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Posted: Fri 27 Jan, 2006 21.40
by Pete
my new pc:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+
2GB RAM
16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter
Sapphire ATI Radeon X1300 256MB DDR2 AVIVO
300GB hd
and completely silent to boot.
oh and i also sport a Microsoft Wireless Desktop Elite - which i got for free from microsoft.
Posted: Fri 27 Jan, 2006 22.02
by Jamez
How much did that cost, Hyma?
Posted: Fri 27 Jan, 2006 22.09
by Pete
£808
Posted: Fri 27 Jan, 2006 22.37
by Jamez
Hymagumba wrote:£808
That's not bad!
I quite fancy the 16:9 TFT that Davidjb linked to on eBuyer, though.
I'm going to be staying in Pembrokeshire for a couple of weeks (major fuck-up regarding my new tenancy agreement!!!!!) so I might well order something from Ebuyer - preferably with 1024mb RAM or higher. HD I'm not too worried about, nor soundcard as I'm going to get that elsewhere later.
My current PC is so shite that it now refuses to install ANY new hardware. Webcams, digital cameras, scanners, printers, modems... in fact ANYTHING that requires USB connectivity and it just fucks up the installation process (and yes, I do wait until prompted to connect my hardware after installation - but nothing works. And yet my digital camera installed perfectly on my mates laptop yesterday! Grrr)
Posted: Sat 28 Jan, 2006 01.29
by Jamez
Ooh, what about a Dell?
They seem reasonably priced...
Posted: Sat 28 Jan, 2006 01.32
by Sput
Now I'm not going to compare having a Dell machine to having diabetes, but they *do* start with the same letter!
Posted: Sat 28 Jan, 2006 01.34
by Jamez
Sput wrote:Now I'm not going to compare having a Dell machine to having diabetes, but they *do* start with the same letter!
Would a Dell computer trigger one of my increasingly rare hyperventilation attacks?
Posted: Sat 28 Jan, 2006 01.38
by Gavin Scott
I doubt it. I'm using a Dell right now and I'm hardly breaking a sweat.
Although I did just have a blazing row with a friend on the phone.
Posted: Sat 28 Jan, 2006 01.41
by Jamez
Gavin Scott wrote:I doubt it. I'm using a Dell right now and I'm hardly breaking a sweat.
Although I did just have a blazing row with a friend on the phone.
Was it a row along the lines of:
Gavin: "No you put the phone down first"
Friend: "Noooo...*you* put the phone down first!"
G: "No. Yooooooo"
F: "Nooooo...*girly giggle*...yoooou"
G: "Fuckin och-aye Hell...yooooo"
F: "Nooooooooooooooooo...ooooo...ooooo"
G: "Ta ta love"
**LINE GOES DEAD**
Hmm....
Posted: Sun 19 Feb, 2006 17.45
by Gavin Scott
I've just been browsing that pcspecialist site and out of curiosity I put this together:
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CPU
AMD® ATHLON® 64BIT X2 4200 512K L2 Cache
Memory
2048 MB DDR400 PC3200 WITH LIFETIME WARRANTY!
Motherboard
ASUS® A8N-E: DUAL DDR, S-ATA, x16 slot, 3 PCI etc
USB Options
SIX USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT)
Hard Drive
SATA II 160 GB HARD DISK @ 7200rpm 8mb cache (Special Offer)
Second Hard Drive
NONE
RAID
NONE
DVD ROM/Combi Drive
16X DVD ROM WITH 48X CD ROM
CD/DVD Writer
52X 32X 52X CD WRITER
Graphics Card 1
256MB GEFORCE 6800GS PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT
Graphics Card 2
NONE
Sound Card
SoundBlaster Audigy SE 7.1 24-bit (Digital & Analogue): £16
Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Network Facilities
10/100/1000 NETWORK CARD FOR BROADBAND
Floppy Drive/Card Reader
1.44MB FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
Case
Stylish Silver X-Plode Case + 2 Front USB
Power Supply & Cooling
Standard 350W PSU + 80mm Fan (See Case Info)
Operating System required
NONE
Firewire & Video Editing
3 PORT FIREWIRE CARD. (£9)
Monitor
NONE
Keyboard
NONE
Mouse
NONE
Speakers
NONE
Printer
NONE
Anti-Virus
NONE
Office Software
NONE
TV Card
NONE
Warranty
1 Year Return-to-Base Warranty + 1 Month Free Collect & Return
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This comes in at £842 including vat and delivery. On their credit scheme it works out as £84 deposit then £27.50 per month for 36 months.
I've only ever used Intel based computers, so I (naturally) assumed they were superior. I can certainly get more bang for my buck with the AMD setup above; but are AMD *really* as good as intel?
I'd be obliged for some honest feedback.
Posted: Sun 19 Feb, 2006 18.06
by Sput
I've used AMD stuff for years and I'm living to tell the tale! My old Athlon 2400 here can take some pretty stern games and not have any problems.
I really don't think you'll go wrong by switching. Every Pentium I've used has been either undetectably different or poorer because it's a Celeron.