Need new desktop - recommendations?

ivrytwr3 · 3 Jul 2009 at 13:54

Well my brother ****** it. He was trying to update my system and slotted in a different graphic card (one from his machine). We booted up my pc and although the pc was booting there was no signal to my monitor. We replaced my graphic card and same result.

Kennysevenfold · 3 Jul 2009 at 13:55

Even this with an upgraded graphics card to the 4850, and vista x64 HP

Comes in at £584 build and ready to go.

ivrytwr3 · 3 Jul 2009 at 14:00

out of the two shown, which do you prefer? Also, is this a good buy from OC or could i get the same/better spec elsewhere cheaper?

ivrytwr3 · 3 Jul 2009 at 14:29

ok, i am looking at this one:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-062-OE&groupid=43&catid=1445&subcat=

upgrading the card to the Nvidia GTS250 512mb and also adding vista home premium 64bit.

Is this a decent spec? And also what is the difference between the basic and premium Vista? (i'm still on XP!)

Thanks again and we are nearly there me thinks!!

reflux · 3 Jul 2009 at 14:33

That's a nice system.

Vista Basic lacks the Vista eye-candy and some other useful features. Go for Home Premium unless you're desperate to save cash.

ivrytwr3 · 3 Jul 2009 at 16:48

ok, i've narrowed it down to a couple. I'm looking at the best deal now. I contacted Overclockers who said they wouldn't offer any discount even when i said i would buy the rig there and then

I was hoping they would offer a discount to secure a sale like 2 other companies have done

Does anyone have any discount codes?

ivrytwr3 · 3 Jul 2009 at 16:51

what's your advice on this one? (£700 delivered, possibly £680)

System Base Price: £ 607.83
AMD Phenom™ II X4 955 Black Quad Core Processor AM3 (3.20GHz, 8MB Cache)
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium with Service Pack 1, 64-bit - English
Midi Tower XGS Gaming Chassis - Black / Black Mesh + 550W PSU
ASUS M4A78 Pro Hybrid CrossFireX Mainboard, AM2+/AM3 Phenom II- ATX
8GB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM - (4 x 2GB)
1TB Serial ATA 2 Hard Drive with 32MB Buffer
Samsung 22x Dual Layer DVD Writer Super Format +R/-R/RW/RAM
512MB Onboard ATI Radeon HD 3200 GPU - Hybrid CrossFireX Technology
1GB ATi HD4850 Graphics accelerator - DVI, DirectX 10.1 PCI Express 2
Multi-Format Memory Card Reader -(52-in-1 Internal) [upg £ 10.00]
7.1 High Definition onboard sound card - for 8 Channel Cinema sound
Free Cyberlink Video Editing Suite - 7 titles (oem)
BullGuard Internet Security 8.5 - 90 Day Trial - AntiVirus/Firewall/Backup/Spamfilter
Battle Forge - EA Games - PC DVD Game - Rating 12+
12 USB 2.0 ports (8 ports at mid-board, 4 ports at back panel) - ASUS M4A78 Pro
PCIe Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET 2 - ASUS M4A78 Pro
3 Years RTB Hardware Warranty - (1st year parts & labour, years 2 & 3 labour only) [upg £ 17.01]
Fast Track: Ready to Ship - Next Working Day Delivery (RTS)

ivrytwr3 · 3 Jul 2009 at 18:07

got it down to those two, just need opinions and *fingers crossed* a discount code from OC!

ivrytwr3 · 4 Jul 2009 at 08:28

anyone else?

ivrytwr3 · 4 Jul 2009 at 10:30

went for the second one, they offered me it at £664!