Is this a good Price??

Hi Guys

A colleague at work has offered to build me a new base unit, which includes
the following:-

Intel P4 Prescott 3ghz
Msi mobo with 6 usb ports and 5.1 surround sound
512 ddr 400 Ram(Dual Channel)
Ati 9550 256 Graphics Card
Floppy with integrated card reader
160gb 8meg cache Maxtor Hard Drive SATA
Quality case with Front Usb Connections
DVD-r drive dual layer and cd-r drive(does dvd+-R,dvd+-RW and DUAL LAYER)

£550 inc Windows XP Pro

What do you think

Any advice much appreciated


Tony

"Tony&Debs" wrote in message
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Hi Guys

A colleague at work has offered to build me a new base unit, which
includes
the following:-

Intel P4 Prescott 3ghz
Msi mobo with 6 usb ports and 5.1 surround sound
512 ddr 400 Ram(Dual Channel)
Ati 9550 256 Graphics Card
Floppy with integrated card reader
160gb 8meg cache Maxtor Hard Drive SATA
Quality case with Front Usb Connections
DVD-r drive dual layer and cd-r drive(does dvd+-R,dvd+-RW and DUAL LAYER)

£550 inc Windows XP Pro

What do you think

Any advice much appreciated


Tony



Assuming it's all new parts, a quality case means something around the £50
mark and that the OS is a licensed original then it's in the right area.


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On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 08:33:49 GMT, "BigH2K"
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"Tony&Debs" wrote in message
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Hi Guys

A colleague at work has offered to build me a new base unit, which
includes
the following:-

Intel P4 Prescott 3ghz
Msi mobo with 6 usb ports and 5.1 surround sound
512 ddr 400 Ram(Dual Channel)
Ati 9550 256 Graphics Card
Floppy with integrated card reader
160gb 8meg cache Maxtor Hard Drive SATA
Quality case with Front Usb Connections
DVD-r drive dual layer and cd-r drive(does dvd+-R,dvd+-RW and DUAL LAYER)

£550 inc Windows XP Pro

What do you think

Any advice much appreciated


Tony



Assuming it's all new parts, a quality case means something around the £50
mark and that the OS is a licensed original then it's in the right area.

Yep, althought I would expect a PCI-e mobo & graphics card even if
only something like an X300 these days on anything less than a cheapie
machine. PCI-e isn't too much of an improvement at the moment, but
then there isn't much that exploits the increased bandwidth yet, its
mostly games in development at the moment so mainstream wise a year or
so away.

For quality case that could be anywhere from 50 to 100 quid, its a bit
of a washy statement. Same with the MIS mobo, that depends alot on
the chipset for the mobo.
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"Tony&Debs" wrote in message
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Hi Guys

A colleague at work has offered to build me a new base unit, which
includes
the following:-

Intel P4 Prescott 3ghz
Msi mobo with 6 usb ports and 5.1 surround sound
512 ddr 400 Ram(Dual Channel)
Ati 9550 256 Graphics Card
Floppy with integrated card reader
160gb 8meg cache Maxtor Hard Drive SATA
Quality case with Front Usb Connections
DVD-r drive dual layer and cd-r drive(does dvd+-R,dvd+-RW and DUAL LAYER)

£550 inc Windows XP Pro

What do you think

Any advice much appreciated


Tony




Prescott = £126.00
MSI Motherboard, if it is this model,(MSI 651M-V) I would give it a miss, it
has the SIS 651 chipset which is absolute pants!!
with onboard sound and graphics, Price = £36.00.
Memory = £52.00
ATI Graphics Card = £65.00
Floppy = £18.00
160Gig Drive 8mb Cache = £60.00
Case will vary, but around £40.00 Average
DVDR (Depending on Model) = £45.00 Approx

I doubt if Windows will be a Pukka version? as it can cost anything up to
£100.00

Total = £542.00

Best bet is to get the make and model numbers of all the parts of this
system and post the details, that way we can give
you a better opinion of this system.?

P.S I would not get a Prescott, they run way tooooo HOT, I had one, could
not get temp down below 58oC idle, that was using a
Thermaltake P4 Spark 7+ Heatsink and fan.

