard & Intelli Optical Mouse
*Speakers Not Required* : i already have them

 

[Me__2001]

i wouldn't use scan, maybe take a look at dell their systems are reasonably good

all graphics cards have a VGA or DVI port, no use if they dont , it will be fine for most games depends what you want to play ?

athlon 64 is way better than intel of any sort so good choice

 

[G~MAN]

how much money can u spend on ur system ?? we can spec u up a system and go to a local computer shop and they should build it for u ...

or you could always go with a dell or summin

 

[masterkeedu]

the sale may be over but dell was recently running great deals on the PowerEdge(?) Servers,
ideal for you it sounds though you may want to personally upgrade the video card.

dell.com\bizpromo

there taking up to $750 right off the top, i found one for 600,great specs, imnot sure what the UK's equivelence is.