Final spec check

b34st · 8 Jul 2009 at 18:29

I think I have finally made up my mind, what do you think of this:

boldenc · 8 Jul 2009 at 18:37

The 4.20GHz is priced more than that, it is 700+, there is some options you have to manually choose 4.20GHz

b34st · 8 Jul 2009 at 18:40

Yea I realised that but I think the 4.20ghz is too expensive so I have went for the 4.00ghz version. I was tempted to save the money by getting seperates and overclock myself but since the final spec has come in under budget I thought id be lazy and get OCUK to do all the work for me.

Ben M · 8 Jul 2009 at 18:41

Be aware that text etc will be small on that monitor, as it has a very high number of pixels per square inch.

personally when spending £1500 I'd want a SSD boot drive.

b34st · 8 Jul 2009 at 18:44

Is there a monitor you would suggest in its place? I was originally going to get the Dell UltraSharp 2209WA 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor but I cant wait any longer to order and it isnt due back in stock untill the end of the month.

Ben M · 8 Jul 2009 at 18:47

I know little about monitors, if I were you I'd have a look at posts in the Monitors subforum to see what people are recommending.

b34st · 8 Jul 2009 at 18:49

I have done that which is where the dell and samsung came from. How small are we talking? I changed to this monitor because I read that it is good for coding and multitasking aswell as gaming.

Ben M · 8 Jul 2009 at 19:22

Well it's 16:9 rather than 16:10, so it's quite wide and not very tall. So maybe text won't be that much smaller than on a 24" 1920*1200. I do prefer 16:10 for general work though myself, it's personal preference though. Perhaps you could look at one in a shop?

If you find that it doesn't suit you, you can always return it under the DSA within a week of purchase, all it'll cost is postage.

b34st · 8 Jul 2009 at 19:30

I am now looking at the Samsung T240 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor but it really is a hard decision. When I decided I was going to get a new pc I didnt think I would have this much trouble deciding lol.

b34st · 8 Jul 2009 at 19:38

Just noticed your comment about SSD. I was going to get SSD but then decided to blow the budget on graphics. I will get an SSD or 2 in a month or so tho.