New PC - How much
11 April 2004, 07:11 PM
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New PC - How much
I'm thinking of upgrading my PC after realising that it is probably due for an appearance on the antiques roadshow. 
It is a Pentium 2, 400mhz processor with an 8 gigabyte hard drive and 320 mb of ram. It has been extremely reliable but I want to upgrade to broadband and speed things up. The monitor is a 17inch Iiyama S702GT which was pretty good when I first got it and to be fair is still good.
Do I replace the whole shebang for about £1000? Do I keep the monitor and get a new computer? How good are the new tft screens?
I have been looking at a Mesh PC for about the £1000 mark but I'm loathe to spend all this if I don't need to.
I want to use broadband, copy CD's and DVD's and watch the latter and have a decent set of speakers.
Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
It is a Pentium 2, 400mhz processor with an 8 gigabyte hard drive and 320 mb of ram. It has been extremely reliable but I want to upgrade to broadband and speed things up. The monitor is a 17inch Iiyama S702GT which was pretty good when I first got it and to be fair is still good.
Do I replace the whole shebang for about £1000? Do I keep the monitor and get a new computer? How good are the new tft screens?
I have been looking at a Mesh PC for about the £1000 mark but I'm loathe to spend all this if I don't need to.
I want to use broadband, copy CD's and DVD's and watch the latter and have a decent set of speakers.
Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
11 April 2004, 09:13 PM
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I've just specced and ordered this
Item: Shuttle XPC SN41G2 AMD Socket A Aluminium Barebones System
Qty: 1
Cost: £125.94
Item: AMD ATHLON XP2500+ 333MHZ FSB 512 L2 Cache Barton CPU - OEM
Qty: 1
Cost: £45.99
Item: Western Digital Caviar 80Gb 7200rpm EIDE Hard Drive - OEM
Qty: 1
Cost: £37.85
Item: Samsung 52x32x52x16x Int Ide Combo Oem
Qty: 1
Cost: £29.34
Item: Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop V2.0 105 Key Win Mac Ps2 Usb
Qty: 1
Cost: £40.10
Item: Samsung 256 PC3200 DDR400 184pin Original Memory Module
Qty: 2
Cost: £39.99
Item: AOpen F1713 17ins TFT Ultra Slim Multimedia Silver
Qty: 1
Cost: £245.47
Item: Canon Bubblejet I350 16ppm 4800dpi Usb
Qty: 1
Cost: £39.99
Total was
Net total: £650.95
VAT total: £113.95
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Gross total: £764.90
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You would be able to get a dvd +-rw for that price omitting the printer and there's no major graphics card but a radeon 9800 pro is ~130 and that will fly
Si
Item: Shuttle XPC SN41G2 AMD Socket A Aluminium Barebones System
Qty: 1
Cost: £125.94
Item: AMD ATHLON XP2500+ 333MHZ FSB 512 L2 Cache Barton CPU - OEM
Qty: 1
Cost: £45.99
Item: Western Digital Caviar 80Gb 7200rpm EIDE Hard Drive - OEM
Qty: 1
Cost: £37.85
Item: Samsung 52x32x52x16x Int Ide Combo Oem
Qty: 1
Cost: £29.34
Item: Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop V2.0 105 Key Win Mac Ps2 Usb
Qty: 1
Cost: £40.10
Item: Samsung 256 PC3200 DDR400 184pin Original Memory Module
Qty: 2
Cost: £39.99
Item: AOpen F1713 17ins TFT Ultra Slim Multimedia Silver
Qty: 1
Cost: £245.47
Item: Canon Bubblejet I350 16ppm 4800dpi Usb
Qty: 1
Cost: £39.99
Total was
Net total: £650.95
VAT total: £113.95
------------
Gross total: £764.90
------------
You would be able to get a dvd +-rw for that price omitting the printer and there's no major graphics card but a radeon 9800 pro is ~130 and that will fly
Si
11 April 2004, 10:17 PM
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Try the Dell outlet website via www.dell.co.uk
I've just bought a P4 2.8GHz, 512Mb, 120G SATA drive, CD/DVD combo, 17" TFT, Logitech Wireless Keyboard & Mouse, Windows XP Home, free digital camera, modem delivered to my door for a mere £515!!
A DVD writer can be purchased for £60 if you need it.
I've just bought a P4 2.8GHz, 512Mb, 120G SATA drive, CD/DVD combo, 17" TFT, Logitech Wireless Keyboard & Mouse, Windows XP Home, free digital camera, modem delivered to my door for a mere £515!!
A DVD writer can be purchased for £60 if you need it.
11 April 2004, 10:22 PM
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Hi CLS II
It seems ashame to retire a good work horse but I think its time to bite the bullet and put the old girl down.
Judging by the specs it will not be possible to upgrade it to what you want to achieve and certainly wont be optimised for broadband.
The one Mr Cookie has put together looks a good mid range option, definately worth thinking about.
It seems ashame to retire a good work horse but I think its time to bite the bullet and put the old girl down.
