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"My new beast is up and running!"

Oh yes, the beast is born!

All parts arrived ontime and intact (thanks E***er) and so I set to the mammoth task of building her yesterday! :D Specs are as follows:

Athlon XP Barton 2800+
1024mb ddr pc2700 (Crucial RAM)
Leaktek 5600FX 256MB
Seagate Barracuda 60gig
GNR 17inch TFT
Windows XP Pro
Neon lighting, loads of fans and extra goodies besides...

Well, still got a few teething problems (monitor and floppy drive), but the system is up and running and in a fit state to play games, which is all that matters. :)

So, installed UT2003 last night, and the game automatically set video and details settings to maximum. Loaded up a tasty outdoor map and got fraggin'. Needless to say the game looks absolutely stunning and runs like a greased-up rat through a drain pipe. :D

And that's in standard spec...wait till I start tuning her...

3dMark results to come soon(ish).

Practical Magic wrote:

> I'd highly recommend them for novices like myself - I had it up and
> running within two minutes of unpacking, it's all set up correctly,
> and they supply all the cd's in case you need to restore to original
> settings - including the Windows XP cd (hurrah!).
>
> I've had to wait just over a week (ordered online on Monday 7th at
> 11PM) but it's miles better value than any high street store, or in
> fact real store.

That was short especially them having to process the order for one day (i think) ordered mine last thursday night.
I only used them cos i can't be bothered to build it but i know alot about hardwarer now ive researched for 6 months.

gamezfreak wrote:
> This might be a rude question to ask - But how much did you pay for
> your setup Uncle Alburt?

I don't consider such a question rude. However, spelling my name wrong is just darn chopsy... ;)

I think it came to around £750...that doesn't include VAT however.

On a semi related note, my Dell PC arrived today. I know, as I've said before, that the chances of me scratch building a system with parts is nil, hence for me Dell was the next best thing as it allowed me to choose the components to some degree, and their online promotions meant I saved £125 on the price, got double memory, and a free printer - only a Lexmark Z35 but I only print Word documents and the like.

I'd highly recommend them for novices like myself - I had it up and running within two minutes of unpacking, it's all set up correctly, and they supply all the cd's in case you need to restore to original settings - including the Windows XP cd (hurrah!).

I've had to wait just over a week (ordered online on Monday 7th at 11PM) but it's miles better value than any high street store, or in fact real store.

I particularly like the monitor, going from a 14inch normal one to a 17 inch flat panel lcd digital one is... very impressive.

*runs off before SR ban him*

hey, hey, hey....

don't forget www.eclipse-computers.com!

they sold me my FX5600 128MB for 117 quid!

and they have REAL mean motherboards there too, like, like SIX ram slots and P4 stuff. including cheap AMD CPU's, and cheap EVERYTHING - including games!

This might be a rude question to ask - But how much did you pay for your setup Uncle Alburt?

surprised the differnece wasn't more, I put together a Athlon 1700 system for my brother last summer for couple of hundred quid. Shame they don't sell consoles and games also.

Yes indeed. :)

Although I'd regard them as VERY CHEAP and VERY CHEERFUL! :D

Cheaper even, than Dabs. Out of interest, went through SR, compiling similar parts and it was about £200 more! :o

ebuyer.co.uk cheap and cheerful

Uncle Albert wrote:
> (thanks E***er)

Huh?

Please - Tell me the website of this shop.

ebuyer are cheap aren't they, bet you saved a few bob over the equivalent (ish) SR Maxx PC.