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"New pc..."

Right, i have just gotta job, and I am thinking of getting a new pc. Now, i can either save up for a whole one form say Maxx PC, build my own, or build one of these snazzy shuttle type ones. I particulaly like the hi-fi type MSI one, however, would it be a waste of money?

What would you do?

Right, i have just gotta job, and I am thinking of getting a new pc. Now, i can either save up for a whole one form say Maxx PC, build my own, or build one of these snazzy shuttle type ones. I particulaly like the hi-fi type MSI one, however, would it be a waste of money?

What would you do?

Yesterday I specced up a pretty jazzy rig designed for silent running, style and performance. It came to £1006 or something, although that's assuming you have an operating system and a sound output (i.e. hifi nearby). If you want the list of parts, just ask.

I am looking into these barebone small systems, however, they only have AGP 4x slots, so I will not be able to slap a Radeon 9800 Pro and have it running at its full spec.

Im looking at a self build myself.

Abit NF7-S v2.0
Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600 Pro
Thermaltake Xaser III Aluminium super tower - silver
Corsair 512mb DDR Twin X (2*256MB)
Maxtor DiamondMAx Plus9 Serial ATA 120GB 8MB cache
AMD Athlon Barton XP2500+
Cooler Master Aero 7 Lite

I was thinking of getting this thing, http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/slim_pc/slm/ |space| pro_slm_detail.php?UID=431&MODEL=MEGA651

as more of a hifi, but a pc as well. As well as having a nice pc.

Personally i wouldnt buy that.

cookie monster wrote:
> Im looking at a self build myself.
>
> Abit NF7-S v2.0
> Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600 Pro
> Thermaltake Xaser III Aluminium super tower - silver**
> Corsair 512mb DDR Twin X (2*256MB)
> Maxtor DiamondMAx Plus9 Serial ATA 120GB 8MB cache
> AMD Athlon Barton XP2500+
> Cooler Master Aero 7 Lite

how much have you priced the xaser @?

apart from the abit (8rda3+) and the silver xaser (black) thats the spec I'm getting, if the parts ever turn up!

well, really all I want is a nice case, i want a case like this http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/ |space| 11.10/images/FT_makeover_3.jpg

I don't think it's worth the money

at_524 wrote:
> how much have you priced the xaser @?
>
> apart from the abit (8rda3+) and the silver xaser (black) thats the
> spec I'm getting, if the parts ever turn up!

The Xaser is £97.50 excluding VAT although i saw it cheaper (from the heads of tek, wink wink ;)), but im buying it all from the same place to save on postage.