Of I've had a couple of SN45G v1.1's for many moons now, both with XP2500+(M)'s a gig of ram, 17" Hitatchi's and 9700/9800 Pro's. A mate has offered me good money for one of them and as they are primarily business machines if I replace them I can write the cost of the new one off in its first year.
So I'm considering replacing the pair of them with one of these!
My main question is really is there anything that should make me consider waiting till say after xmas, new kit that might bring the price of this little lot down or any new must haves. As this is going to be my main desktop for the next three years I would really like it to last as long as poss...
Thanks for your input and time.
FS-072-SH Shuttle XPC SD37P2 Aluminium Barebones System - Intel Pentium D (LGA775) (FS-072-SH)
£263.99 £263.99
MY-097-CS Corsair 2GB DDR2 Value Select PC5300 Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) (VS2GBKIT667D2) (MY-097-CS)
£144.99 £144.99
MO-047-SA Samsung SM-205BW 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-047-SA)
£204.99 £204.99
CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)
£99.99 £99.99
HD-111-WD Western Digital Caviar RE 160GB 1600YS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-111-WD)
£39.99 £79.98
GX-050-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1950 XT-X SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR4 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-050-CO)
£249.99 £249.99
Subtotal £1,043.93
VAT £182.69
Total £1,226.62
So I'm considering replacing the pair of them with one of these!
My main question is really is there anything that should make me consider waiting till say after xmas, new kit that might bring the price of this little lot down or any new must haves. As this is going to be my main desktop for the next three years I would really like it to last as long as poss...
Thanks for your input and time.
FS-072-SH Shuttle XPC SD37P2 Aluminium Barebones System - Intel Pentium D (LGA775) (FS-072-SH)
£263.99 £263.99
MY-097-CS Corsair 2GB DDR2 Value Select PC5300 Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) (VS2GBKIT667D2) (MY-097-CS)
£144.99 £144.99
MO-047-SA Samsung SM-205BW 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-047-SA)
£204.99 £204.99
CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)
£99.99 £99.99
HD-111-WD Western Digital Caviar RE 160GB 1600YS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-111-WD)
£39.99 £79.98
GX-050-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1950 XT-X SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR4 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-050-CO)
£249.99 £249.99
Subtotal £1,043.93
VAT £182.69
Total £1,226.62