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Sukh

Sukh

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Hi guys, I haven't been looking into the general hardware for a while so don't know what the latest pieces are. Last time I looked it was the i5 750 as king of bang for buck.

So I have been approached by a work colleague about PC advice. He is interested in the below alienware system for £1099. Without a monitor :eek:

Could someone give some indication of a spec for similar money including a monitor? (20 inch ish)?

Is i5 still the way to go? 6870? I would need everything, case, psu, fans etc.

CHASSIS COLOUR Alienware Aurora Matte Black 525W Chassis edit
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i5-2400 (3.10GHz 6MB L3 Cache, 4C) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English edit
SECURITY SOFTWARE No Security/Anti-Virus Protection edit
SERVICES AND SUPPORT 1Yr Next Day Hardware Support included with your PC edit

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Upgrade to 2Yr Next Day Hardware Support [add £190.00 or £9/month1]
GRAPHICS CARD 1GB AMD Radeon™ HD 6870 edit
ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE PROTECTION No Accidental Damage Support edit
OPTICAL DRIVE DVD+/-RW (Read/Write) 24x edit
MEMORY 3072MB (3x1GB) 1333MHz DDR3 Memory edit
HARD DRIVE 500GB Serial ATA (7200RPM) Hard Drive edit
MONITOR Display Not Included edit
SOUND CARD Integrated HDA 7.1 Dolby Digital Audio edit
TELEPHONE SUPPORT NO - Dell may NOT telephone me in relation to my order and related products and services edit
Accessories
ALIENFX COLOUR Astral Aqua edit
AVATAR Alienware 3D edit
STEAM AND PORTAL Steam® Client and Portal™ Game - Factory Installed edit
Services & Software
Also included with your system
KEYBOARD Alienware Multimedia Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)
MOUSE Alienware Optical Mouse
Dell System Media Kit Alienware Aurora Resource DVD
Shipping Documents English - Documentation with UK/Irish Power Cord
Gedis Bundle Reference D02ASW01
Order Information Alienware Aurora (R3) DT Order - UK
Standard Warranty 1 year Next Business Day Hardware Support included with your PC
AutoMatic Updates AutoMatic Updates : AutoMatic updates - On
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Thanks for the help. I am reading through all the spec me threads, but would really appreciate some help.
 
"Titan Spinosaur" Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz @ 4.60GHz DDR3 Sandybridge System £599.98


Options applied to the above product:
No Cooling Upgrade £0.00

Options applied to the above product:
No Hard Drive Upgrade £0.00


Options applied to the above product:

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £81.98

Options applied to the above product:

XFX ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE AVP, Stalker, CODMW2 Games & 3D Mark 2011 £174.98

Iiyama ProLite E2409HDS 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £149.99

Sub Total : £839.11
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £17.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £171.32
Total : £1,027.93


http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-176-OE
 
Depends if there is someone who can build the PC for him (you'd do it for him for a pint may be? :D)

Choosing individual parts and self-build would save money/able to get better parts, but if he doesn't want the hassle and just want a pre-build PC ready to use, then the following will be superior to that overpriced Alienware in everyway at the similiar price:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-177-OE&groupid=43&catid=1444&subcat=

Or this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-179-OE&groupid=43&catid=1444&subcat=
plus choosing the Windows 7 Home Premium OEM and OCZ Vertex 2E SSD upgrade option.
That comes to a total of £981.95.

Add a BenQ G2222 1920x1080 LED Monitor (£107.99):
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-034-BQ
and that would sit nicely at £1089.94.
 
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I would help him build it :)

Is it possible to get a decent system with a monitor for £1k?

For example, I think a cheaper case and no H50 is on the meglasaur?
 
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everything including, keyboard/mouse/speaker etc.

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Will show him the prebuilt OCUK and the self build option. Could always pop to the office on a Saturday and do the build.
 
Assuming that the Alienware warranty is the same as the Dell one (Dell bought them right?), the two year next day warranty is difficult to make up for with off the shelf parts. For that matter the stock 12 months next business day hardware support sounds very good.

Sure you can build a faster one for less money. The price you pay is in the (absence of) support afterwards. In at least a few cases the guy who puts it together for a pint find he's now technical support for the foreseeable future.
 
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