New PC. what do you think

[nickfrp]

looking at buying a new PC today.

Spec:
19" Dell Flat TTT
AMD live 64 bit Dual Core 5000+
1 gig of ram,
320 gig Hard disk
256Mb Radeon Garphics Card
PCI TV tuner card
2 DVD & CD Burners
Vista Premium Pack

Sub-total £521.28 17.50 % £612.50
Total Delivery Charge £51.06 17.50 % £60.00
Total Price £572.34 17.50 % £672.50

so £670 for it.

not bad or bad?

[xiphias]

I'd push for 2gig if you could. Other than looks about in the right ballpark.

[Marc W]

If your into games (especially race sims) you'd want a better graphics card and more memory, otherwise it seems fine. Might be worth having a look at Evesham too. My pc is from there, they are often cheaper and they have a better reputation for customer service.

Edited by Marc W on Monday 22 January 10:07

[scorp]

xiphias said:

I'd push for 2gig if you could. Other than looks about in the right ballpark.

Saw the 'Vista' in your list and thought the same..

Not too sure about the graphics card too, Vista takes a toll on a lot of hardware fronts, if you not playing modern games, it should be bearable however.

Edited by scorp on Monday 22 January 10:17

[Zod]

go for 2GB of RAM
The hard drive is quite small
What Radeon model is that? You really ought to go for a higher end GeForce or Radeon with 512MB.

[nickfrp]

well im not too sure on the model of the card. i think its 256MB ATI® Radeon® X1300 Pro graphics card

i know its not the best but im not into game. so it will be for DVDs TV and other bits and bobs.. just general surfing but i dont want a crapa..

[nickfrp]

here you go:

PROCESSOR AMD® Live Technology - AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+ edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 (Incl Operating System Re-installation CD) - English edit
VISTA UPGRADE MCE to Vista Premium Upgrade on: www.dellvistaupgrade.productorder. before 03/31/07 edit
SUPPORT SERVICES Collect & Return, 1 Year Service only edit
MONITOR Dell™ 19" Value Flat Panel (E197FP) - UK/Irish edit
Dell Recommends
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Upgrade to Dell™ 19" UltraSharp™ Digital/Analogue Flat Panel (1907FP) - UK/Irish [add £41.13 or £1/month1]


MEMORY 1024MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz [2x512] Memory edit
HARD DRIVE 320GB Dual Hard Drive Non RAID (2x160GB - 7200rpm) edit
OPTICAL DRIVE 16x DVD +/- RW & 16x IDE DVD ROM Drive edit
GRAPHICS CARD 256MB ATI® Radeon® X1300 Pro graphics card edit
Accessories
SOUND CARD Integrated 7.1 Channel High Definition Audio edit
SPEAKERS Dell™ A225 Stereo Speakers edit
KEYBOARD Dell™ Entry Quietkey USB Keyboard - UK/Ire (QWERTY) edit
MOUSE Dell 2 Button USB Wheel Mouse - Black edit
FLOPPY/MEDIA DRIVES No Floppy Drive edit
MODEMS No Modem edit
TV TUNERS Integrated Analogue TV tuner PCI card and Dell™ MCE remote control edit
Services & Software
SECURITY SOFTWARE Free Upgrade to McAfee® Security Centre™ 36-month Protection edit
MICROSOFT SOFTWARE Microsoft® Works 8 - English edit
PHOTOGRAPHY SOFTWARE No Photo Organising & Sharing Software/No Photo Editing Software edit
Also included with your system
Shipping Documents E521 Documentation with UK Power Cord
Adobe Reader Adobe Reader 7.0.8 - English
Gedis Bundle Reference List D01E16 Dimension E521
Order Information Dimension Order - UK
Standard Warranty Collect & Return, 1 Year Service only
Money Off Savings Save £70 inc VAT
Dell Internet Order Dell Internet Order.
SYSTEM MEDIA Resource CD - contains Diagnostics and Drivers

[Zod]

If you want to play games, the X1300 will not be up to the job.

[road2ruin]

Looks good at first glance until you read the full specs.
1. AMD processor no longer the best. The 5000+ may be quick but can still be outpaces by the intel 6300 (when overclocked), which is cheaper and a cinch to overclock.
2. 1GB ram is now minimum
3. Graphics card is way underpowered and will need replacing soon.
4. an Analogue TV tuner is poor. Should be looking for a digital tuner so you can get freeview.

[roadsweeper]

xiphias said:

I'd push for 2gig if you could. Other than looks about in the right ballpark.

Agreed - 1GB of RAM for Vista is not great, 2GB will make a difference.

[davidd]

did you lot miss the bit about...

"so it will be for DVDs TV and other bits and bobs.. just general surfing but i dont want a crapa.. "

I would suspect it will be fine for what you want, if you are ripping lots of dvds then more ram and a second hdd would be useful.

D

[road2ruin]

davidd said:

did you lot miss the bit about...

"so it will be for DVDs TV and other bits and bobs.. just general surfing but i dont want a crapa.. "

I would suspect it will be fine for what you want, if you are ripping lots of dvds then more ram and a second hdd would be useful.

D

Point is that £670.00 not well spent when there are better deals out there. If you look through some PC mags you can spend under £600 and get better specs.

[davidd]

road2ruin said:

Point is that £670.00 not well spent when there are better deals out there. If you look through some PC mags you can spend under £600 and get better specs.

Oh I agree that you will always get a better deal, I was just trying to say was that maybe he does need the latest graphics etc...

You will probably get a better deal from Dell if you ask nicely. We got them to upgrade 3 19" to 20" high res recently (all of 3 inches )

D