Have i Got a Good Deal?

axe · 3 Jun 2006 at 17:02

ive just bought this full pc ...

Pentium 4 3.06ghz with HT (478)
Asus P4C800 Deluxe Motherboard.
1GB DDR 400 ( Generic i think )
2 x 80GB hdd's
Fx5900 128mb Gfx
Case with neons and window , Psu and Dvd-Rw
Windows Xp Home SP2

All for ...........£200

collisster · 3 Jun 2006 at 17:04

yeh seems it, is it 2nd hand?
mayb a new GFX card once you've got it

djjuk · 3 Jun 2006 at 17:55

Seems a fair price tbh...Not a mega deal imo but not bad overall..

Then again when you compare that to the price I paid just for my 1900XT maybe it is a bargain :eek:

Explicit · 3 Jun 2006 at 17:58

Looks about right for the price, would have tried to knock another £20 off

semi-pro waster · 3 Jun 2006 at 18:08

Not a bad price by any means although you are stuck with AGP and socket 478, however depending on your uses it is still a pretty decent PC. What will you be using it for?

axe · 3 Jun 2006 at 19:35

semi-pro waster said:
Not a bad price by any means although you are stuck with AGP and socket 478, however depending on your uses it is still a pretty decent PC. What will you be using it for?

nothing much just usual browsing and maybe the odd game im going to get a new cpu fan and see how far it can overclock .

comp builder · 3 Jun 2006 at 19:47

axe said:
ive just brought this full pc ...

Pentium 4 3.06ghz with HT (478)
Asus P4C800 Deluxe Motherboard.
1GB DDR 400 ( Generic i think )
2 x 80GB hdd's
Fx5900 128mb Gfx
Case with neons and window , Psu and Dvd-Rw
Windows Xp Home SP2

All for ...........£200

how much cache does the pentium have and how much did it cost, also why did you buy 2 80gb hdd's why not just buy one 160gb hdd :cool:

basmic · 3 Jun 2006 at 19:51

My 3.06 P4 is chugging away at 3.52GHz - with headroom for more. :cool:

axe · 3 Jun 2006 at 20:03

comp builder said:
how much cache does the pentium have and how much did it cost, also why did you buy 2 80gb hdd's why not just buy one 160gb hdd

i got it 2nd hand and it all came as 1 base unit and he had 2 x 80gb hdd's

RandomTom · 3 Jun 2006 at 20:07

axe said:
ive just brought this full pc ...

*bought.

axe said:
Pentium 4 3.06ghz with HT (478)
Asus P4C800 Deluxe Motherboard.
1GB DDR 400 ( Generic i think )
2 x 80GB hdd's
Fx5900 128mb Gfx
Case with neons and window , Psu and Dvd-Rw
Windows Xp Home SP2

All for ...........£200

Pretty much the same as my rig at the moment but I've got a 9800 pro and a 120gb drive in my sugo; i'd expect more than that, so yes you've got a good deal

comp builder · 3 Jun 2006 at 20:29

basmic said:
My 3.06 P4 is chugging away at 3.52GHz - with headroom for more.

what do you mean headroom for more, i sorta know what it means like it could take more but how could you get a processor to work at a faster ghz rate?

comp builder · 3 Jun 2006 at 20:30

axe said:
i got it 2nd hand and it all came as 1 base unit and he had 2 x 80gb hdd's

o ok just wondering lol

Mikey1280 · 3 Jun 2006 at 20:41

Comp builder said:
how could you get a processor to work at a faster ghz rate?

Err overclocking?

basmic · 3 Jun 2006 at 21:06

comp builder said:
what do you mean headroom for more, i sorta know what it means like it could take more but how could you get a processor to work at a faster ghz rate?

Increase the FSB in the BIOS, but in increments of 5.

This is known as Overclocking.

Out of interest, how did you find OcUK (Overclockers UK)?

axe · 3 Jun 2006 at 21:06

comp builder said:
what do you mean headroom for more, i sorta know what it means like it could take more but how could you get a processor to work at a faster ghz rate?

.... you do know you are on OVERCLOCKERS right :confused: