Beat this spec?

[Blackhorse]

Hi my mate was looking to build a computer and i advised him to look here and he thinks that the deal he found with *no competitors!* is a cracker and when he tries to build something simlar here hit clocks in around £1600

He is looking at

Key Features:

Gaming System with SLI Graphics
Genuine Windows® XP Media Center
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 Processor
(2.40GHz ,4MB L2 Cache, 1066MHz)
ASUS nForce 4 SLI Deluxe Mainboard
2048MB DDR2 533MHz Memory
300GB Serial ATA Hard Drive
2x 256MB nVIDIA 7600GT Graphics
(2 Graphics Cards in SLI™ Configuration)
19" Sony LCD TFT Display(DVI, 8ms)
Sony 18x Super Format DVD Writer
Creative Labs Sounblaster Audigy 4 ZS
T6060 or T3330 Speakers + Subwoofer
10 USB, 2x Firewire, GB LAN
Cordless KB & Rechargeable Mouse
Advantage Warranty-2Yrs Onsite + 1Yr BTB

Delivery : FREE
Availability : approx. 5-7 working days


£1299.00 inc VAT
(£1105.53 ex VAT)

 

[Tetras]

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)
£194.99 £194.99
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-5400C4 TwinX (2x1GB) (MY-095-CS)
£139.99 £139.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-078-SE)
£59.95 £59.95
Microsoft Windows XP Media Centre 2005 Edition - OEM - 1Pk (M93-00200) (SW-008-MS)
£65.99 £65.99
Creative Inspire T6060 5.1 Speakers - Retail (SP-060-CL)
£42.75 £42.75
HIS ATI Radeon X1900 XT ICEQ 3 SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-053-HT)
£199.99 £199.99
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4 7.1 EAX Sound Card - OEM (SC-037-CL)
£30.50 £30.50
Asrock ConroeXFire-eSATA2 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-003-AK)
£53.99 £53.99
OcUK Value Hanns-G HW191D 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver (MO-017-OK)
£113.99 £113.99
Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU (CA-005-AK)
£69.95 £69.95
Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 3000 Laser - Retail (KB-074-LG)
£54.99 £54.99
Enermax Liberty 500W ELT500AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-025-EN)
£61.99 £61.99
NEC ND4571 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Silver) - OEM (CD-032-NE)
£21.50 £21.50
Subtotal £1,110.57
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £24.95
VAT £198.72
Total £1,334.24

 

[semi-pro waster]

Tetra's specification is/was better(it seems to have disappeared as I'm typing) although I'd change the motherboard to a Gigabyte DS4 or similar and maybe the case/PSU to an Antec Sonata II to keep it within the budget.