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"does this seem a fair price?"

I was recently quoted £850 for this base unit and i just want to know what you guys think of the price?

2400 XP Athlon
512MB DDR
120Gb Hard Drive
128MB GeForce 4 Ti4600
10/100 Network
SoundBlaster 5.1
56k Internal Modem
DVD ReWriter
48x CD ReWriter
Windows XP

I have a 17" flat screen CRT which does up to 1600x in i think 80 hertz or something..and i have a microsoft keyboard and mouse so it saves me alot.

keyboard, mouse, speakers ?

Sure you could probably buy the lot for a tenner but no point spending that money on a decent PC and getting crap keyboard mouse and speakers.

And the monitor?

Noy bad, though I managed to pck one up at pretty much the same specs for £150 less. I did cut a few corners though.

A fair price for a PC is always the cost of the unit a month after you bought it... usually after you've just seen one with the same spec for a couple of hundred quid less :(

I have been looking at the specs and could build it for around £75 less, but I aint offering, I dont build for people I don't know.

Have a look into building it yourself, you could definately save at least £50 from Internet Shops. Building a PC aint that hard either! I built mine and I know nothing about the workings of a PC!

If you have heard of Haynes manuals (like Kit Car building) then look for there one on PC building, its superb and is all you need to build any PC!

Price is alright, about what the components would end up as separately, but do check what model the DVDRW is..find out the motherboard too, if you can.

From where?
As long as it works it is a good price...

I was recently quoted £850 for this base unit and i just want to know what you guys think of the price?

2400 XP Athlon
512MB DDR
120Gb Hard Drive
128MB GeForce 4 Ti4600
10/100 Network
SoundBlaster 5.1
56k Internal Modem
DVD ReWriter
48x CD ReWriter
Windows XP