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topshot_2k

 posted on 17th May 07 at 11:15

fair one :cool: lot of money though.


corsa-sxi

 posted on 17th May 07 at 11:13

quote:
Originally posted by topshot_2k
ive seen better for cheaper, for £150 he could have a core 2 duo E6600 chip and overclock to 4ghz.

Grahics could have been a better setup (SLI etc)

Hard drive is only 300gig


i think he's got 2 western digital 500gb ones too so thats 1300GB storage


topshot_2k

 posted on 17th May 07 at 11:04

quote:
Originally posted by corsa-sxi
is the spec reasonable then, would you say its around the best spec out atm

ps i cant find seagate spinpoints..did you mean samsung, mate buys all his stuff from ocuk

[Edited on 17-05-2007 by corsa-sxi]

[Edited on 17-05-2007 by corsa-sxi]



sorry yes, the 500gig drive is superb


topshot_2k

 posted on 17th May 07 at 11:04

ive seen better for cheaper, for £150 he could have a core 2 duo E6600 chip and overclock to 4ghz.

Grahics could have been a better setup (SLI etc)

Hard drive is only 300gig


corsa-sxi

 posted on 17th May 07 at 11:00

is the spec reasonable then, would you say its around the best spec out atm

ps i cant find seagate spinpoints..did you mean samsung, mate buys all his stuff from ocuk

[Edited on 17-05-2007 by corsa-sxi]

[Edited on 17-05-2007 by corsa-sxi]


topshot_2k

 posted on 17th May 07 at 10:58

quote:
Originally posted by corsa-sxi
he said they spin quicker or something so access data quicker :s



pretty much what the marketing team wanted yo to believe :lol:

they spin fast but for the ££ the size/access/read/write times make bigger quick drives like the seagate spinpoints a better buy


corsa-sxi

 posted on 17th May 07 at 10:56

he said they spin quicker or something so access data quicker :s


topshot_2k

 posted on 17th May 07 at 07:51

raptors arrnt that good tbh,


corsa-sxi

 posted on 16th May 07 at 22:57

qx6700 2.66ghz @ 3.0ghz £650
4gb (4x1) 6400c4 corsair dominator ram ~ £300
ATI HIS 2900XT Graphics ~ £270
2x 150GB WD Raptors in raid 0 ~£300
Asus p5wdh MOBO ~£150
Acoustic energy 2.1 ~£100
Antec 900 case ~£60
galaxy 1000w PSU ~£230
2x WD5000AAKS ~ £200
Zalman CNPS9700-LED Aero Flower (Socket AM2/939/754/775) CPU Cooler
~ £40
Synology Disk Station DS-107e NAS Enclosure ~ £160
24" samsung 245bmonitor ~ £400
sony & Asus DVD rw ~ £40
orange cables ~ £50

sorry my mistake, thats his spec i think, so around 3k, he said 3.5, but i didnt realise that included parts for his old pc, but i know nothing about computers so i dont know how good it is :lol:


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topshot_2k

 posted on 16th May 07 at 10:05

should have either waited or gone for the cheaper core 2 duos and overclocked to 3-4ghz imo


Cosmo

 posted on 16th May 07 at 10:04

quote:
Originally posted by corsa-sxi
my mate just built a PC costing him 3.5k, same processor as 1 listed above


he built his own and it cost £3.5k....what the hell kind of spec is it? As TBH I wouldnt of gone for the Quad core for that sort of priced spec!


corsa-sxi

 posted on 16th May 07 at 10:03

my mate just built a PC costing him 3.5k, same processor as 1 listed above


Cosmo

 posted on 16th May 07 at 09:58

yup, Id expect 4GB for that sort of money, probably PhysX, either a HD or Blu-Ray and water cooled.


Steve

 posted on 16th May 07 at 09:52

only 2gb of ram also, i would expect at least 4 considering thats vistas sweet spot


topshot_2k

 posted on 16th May 07 at 09:50

crazy money :! quad core :cool: good spec although there is little software that can make full use of it yet :lol:


Mad Moe

 posted on 16th May 07 at 09:49

Isn't the sound card a bit shit for a computer like that?


Jas

 posted on 16th May 07 at 09:41

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fastest-Custom-Gaming-PC-on-Ebay-Look-at-the-spec_W0QQitemZ160117335375QQihZ006QQcategoryZ179QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem