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Author:  cougar=GCHQ= [ Sat Feb 24, 2007 11:51 am ]
Post subject:  NEW DESKTOP?
Any ideas on this little number?

Dell quote £2500 for the box of tricks.




PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6700 Processor (2.66GHz, 1066MHz, 4MB)

MEMORY 4096MB Dual Channel DDR2 677MHz [4x1024] Memory

HARD DRIVE 500GB Serial ATA RAID 0 Stripe [2x250GB 7200rpm drives with DataBurstâ„¢ cache]

OPTICAL DRIVE 16X DVD+/-RW Drive

GRAPHICS CARD DUAL 512MB ATI® Radeon® X1950XTX

PHYSICS PCI CARD 128MB Ageiaâ„¢ PhysXâ„¢ physics accelerator

SOUND CARD Sound Blaster® X-Fi Xtreme Music PCI


Is it worth it?
Author:  Tao [ Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:09 pm ]
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Just a quick glance but looks a little pricey to me, for £2500 I'd probably look more at building the system myself as well tbh, that way you can really pick out a good brand of motherboard, card etc.
Author:  Sleeper Service=GCHQ= [ Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:31 pm ]
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No
Author:  Orion=GCHQ= [ Sat Feb 24, 2007 2:07 pm ]
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If you are willing to spend that kind of money for a new PC, you should just go and build it yourself.
Author:  gemma=GCHQ= [ Sat Feb 24, 2007 2:10 pm ]
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What are you planning to run on the ageia. I am sure there is stuff that does run on it.
Author:  FoRcEFiRe [ Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:38 pm ]
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if you have that cash to spend, build it yourself. You will end up with a much much better system.

Its defo got some of the latest stuff although personaly i believe the physics card is a waste of money atm. Nothing really supports it. Plus ATI are talking of enabling physics in crossfire setups. (1 card normal, 1 card physics)
Author:  Diablo-X [ Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:48 pm ]
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Awesome PC, but as has been said, build it yourself + don't use just dell..expensive.
Author:  happyslappy [ Sat Feb 24, 2007 5:25 pm ]
Post subject:  dell
no

get a alienware if your gona pay
Author:  [QBS]Dr.Strangelove [ Sat Feb 24, 2007 6:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: dell
happyslappy wrote:
no

get a alienware if your gona pay


alternative route.......

build your own :!: :!:
Author:  cougar=GCHQ= [ Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:07 pm ]
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thanks for your input.

I will look into building my own. Only play DC, but my settings at the moment are on low.

Also plan to play flight sim X so want the highest spec graphics and processor.
Author:  flatline=GCHQ= [ Sat Feb 24, 2007 8:00 pm ]
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for 2500 you could hace 8800gtx in sli and a quad core cpu.

also a single 8800gtx is only just slower than 2 ati on crossfire.

you dont need 4gig of ram either. :)
Author:  elbow=GCHQ= [ Sat Feb 24, 2007 8:05 pm ]
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do I need to say it?
Author:  maddog-easytarget=GCHQ= [ Sat Feb 24, 2007 8:18 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: dell
happyslappy wrote:
no

get a alienware if your gona pay


i would build my own over alien ware... as my brothers mate had an alienware computer and he paid alot for it i think he said... and i payed just under £1000 for mine... and it was better than his :lol: although i have put alot of upgrades into mine in the past 2 years :?

build ur own ftw :)
Author:  Extolerance=GCHQ= [ Sat Feb 24, 2007 8:27 pm ]
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Aye building your own is the best option.....but if your no good at computers then Alienware is the best way to go.....(well second really, depends if you could get a neighbour geek to build one for you) :roll:

Building your own does get you more value for money.
Author:  simon [ Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:30 pm ]
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Build your own for that price, you can get much better parts than what they are offering you for 2500.

For a start... my comp would probs kick that ones butt other than the CPU and slightly more RAM (bout £350 more than my total cost?)

I paid £1000 for mine and my specs aren't far from that. I think if you bought from them, you'd be throwing 1000+ away.

Also, you could go mega power and get an SLi system with the latest cards and decent parts, rather than the crappy ones they're gona put into it.

Peh... PC5300. *spits on the RAM* >.>
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