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[Nossmayo]

Would appreciate any help/input with this.

My mums asked me to help her by a PC.
She's got a quote from a local firm to build one (to be used as a general office, although high usage machine) as follows:

Case
Foxconn TSAA-156 4 Bay 420W ATX Case - £29.25
Processor
Interl Skt 775 Conroe E4300 Core2Duo £1.80 GHz 800FB 2Mb - £87.63
Motherboard
Foxconn 8EKRS2H CORE 2 DUO S775 DDR2 OBS LAN - £77.09
Memory
OCZ 1Gb Value PC5400 - 667MHz Timings: 5-5-5-15 - £31.91
HDD
Seagate 320 GB Barracuda 7200.10 SATA2 16M - £68.91
Graphics Card
Sparkle 128Mb GeForce 7100GS PCX - 29.30
Peripheral
Microsoft Black Value Keyboard & Mouse Pack - £16.42
Monitor
Yaraku 19" MA9J Widescreen TFT - £109.93
Fan
Trust 420W PSU Low Noise Big Fan PW-5250 - £18.53
O/S
MS Windows XP Pro - £95.19

TOTAL PRICE including VAT (& Build Services) £786.47.

Can anyone tell me how this compares to say a DELL Inspiron 531 Link

Again, any help or advice would be most appreciated.

Cheers.

Matt.

 

[Deluxe1]

That seems well overpriced for what it is,if your mam just wants it for general office use then i`d go with the Dell and save some money.

 

[Nossmayo]

(Thanks for quick reply) I think you're right. The DELL is only £500 incl. VAT (including monitor and double the RAM).

I wasn't sure about the comparisons between the two processors...?

Assuming she goes with the DELL can anyone tell me if its beneficial to upgrade the processor from AMD Athlon 64 x 2 Dual Core Processor 3600+ to:

4000+ (£15 more)
4400+ (£29 more)
5000+ (£58 more)
5600+ (£82 more).

Thanks.


Matt.

 

[Deluxe1]

Go with the 5600+,you`ll still be saving money from the spec from your local pc place.

 

[Nossmayo]

Thanks very much...!