New PC, is it worth price

[The Bugged Out]

I am thinking of getting a new PC, this is the price and spec. is it worth the price or can you get a better deal elsewhere?

£1366.53 in. VAT

Case: CoolerMaster Cosmos Silent Gaming Tower Case w/ 420 Watts Power Supply (Original Color)
CPU: (Sckt775)Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6850 CPU @ 3.00GHz 1333FSB 4MB L2 Cache 64-bit
Motherboard: (Quad-Core support) Asus P5N-E nForce 650i SLI Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2 Mainboard
Memory: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)4GB (2x2GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Mushkin Value Select or Major Brand)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 16X PCI Express Video Card (BFG Geforce 8800GT OC2 512MB)
Video Card 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 16X PCI Express Video Card (BFG Geforce 8800GT OC2 512MB)
Video Card 3: NONE
Monitor & LCD: 22" (21.6" Viewable) WIDE 5MS TFT Active Matrix LCD Display Monitor
Hard Drive: Single Hard Drive (400GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
Data Hard Drive: NONE
Optical Drive: SONY DUAL FORMAT 20X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR)
Optical Drive 2: NONE
Sound: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO

[Section_31]

Fuck, I wouldn't even spend £1,300 notes on Skynet.

Surely you can get cheaper than that in this day and age? They're selling duel core 1 gig memory PCs for £340 in Comet, with 19 inch monitors, and that's frigging COMET!

[Fink]

that PSU looks under powered for the SLI

Id also try and get a raptor hard drive to put the o/s on as it makes things fly. For 1300 notes Id deffo want a raptor HD

[The Bugged Out]

cheers fink

[CaramaC]

Can't really comment on the spec and price as l have'nt really kept up with the latest stuff for 3 or so years now. l built my own and used the coolermaster wavemaster case, they do make quality cases if you are prepared to pay around a hundred quid for one.

[Spy Bee]

Originally Posted by Section_31 Fuck, I wouldn't even spend £1,300 notes on Skynet. Surely you can get cheaper than that in this day and age? They're selling duel core 1 gig memory PCs for £340 in Comet, with 19 inch monitors, and that's frigging COMET!

Are they selling them without the monitor and keyboard etc? If so - how much?

[Section_31]

Originally Posted by Spy Bee Are they selling them without the monitor and keyboard etc? If so - how much?

Dunno mate, doubt it though they tend to just package it all together.

[Uncle_Meat]

Originally Posted by Section_31 Fuck, I wouldn't even spend £1,300 notes on Skynet. Surely you can get cheaper than that in this day and age? They're selling duel core 1 gig memory PCs for £340 in Comet, with 19 inch monitors, and that's frigging COMET!

The downside is they usually suck varying amounts of arse.

The cheapest of the cheap motherboards, with the most basic PSU that'll run the fucker, and low (some not even with a dedicated PCI-E slot) spec video options. If you're really in luck, it'll be bespoke motherboard/mountings inside the case so you can't even upgrade/repair the sod properly when it goes bang.

[Vivaldo]

TBO, what are you looking for something built for gaming?

If so Alien Ware have a god rep. If I didn't build my own i'd defo consider one of these babies...

Alienware Area-51 High-Performance Gaming Desktop Computer

Or a Commodore....

Commodore gx

£1300 notes gets you a lot nowadays....

[Captain]

Originally Posted by The Bugged Out I am thinking of getting a new PC, this is the price and spec. is it worth the price or can you get a better deal elsewhere?

For that kind of money, I wouldn't even consider a 65nm C2D, mate. I'd also expect a dedicated sound card.

I'd pass on that deal.

[The Bugged Out]

Thanks alot for the input guys.

the problem with the lienware is that they dont include the monitor yet still charge as much, my old monitor is on the way out so wanted to include that in the new purchase.

[Nick]

OcUK Value L2442WD-VA 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black get this monitor

[hamstrung]

Originally Posted by Vivaldo Or a Commodore.... Commodore gx £1300 notes gets you a lot nowadays....

Get one of them. Daley Thomsons Decathlon is ace.