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I never knew choosing a new PC could be so difficult. Anyway, after deciding that, although iMac's look amazing, a PC was still the way to go.
I'm not going to bother to go into specs etc, but is it worth it to buy a new PC at the end of the summer?
I'm in Year 11 at the moment, just about to finish GCSEs. Now, bearing in mind I'm going to have this PC all the way through Uni too, I need a PC that's near top of the line.
So, would it be pointless buying it at the end of the summer, or should I wait until Christmas/next year/two years?
How drastically will PC's have changed by the three periods above?
Yes, your opinion is indeed important.
Thanks
I'm not going to bother to go into specs etc, but is it worth it to buy a new PC at the end of the summer?
I'm in Year 11 at the moment, just about to finish GCSEs. Now, bearing in mind I'm going to have this PC all the way through Uni too, I need a PC that's near top of the line.
So, would it be pointless buying it at the end of the summer, or should I wait until Christmas/next year/two years?
How drastically will PC's have changed by the three periods above?
Yes, your opinion is indeed important.
Thanks
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I was just on the Dell website and I thought I would customise my own PC when I thought it would be fun to see the best PC they have on offer.
The specs:
Standard Features
Outstanding workstation applications performance
Two IEEE 1394 ports
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional (Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional also available)
3 Years On-Site Next Business Day is Included within the Price
MiniTower with 3.5'' Floppy Bay, 3 External 5.25'' Bays & 4 Internal Bays (504.7 x 225.8 x 502.9mm)
Expansions
Dual Intel® Xeon Processors 3.06GHz (533FSB/512 cache) (+£900)
4GB (4X1024MB DIMM) 266MHz DDR Non-ECC SDRAM Memory (+£2,990)
146GB (10,000 rpm) U320/M SCSI Hard Drive (+£440)
146GB (10,000 rpm) U320/M SCSI Hard Drive (+£530)
146GB (10,000 rpm) U320/M SCSI Hard Drive (+£530)
146GB (10,000 rpm) U320/M SCSI Hard Drive (+£530)
(Note, you can get 4 hard drives on this 1 pc)
Hard Drive Bracket (+£10)
2nd IDE Cable (+£10)
64MB USB Memory Key (+£40)
PERC 320, External SCSI/RAID Connection Only! (+£260)
3DLabs Wildcat IV 7110 (256MB VGA/DVI) Graphics Card (+£1,230)
Dell 20" UltraSharp™ Flat Panel Monitor (+£570)
Dell 20" UltraSharp™ Flat Panel Monitor (+£730)
Dell Movie Studio Plus PCI Card and Break out Box (+£110)
4x DVD+RW Drive + Sonic DVDit! SE Video Authoring Software + 16x DVD-ROM Drive (+£330)
250MB Iomega Zip Drive (+£60)
Harman Kardon 395 Speakers (+£20)
Dell 56.6k Internal Data/Fax Modem (+£20)
Enhanced Performance USB keyboard with 7 programmable hotkeys (+£10)
Dell/Logitech Short-Cord 2 Button Scroll USB Mouse (+£10)
Mouse Pad (+£2)
Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional (SP3) (+£10)
Symantec Norton Antivirus v8.0 (+£25)
Noble Table Rails Lock (+£50)
Warranty Upgrade - 3 Year (4hr) Same Business Day On-Site (+£145)
Basic System Set up and Network Printer Installation (+£121)
Stoptrack Anti-Theft Label + Asset Tag, Side location - Standard Label (System's barcode in Text and Barcode format) (+£20)
It came to grand total of £12,920.30(incl. VAT & Del). I thought you would like to know as I wasn't aware this technology was for sale at the moment.
The specs:
Standard Features
Outstanding workstation applications performance
Two IEEE 1394 ports
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional (Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional also available)
3 Years On-Site Next Business Day is Included within the Price
MiniTower with 3.5'' Floppy Bay, 3 External 5.25'' Bays & 4 Internal Bays (504.7 x 225.8 x 502.9mm)
Expansions
Dual Intel® Xeon Processors 3.06GHz (533FSB/512 cache) (+£900)
4GB (4X1024MB DIMM) 266MHz DDR Non-ECC SDRAM Memory (+£2,990)
146GB (10,000 rpm) U320/M SCSI Hard Drive (+£440)
146GB (10,000 rpm) U320/M SCSI Hard Drive (+£530)
146GB (10,000 rpm) U320/M SCSI Hard Drive (+£530)
146GB (10,000 rpm) U320/M SCSI Hard Drive (+£530)
(Note, you can get 4 hard drives on this 1 pc)
Hard Drive Bracket (+£10)
2nd IDE Cable (+£10)
64MB USB Memory Key (+£40)
PERC 320, External SCSI/RAID Connection Only! (+£260)
3DLabs Wildcat IV 7110 (256MB VGA/DVI) Graphics Card (+£1,230)
Dell 20" UltraSharp™ Flat Panel Monitor (+£570)
Dell 20" UltraSharp™ Flat Panel Monitor (+£730)
Dell Movie Studio Plus PCI Card and Break out Box (+£110)
4x DVD+RW Drive + Sonic DVDit! SE Video Authoring Software + 16x DVD-ROM Drive (+£330)
250MB Iomega Zip Drive (+£60)
Harman Kardon 395 Speakers (+£20)
Dell 56.6k Internal Data/Fax Modem (+£20)
Enhanced Performance USB keyboard with 7 programmable hotkeys (+£10)
Dell/Logitech Short-Cord 2 Button Scroll USB Mouse (+£10)
Mouse Pad (+£2)
Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional (SP3) (+£10)
Symantec Norton Antivirus v8.0 (+£25)
Noble Table Rails Lock (+£50)
Warranty Upgrade - 3 Year (4hr) Same Business Day On-Site (+£145)
Basic System Set up and Network Printer Installation (+£121)
Stoptrack Anti-Theft Label + Asset Tag, Side location - Standard Label (System's barcode in Text and Barcode format) (+£20)
It came to grand total of £12,920.30(incl. VAT & Del). I thought you would like to know as I wasn't aware this technology was for sale at the moment.