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On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 10:05:34 +0100, "Snøøp¥"
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"Tony&Debs" wrote in message
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Hi Guys

A colleague at work has offered to build me a new base unit, which
includes
the following:-

Intel P4 Prescott 3ghz
Msi mobo with 6 usb ports and 5.1 surround sound
512 ddr 400 Ram(Dual Channel)
Ati 9550 256 Graphics Card
Floppy with integrated card reader
160gb 8meg cache Maxtor Hard Drive SATA
Quality case with Front Usb Connections
DVD-r drive dual layer and cd-r drive(does dvd+-R,dvd+-RW and DUAL LAYER)

£550 inc Windows XP Pro

What do you think

Any advice much appreciated


Tony




Prescott = £126.00
MSI Motherboard, if it is this model,(MSI 651M-V) I would give it a miss, it
has the SIS 651 chipset which is absolute pants!!
with onboard sound and graphics, Price = £36.00.
Memory = £52.00
ATI Graphics Card = £65.00

Floppy = £18.00

Or about 8 quid from PC World :-)

160Gig Drive 8mb Cache = £60.00
Case will vary, but around £40.00 Average
DVDR (Depending on Model) = £45.00 Approx

I doubt if Windows will be a Pukka version? as it can cost anything up to
£100.00

Say an OEM for around 65 to 80?


Total = £542.00

Yep, not bad as they are not including build costs on that.

I would expect as you mention the MSI mobo to be the cheapest you can
get. Really buy very cheapo or expect to pay 80 + for a mobo and get
something good.
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just to add.......

Had some trouble with MSI mainboard - ie going legs up after quite a short
time.
I used to be a big fan of them but now............

I'd be tempted to go for a decent Abit [80 quid ish...]


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On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 10:05:34 +0100, "Snøøp¥"
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SNIP

Floppy = £18.00

Or about 8 quid from PC World :-)


£8 for floppy with integral card reader from PCWorld . . . . must be a
special offer ?

160Gig Drive 8mb Cache = £60.00
Case will vary, but around £40.00 Average
DVDR (Depending on Model) = £45.00 Approx

I doubt if Windows will be a Pukka version? as it can cost anything up to
£100.00

Say an OEM for around 65 to 80?


That is well cheap for XP Pro, even for OEM ex vat ? Another special
offer ?


Total = £542.00

Yep, not bad as they are not including build costs on that.

I would expect as you mention the MSI mobo to be the cheapest you can
get. Really buy very cheapo or expect to pay 80 + for a mobo and get
something good.

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 23:08:45 +0100, "SimonG Ltd."
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"Gama Chameleon" wrote
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On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 10:05:34 +0100, "Snøøp¥"
wrote:

SNIP

Floppy = £18.00

Or about 8 quid from PC World :-)


£8 for floppy with integral card reader from PCWorld . . . . must be a
special offer ?

Skollob, missed the integrated reader bit :-)

160Gig Drive 8mb Cache = £60.00
Case will vary, but around £40.00 Average
DVDR (Depending on Model) = £45.00 Approx

I doubt if Windows will be a Pukka version? as it can cost anything up to
£100.00

Say an OEM for around 65 to 80?


That is well cheap for XP Pro, even for OEM ex vat ? Another special
offer ?

I really should stop reading Linux scripts for more than 4 hours in a
go, I;m getting # ! and * burnt into my retina :-)

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"no66y©" wrote in message
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just to add.......

Had some trouble with MSI mainboard - ie going legs up after quite a short
time.
I used to be a big fan of them but now............

I'd be tempted to go for a decent Abit [80 quid ish...]


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Hi Guys

Had a word with him at work last night, the MObo is a MSI 865pe Neo2-ps

And a copy of Office xp thrown in as well..

Thanks for all your replies

Much appreciated

Tony

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:04:08 GMT, "Tony&Debs"
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"no66y©" wrote in message
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just to add.......

Had some trouble with MSI mainboard - ie going legs up after quite a short
time.
I used to be a big fan of them but now............

I'd be tempted to go for a decent Abit [80 quid ish...]


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Hi Guys

Had a word with him at work last night, the MObo is a MSI 865pe Neo2-ps

And a copy of Office xp thrown in as well..

At that price if those are genuine XP OS and Office licences then its
a bargain.
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