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sasha1970
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_ 		10. December 2008 @ 04:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Computer Case X-Blade Black
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 (2 x 3.0 GHZ) 1333FSB - 6 MB
Motherboard ASUS P5N-D S/L 1333FSB (NVIDIA 750i)
Memory 4GB PC-6400 800 MHZ (2 x 2 GB) (DDR2)
Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4870 - 1 GB - 2xDVI/VGA (Palit) - OverClocked
Power Supply OCZ 600W Stealth XStream - Low Noise
Hard Drive 1 500 GB SATA-II HDD UDMA 300 7200 16MB
Optical Drive 1 Samsung (SH-D162D) 16x DVD-ROM Black (IDE)
Optical Drive 2 ASUS (DRW-2014L1T) DVD +/- RW 20x - Black - Lightscribe (SATA)
Sound Card Motherboard Integrated 5.1 Sound
Networking Motherboard Integrated Ethernet Lan (Broadband Ready)
USB Ports 10 X USB 2.0 Ports
CPU Heatsink Speeze QuadroFlow VIII - Low Noise
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-BIT (Genuine DVD & COA Included)
Backup Solution Standard Operating System Backup
Monitor 22" Widescreen TFT Black/Silver - 5MS









£ 856.98
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sammorris
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_ 		10. December 2008 @ 10:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
That's a pretty terrible price, if I'm honest, mainly because it's a terrible PC. It uses a poor quality case, a dire motherboard, a pretty poor heatsink, and the actual specification of the system is low for how much it costs.
Perhaps build a PC yourself?
Here's a better quality version of that PC laid out in parts:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/139971
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/145668
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130429
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/147243
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131052
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/124228
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131755
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/151999
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/105994
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/142785
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/150966
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143854
This works out about the same price, but you have a far better quality set of parts. You could easily save money by getting a better value processor, like the E7300, which is £46 cheaper, and only about 15% slower, plus this system can overclock the CPU very easily too, the one you outlined will not fare so well, and if you're not overclocking, there's no reason to use an aftermarket CPU cooler, so you can save £15 there too.

You don't need the 1GB version of that graphics card on a 22" monitor, you will never notice the difference.
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PC Specs page -- http://my.afterdawn.com/sammorris/blog_entry.cfm/11247
updated 10-Dec-13
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