Buy the most expensive one and just use it to surf the internet.
It'll be fun.
It'll be fun.
Does buying a SATA hard drive mean u need a specialist motherboard?
Well mine's got a pink rabbit on the monitor, so ner.
§niper wrote:
> ABIT NF7S NFORCE2 SOKA AGP8X SAT
> ATHLON XP 2400 266 DDR FSB
> 512MB 184 PIN 2.5V 333MHZ
> HDD PLUS9 120GB 7200 ATA133 IDE
> 16XDVD 40XCD ROM
> CDRW * 52X 24XRW 52XR INT IDE
> FLOPPY DISK * 3.5" 1.44MB DRIVE
> AGP 128MB RADEON 9700 DDR TV OUT
> CREATIVE AUDIGY2 PLAYER S/CARD
> WINDOWS XP HOME (OEM)
>
> Well these are my specs and future proof for my gaming.. but it
> depedns what you need it for.
Wouldnt bother with an Audigy 2 as the NF7S has its own built in sound. The built in sound actually handles very well. In tests it showed the onboard sound beating the Audigy 2. The only reason to get Audigy 2 is if you want EAX. If not then most will see that the onboard sound on the NF7S is more than sufficent.
Anyway those specs are the same sort as mine. Except add a XP2800, and then add 2x512mb DDR400, change 9700 Pro for a 9800 Pro, and then change the CD writer for a DVD writer.
> ABIT NF7S NFORCE2 SOKA AGP8X SAT
> ATHLON XP 2400 266 DDR FSB
> 512MB 184 PIN 2.5V 333MHZ
> HDD PLUS9 120GB 7200 ATA133 IDE
> 16XDVD 40XCD ROM
> CDRW * 52X 24XRW 52XR INT IDE
> FLOPPY DISK * 3.5" 1.44MB DRIVE
> AGP 128MB RADEON 9700 DDR TV OUT
> CREATIVE AUDIGY2 PLAYER S/CARD
> WINDOWS XP HOME (OEM)
>
> Well these are my specs and future proof for my gaming.. but it
> depedns what you need it for.
Wouldnt bother with an Audigy 2 as the NF7S has its own built in sound. The built in sound actually handles very well. In tests it showed the onboard sound beating the Audigy 2. The only reason to get Audigy 2 is if you want EAX. If not then most will see that the onboard sound on the NF7S is more than sufficent.
Anyway those specs are the same sort as mine. Except add a XP2800, and then add 2x512mb DDR400, change 9700 Pro for a 9800 Pro, and then change the CD writer for a DVD writer.
Alright, thanks.
I'm currently on £15, so by the time I've saved up they should be improved vastly.
Thanks for all your help.
I'm currently on £15, so by the time I've saved up they should be improved vastly.
Thanks for all your help.
Microchips wrote:
> I was configuring a Desktop on dell.co.uk earlier, and it comes to
> about £1000 with uprgrades on nearly all components.
>
> Would it be cheaper by Christmas would you think?
Always. Any computer you buy will have either gone down in price or up in spec by the same time next month. If you wait until next month, the same thing happens. Bottom line is, if you wait for the price to drop, you'll wait forever.
> I was configuring a Desktop on dell.co.uk earlier, and it comes to
> about £1000 with uprgrades on nearly all components.
>
> Would it be cheaper by Christmas would you think?
Always. Any computer you buy will have either gone down in price or up in spec by the same time next month. If you wait until next month, the same thing happens. Bottom line is, if you wait for the price to drop, you'll wait forever.
I was configuring a Desktop on dell.co.uk earlier, and it comes to about £1000 with uprgrades on nearly all components.
Would it be cheaper by Christmas would you think?
Would it be cheaper by Christmas would you think?
Microchips wrote:
> So it would be avisable to wait?
>
> Anything that saves me money is very welcome. :D
If you're just in it to save money, then buy now, as you will spend forever waiting otherwise :O) The usual advice to someone in your position would be "don't wait", but Serial ATA will be a big jump in hard drive technology, and it might be worth your while to wait until the industry has properly made that jump before you buy.
> So it would be avisable to wait?
>
> Anything that saves me money is very welcome. :D
If you're just in it to save money, then buy now, as you will spend forever waiting otherwise :O) The usual advice to someone in your position would be "don't wait", but Serial ATA will be a big jump in hard drive technology, and it might be worth your while to wait until the industry has properly made that jump before you buy.
*advisable
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