Judging by the specs it will not be possible to upgrade it to what you want to achieve and certainly wont be optimised for broadband.
The one Mr Cookie has put together looks a good mid range option, definately worth thinking about.
12 April 2004, 09:45 AM
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How about the system I have just built:
AMD Athlon 64Bit XP3200 CPU
MSi K8T Neo mother board (5.1 sound, otical output, fire wire, DV, 8x USB 2.0 etc)
1024Mb DDR 400 Ram
G-Force FX 5600 256mb Graphics Card (with DVi, tv caputre and av/s-video out)
8 speed DVD-RW/24 speed CD-RW (Pioneer 107)
16 speed DVD rom
Floppy drive
160Gb IBM/Hitachi Hard Drive
550 Watt Qtec Gold PSU
Silver, beige or black ATX Case with 2 front usb ports
Keyboard, Optical mouse & 5.1 Speakers
£660 including VAT...
or £700 fully Built ready to go...
AMD Athlon 64Bit XP3200 CPU
MSi K8T Neo mother board (5.1 sound, otical output, fire wire, DV, 8x USB 2.0 etc)
1024Mb DDR 400 Ram
G-Force FX 5600 256mb Graphics Card (with DVi, tv caputre and av/s-video out)
8 speed DVD-RW/24 speed CD-RW (Pioneer 107)
16 speed DVD rom
Floppy drive
160Gb IBM/Hitachi Hard Drive
550 Watt Qtec Gold PSU
Silver, beige or black ATX Case with 2 front usb ports
Keyboard, Optical mouse & 5.1 Speakers
£660 including VAT...
or £700 fully Built ready to go...
12 April 2004, 10:13 AM
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Nice system, here's mine - built in January for a little under £1k-
MSI 875P-FISR
Intel 3.2gHz/800 Hyper Threading
Zalman CNPS700A-AlCu CPU cooler
2x 512mb Kingston 3200 dual channel RAM
GlobalWin Supersilent 19db 450W PSU
Samsung 120mb SATA drive
MSI GeForce FX5900-XT 128
Terratec DMX 6Fire 24/96 sound card
MSI CR52 CDRW
Silver floppy drive
Coolermaster silver Praetorian case with 4x fans
System is gently overclocked to 205FSB.
Re-used my Iiyama 17" CRT monitor, Creative Labs speakers, mouse & keyboard. Fantastic sound from the Terratec sound card!
MSI 875P-FISR
Intel 3.2gHz/800 Hyper Threading
Zalman CNPS700A-AlCu CPU cooler
2x 512mb Kingston 3200 dual channel RAM
GlobalWin Supersilent 19db 450W PSU
Samsung 120mb SATA drive
MSI GeForce FX5900-XT 128
Terratec DMX 6Fire 24/96 sound card
MSI CR52 CDRW
Silver floppy drive
Coolermaster silver Praetorian case with 4x fans
System is gently overclocked to 205FSB.
Re-used my Iiyama 17" CRT monitor, Creative Labs speakers, mouse & keyboard. Fantastic sound from the Terratec sound card!
12 April 2004, 09:51 PM
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Thanks for the replies
It seems that my budget could be a little lower than £1000 - how easy is it to put a system together? Does it work out cheaper?
The Dell option seems unbelievably well priced. I think I'd prefer to go this way so if all else failed I'd have a company to scream at but Yuck seems to have a fantastic system at the right price and that is extremely tempting.
Serious food for thought. I'm not sure if I'm not more confused. Any more replies would be a definite help. All those received so far have been brilliant
It seems that my budget could be a little lower than £1000 - how easy is it to put a system together? Does it work out cheaper?
The Dell option seems unbelievably well priced. I think I'd prefer to go this way so if all else failed I'd have a company to scream at but Yuck seems to have a fantastic system at the right price and that is extremely tempting.
Serious food for thought. I'm not sure if I'm not more confused. Any more replies would be a definite help. All those received so far have been brilliant
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13 April 2004, 11:19 AM
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It does work out cheaper to build your own, but not much cheaper, unless you know some1 in the trade and can get your parts at trade price. Building a PC is pretty easy, but only if you know what you are doing I've built numerous boxes in my time, but atm I cant be bothered with the hassle of it anymore, and I bought this system below, its 7p under a grand If I built this myself I would have saved £50 tops. Not worth it, as this is properly warranted and pre tested after the build.
http://www.microlandtechnology.com/p...?partno=cs1941
I've built numerous boxes in my time, but atm I cant be bothered with the hassle of it anymore, and I bought this system below, its 7p under a grand If I built this myself I would have saved £50 tops. Not worth it, as this is properly warranted and pre tested after the build.http://www.microlandtechnology.com/p...?partno=cs1941
13 April 2004, 02:46 PM
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Building your own pc is not really much cheaper. The main advantage though is that you can spec it exactly has you want.If you have installed a hard drive before from scratch, then you can build a pc.