PC spec = valve?

[unrealhippie]

Just wondering if you guys think a:

Intel Celeron 2.6ghz
256mb pc2100 drr dimms
80gb udma 11 7200rpm hd
16x dvd with software
6 channel sound card o/b
10/100 ethernet card
52x24x52 cdrw buffer under-run proof
keyboard + mouse
2 speakers + subwoofer

for £386 is any good?

thanks
Unreal

 

[bobblyben]

Its pretty good, but mine is better :P

AMD Athlon XP Barton 2800+
1536 MB DDR 333 (2700) Memory
160 GB 7200 ATA133 8MB Cache Hard Disk
AOpen AK77-8X Motherboard
16x DVD Player with Bonus Media
52x24x52 CD ReWriter with Bonus Media
NVIDIA GeForce GFX 5600 256MB DDR Graphics card with TV-OUT DVI dual monitor support
Sony Floppy Disk Drive
AC97 3D Sound
4x USB2 Ports
Midi Style Case
Every conceivable motherboard feature including 1 MHz stepping for over clocking

£680

 

[unrealhippie]

yours is £300 more though..

also did you build or buy?
this is bought as 1, (the one I stated before)

 

[bobblyben]

Mine may be £300 more, but the graphics card alone is worth about 200, which urs dont have. It is retail too, i havent bought yet but certainly will be.

 

[urbanfox]

Mine may be £300 more, but the graphics card alone is worth about 200, which urs dont have. It is retail too, i havent bought yet but certainly will be.

200 pounds? thats $314.69. what r u smoking lol. i could get a radeon 9800 pro 128mb card for that much. mor elike ur vid is worth about id say $150

 

[unrealhippie]

yeh urban ou right looked up english prices at a reasonable site and its £128 and a 9800pro (128mb) is £290+ and the 256mb versions are from around £370 the model I stated came with O/B (onboard) Intel extreme graphics using the i845GV chipset

another question I was wondering about - how do the 845 and 865 chipset compare and compare with their O/B graphics

another question I was wondering about - where do you all get your pc's do you build your rigs? or buy?

 

[urbanfox]

the graphics card of an onboard video card stinks unless ur getting a new nforce mb, which is only for amd, and still it aint good. if ur just going to play mir its fine, but dont expect to play doom 3 or hl2. as for me, i normally build all my comps, for the exception of my last 2, which i bought. building urself takes the cost down a lot, but unless u know exactly what ur doing i'd advise against it. one wrong move and uve lost ur mb cpu ram easy. but what kind of comp r u buying, or do u just have a price range?

 

[unrealhippie]

right well:

I have some family, that have money (unlike my half of the family) and they gave me a grand 4 a new pc...

I dont know if I should buy now, buy what or anything atm

I dont know if I should wait for new amd and intel chips (64 and prescott) or buy now...

I have looked and can get a 3000+, 512mb ram, cdrw, 17" TFT, 9800pro 128mb, speakers (2 sat+subwoofer), keyboard, mouse for £1100 bought, the reason I am thinking of buying is because I have never built before and this system was cheaper that seperate parts

 

[urbanfox]

1000 in pounds or us dollars

 

[unrealhippie]

I have £1000 (pounds)
Im thinking of buying, as I never have built before,
dont know what to get any idea's?
dont really mind what I get, but the £1000 (can be slightly over) needs to have a monitor and keyboard (and mouse)

this model:
I have looked and can get a 3000+, 512mb ram, cdrw, 17" TFT, 9800pro 128mb, speakers (2 sat+subwoofer), keyboard, mouse for £1100 bought.
The reason I am thinking of buying is because I have never built before and this system was cheaper that seperate parts. and the 17" TFT is a big plus.

any companys you would recommend, any spec's you'd advise?

thanks alot