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not keen on the idea of SLI, seems like a pointless luxury to me - also there's twice as much to go wrong... i spent a bit of time playing around last night looking for the best deals etc, thisi s what i've come up with - i may spend an extra £20 on a slighly better CPU. http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a251/jehst/newpc-1.png |
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« Reply #16 on: Monday, December 31, 2007, 15:58:48 » |
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Looks alot better, the memory is better and I expect the graphics will be too.
I think the E6750 is really worth the extra £20 unless you're going to overclock.
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« Reply #17 on: Wednesday, January 2, 2008, 09:29:43 » |
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where did you get all your prices from SY
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« Reply #18 on: Wednesday, January 2, 2008, 13:32:31 » |
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« Reply #19 on: Wednesday, January 2, 2008, 15:48:54 » |
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Dell have a pretty good deal on if you buy today
10 % off voucher expires today, code = 9DGRQPZDFXQGBP which makes is £584.10.
Only problem is, being Dell they can't be overclocked as the BIOS is locked.
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Intel® Core™ 2 Quad-Core™ Processor Q6600 (2.40GHz, 8MB, 1066MHz)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English
Base Warranty - 1 Year XPS Premium Hardware Support (incl. Gaming and On-Site Support)
Monitor Not included
3072MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024/2x512]
640GB Dual Hard Drive Raid 0 Stripe (2x320GB - 7200rpm)
SINGLE 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT card
16x DVD +/- RW Drive
Dell™ Enhanced USB Multimedia Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)
Dell Optical Scroll Premium Mouse
Accessories
Integrated HDA 7.1 Dolby Digital Audio
No Speakers
19-in-1 Media Card Reader
No monitor.
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« Reply #20 on: Thursday, January 3, 2008, 11:06:31 » |
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is that for the new XPS 420
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« Reply #21 on: Thursday, January 3, 2008, 11:14:43 » |
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I'm now thinking I want to build a media-centre PC for my living room.
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« Reply #22 on: Thursday, January 3, 2008, 11:19:04 » |
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my brother in law has one and it is quality. added together with his 60" Plasma with BOSE sound system he has one hell of a setup
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« Reply #23 on: Thursday, January 3, 2008, 11:22:24 » |
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I've got a 37" LCD so it'll be good to hook it up to that. But on top of the cost of building the PC, I'd also need a decent surround sound system & amp.
I wish I had more money to be able to just go out and do it :x
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« Reply #24 on: Thursday, January 3, 2008, 11:27:58 » |
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i've not got a TV anymore  ex wife has had it in the divorce. i got the Denon system and washer dryer though  |
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« Reply #25 on: Thursday, January 3, 2008, 11:55:15 » |
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is that for the new XPS 420 It was, but the 10% voucher was due to expire yesterday. |
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« Reply #26 on: Thursday, January 3, 2008, 11:56:38 » |
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is that for the new XPS 420 It was, but the 10% voucher was due to expire yesterday. yeah noticed that. quality bit of kit for the price if you ask me. |
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« Reply #27 on: Thursday, January 3, 2008, 15:37:38 » |
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new code
Q3TCG81H5P8?BM
exp 09/01/08
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« Reply #28 on: Thursday, January 3, 2008, 18:46:14 » |
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Dell are still shit!
If you buy all the parts yourself, exactly the same spec except for a 500gb sataII HD it comes in at £535inc vat and delivery and thats on ebuyer £543 on Dabs and you can overclock it as well and fully modify the case with better cooling and not use substandard and out of date parts as Dell do with their systems.
If you notice they include 2 340gb hd's which are basically 2 years behind the latest spec, onboard sound which you can also replace for under £6 with a better spec one, a 16x dvd writer where as industry standards start at 20x now.
2x1024/2x512 so you are using up all their old 512mb memory modules which will be slower than having 3 1gb sticks even slower if the 512mb isnt a matched pair....which Dell dont do.
Avoid this PC unless you want to spend near £600 on a pc that is a year out of date before you get it.
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« Reply #29 on: Thursday, January 3, 2008, 18:49:30 » |
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That's what I thought jjedmunds. Plus that processor will overclock to excess of 3ghz with a £15 heatsink. Actual that is probably the best processor out there for the money, not sure quad core is really needed at the moment, but then I've never tested it out.
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