Opinions on a new set up please
24-01-2004, 20:03
|
#1
|
|
cf.mega poster
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Half in the corporeal, half in the etheral
Posts: 37,182
|
Opinions on a new set up please
I'm thinking of getting this set-up soon, with the Athlon XP 2600+, GeForce 4 and 512MB DDR Ram upgrade option. I'm not really interested in it's gaming potential as I have the XBOX for that, I'm just after a quality reliable set-up which I won't need to consider upgrading for at least a year.
Over to you guys 
__________________
Heavy Is The Crown
|
|
|
|
24-01-2004, 20:07
|
#2
|
|
Inactive
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 6,058
|
Re: Opinions on a new set up please
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Russ D
I'm thinking of getting this set-up soon, with the Athlon XP 2600+, GeForce 4 and 512MB DDR Ram upgrade option. I'm not really interested in it's gaming potential as I have the XBOX for that, I'm just after a quality reliable set-up which I won't need to consider upgrading for at least a year.
Over to you guys |
Depends what GF4 card you're getting Russ-don't get an MX. 
Other tahnk that, it looks ok.
|
|
|
|
|
24-01-2004, 20:09
|
#3
|
|
Inactive
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Tonbridge
Age: 59
Services: Amazon Prime Video & Netflix. Deregistered from my TV licence.
Posts: 21,960
|
Re: Opinions on a new set up please
Are you sure that you want a printer and a webcam that come bundled with the pc?
|
|
|
|
|
24-01-2004, 20:11
|
#4
|
|
cf.mega poster
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Half in the corporeal, half in the etheral
Posts: 37,182
|
Re: Opinions on a new set up please
Quote:
|
Depends what GF4 card you're getting Russ-don't get an MX
|
I'm not all that bothered by the Graphics card to be honest, as long as it does an above average job.
edit - although saying that, look at the upgrade page here - you see the MX lurking....
Quote:
|
Are you sure that you want a printer and a webcam that come bundled with the pc?
|
I don't really have a choice, it comes with the package and it's no cheaper without them. I could always sell them I spose.
__________________
Heavy Is The Crown
|
|
|
|
|
24-01-2004, 20:16
|
#5
|
|
Inactive
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Tonbridge
Age: 59
Services: Amazon Prime Video & Netflix. Deregistered from my TV licence.
Posts: 21,960
|
Re: Opinions on a new set up please
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Russ D
I don't really have a choice, it comes with the package and it's no cheaper without them. I could always sell them I spose.
|
I always find that there is usually a better package at the same price without extras like that.
ie. they are usually charging you for the extras.
|
|
|
|
|
24-01-2004, 20:21
|
#6
|
|
Inactive
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Tonbridge
Age: 59
Services: Amazon Prime Video & Netflix. Deregistered from my TV licence.
Posts: 21,960
|
Re: Opinions on a new set up please
How about this one from Mesh
|
|
|
|
|
24-01-2004, 20:22
|
#7
|
|
Inactive
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: on a battlefield somewhere :)
Posts: 101
|
Re: Opinions on a new set up please
not bad at all, but the video upgrade seems a bit steep.To stick the ti4200 in is an extra £159!!! woosers. i paid £69 3 months ago for the same card at bowlers 
|
|
|
|
|
24-01-2004, 20:29
|
#8
|
|
Inactive
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Tonbridge
Age: 59
Services: Amazon Prime Video & Netflix. Deregistered from my TV licence.
Posts: 21,960
|
Re: Opinions on a new set up please
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by martinell
not bad at all, but the video upgrade seems a bit steep.To stick the ti4200 in is an extra £159!!! woosers. i paid £69 3 months ago for the same card at bowlers |
....and I sold my old T1 4600 for £40 to someone here 2 months ago
|
|
|
|
|
24-01-2004, 20:43
|
#9
|
|
Guest
|
Re: Opinions on a new set up please
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Ramrod
I always find that there is usually a better package at the same price without extras like that.
ie. they are usually charging you for the extras.
|
if Russ wanted to stick with that supplier, I would go for the G-Value Pro - take the Pentium4 2.6 option and have enough left over for the Ti graphics upgrade.
The Mesh one you posted looked good, Ramrod, only thing I didn't like was the DVD/CD/RW 'combo' drive, 'cos I've heard of people having problems with them?
|
|
|
|
|
24-01-2004, 21:23
|
#10
|
|
Inactive
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Tonbridge
Age: 59
Services: Amazon Prime Video & Netflix. Deregistered from my TV licence.
Posts: 21,960
|
Re: Opinions on a new set up please
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by homealone
The Mesh one you posted looked good, Ramrod, only thing I didn't like was the DVD/CD/RW 'combo' drive, 'cos I've heard of people having problems with them? |
That may be, I wouldn't know.
|
|
|
|
|
24-01-2004, 22:36
|
#11
|
|
cf.mega poster
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Half in the corporeal, half in the etheral
Posts: 37,182
|
Re: Opinions on a new set up please
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by homealone
if Russ wanted to stick with that supplier, I would go for the G-Value Pro - take the Pentium4 2.6 option and have enough left over for the Ti graphics upgrade. |
Yeah but it's a Pentium - give me Athlon any day. Plus there's no monitor in that deal and only 256K RAM.
That deal from Mesh looks pretty good actually but I'm a little concerned at the amount of memory - it would take a LOT of persuading to get me to settle for less than 512K.
__________________
Heavy Is The Crown
|
|
|
|
|
25-01-2004, 23:01
|
#12
|
|
Inactive
Join Date: Jun 2003
Services: Cablevision
Posts: 8,305
|
Re: Opinions on a new set up please
Decide on your spec and email it to this guy for a quote. Did me a fantastic tower.
http://www.selectcomputers.co.uk/
AMD 2400, 1Gb Ram, 2x SATA 80GB HDD in Raid0, ATI Radeon 9000, Firewire, CD, DVD. Very Happy with the results.
You could also take a look at his ebay auctions.
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT. The time now is 10:57.
|
Join CF
You are here: 
