Give this PC the once over before i buy it please.

Taz & The Devil · 11-10-2007, 09:20 PM

I'm looking for a PC to last me the next 5 years. These are the specs i am looking at.

Will it last 5 years and still be able to run most games to a good standard? Is the graphics card any good etc?

thinking of getting it on finance, buy now pay in 12 months so i can pay it off in Overtime shifts rather than take a chunk out of the bank balance.

Will also shop around to see who can provide the same thing for the cheapest.

Anyway from PC Specialist costing £1800:

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Processor (CPU): Intel® Core™2 Quad Q6600 (4 X 2.40GHz) 1066MHz FSB/8MB L2 Cache

Memory (RAM): 4GB CORSAIR DOMINATOR DDR2 1066MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY

Motherboard: ASUS® P5K SE: DDR2, SATAII, PCI-e x16, 2 PCI, 3 x PCI-e x1

Operating System: 64 BIT WINDOWS® VISTA Home Premium (inc CD & License) (£69)

USB Options: 8 x USB 2.0 PORTS (6 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD

Memory - Hard Disk: 1000GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 32MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st CD/DVD Drive: 20x Dual Layer LightScribe DVD Writer ±R/±RW/RAM

2nd CD/DVD Drive: 16x DVD-ROM WITH 48x CD-ROM

Graphics Card: 768MB GEFORCE 8800 ULTRA PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT

Sound Card: Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ XtremeMusic 7.1: £48

Network Facilities: WIRELESS 108Mbps NETWORK CARD & 54Mbps ROUTER (£48)

Memory Card Reader: INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)

Case: Stylish Silver/Black Trident case + 2 front USB

Power Supply & Case Cooling: 700W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£79)

Processor Cooling: SUPER QUIET 19 dBA INTEL CPU COOLER (£14)

Monitor: 20 INCH TFT Silver/Black 1400 x1050 8MS, D-Sub, Audio (£125)

Keyboard & Mouse: Logitech® Cordless Keyboard & Rechargeable Mouse (Black/Silver) (£34)

Speakers: CREATIVE INSPIRE 5.1 T6100 SPEAKER SYSTEM (£39)

Surge Protection: 2 x Belkin 4 Socket 2M Surge Protector (8 Sockets) (Special: £12)

Office Software: Microsoft® Office® 2007 Home & Student Edition (oem) (£69)

Warranty: 1 Year Return-to-Base incl 1st Month Free Collect & Return

Delivery: Standard Insured Delivery to UK Mainland (Mon-Fri 8am-6pm) (Free)

punkskamonkey · 11-10-2007, 09:27 PM

£900 now and £900 over the next 5 years will surely end up with a better pc in the end?

punkskamonkey · 11-10-2007, 09:28 PM

Although I'd quite like some Dominator RAM too :cool:

Serpico · 11-10-2007, 09:28 PM

Five years is a long time in computing, but that's a great pc. However with that spec a 20 inch monitor is really a waste. Get a 24 incher and enjoy games at a resolution console gamers can only dream of.

Umbongo · 11-10-2007, 09:29 PM

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Originally posted by punkskamonkey:
£900 now and £900 over the next 5 years will surely end up with a better pc in the end?

Yes. Overkill now and in 2 years time when it starts to feel the strain we will be with faster, cheaper, larger memory, 8 core processors and much faster graphics cards.

Serpico · 11-10-2007, 09:30 PM

Also, I'm not sure whether getting the 64 bit version of Vista is a good idea.

Taz & The Devil · 11-10-2007, 09:32 PM

Cheers lads. Will go for the bigger monitor.

I know nothing about graphics cards but is that seen as a good one?

And whats wrong with 64 bit Vista?

Umbongo · 11-10-2007, 09:37 PM

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Originally posted by Taz & The Devil:
Cheers lads. Will go for the bigger monitor.

I know nothing about graphics cards but is that seen as a good one?

And whats wrong with 64 bit Vista?

It's the best you can get, but you are paying a huge overhead for extra performance and it'll be vastly outperformed in a couple of months by the new GPUs.

Look for a 1680x1050 20" or 22" monitor, 512mb 8800GT graphics card, 2 GB of RAM and you don't need super fast memory or branded memory, consider dropping the second opticla drive and getting a smaller 500GB hard drive, you can always add another for £60 or whatever they cost now and I'm sure it's far more cost effective and it's more sensible (hard drives fail). Can probably drop the x-fi unless it's important to you.

Serpico · 11-10-2007, 09:38 PM

The 8800 ultra is the best card there is atm.

I remember reading that 64 bit operating systems are more trouble than they're worth. Leave em to businesses.

Serpico · 11-10-2007, 09:39 PM

1920x1200 ftw. Awesome gaming.

Give this PC the once over before i buy it please.

Grab a beer, sit back and relax.

Give this PC the once over before i buy it please.