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Originally Posted by James79
I seem to be moving more and more towards a desktop here with my statements, but portability isnt very important to me - space saving probably is more important??
Ive seen a PC on Dell that I like - very high powered spec - not a bad price imho:
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Intel® Pentium 4 processor with HT technology 650 (3.40GHz, 800FSB, 2MB cache).
1024MB Dual Channel DDR2 400MHz.
Dell 1905FP 19" UltraSharpTM Flat Panel Monitor with Height Adjustable Stand.
256MB ATI Radeon X850XT Platinum.
320GB Serial ATA RAID 0 Stripe [2x160GB 7200rpm drives with DataBurst↞¢ cache].
16x max. DVD+/-RW and 16x DVD.
Creative Labs Sound Blaster ® Audigy 2 ZS (Dell), PCI 7.1 Surround Sound and IEEE1394.
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All for £1,395. 63 (including delivery)
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A fair bit of power, but a lot of money too.
Unfortunately Dell are tied to Intel Processors. That's fine for laptops as the Pentium M range is probably still the best mobile processor. However for desktops many will argue that AMD's Athlons have stolen a march on the Pentium. Current versions run cooler (makes for a quieter PC if nothing else as fans run slower) and seem to have more oomph. If you need the Hyperthreading technology of the Pentium (more multitasking) OK, but for gaming, where the PC is concentrating heavily on the one task the AMD might do you better. It does mean a different PC supplier though.
As for space saving, have a look at things bundled with the PC. Speakers to make the most of the sound card will be a fair size, but at least the flat screen monitor will save deskspace.