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KRU Shotgun

KRU Shotgun

KRU Shotgun

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Is there anything wrong with this set up? Is there anything i should change & what power ie:Gaming??

Priced around £1100

Thanks in advance Shotgun
Processor (CPU)
INTEL® PENTIUM® 4 524 (3.06GHz) 533MHz FSB/HTT/1MB L2 Cache

Memory (RAM)
2048 MB CORSAIR DDR2 800MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x1GB)

Motherboard
ECS P965T-A: DUAL DDR2, S-ATA, x16 VGA, 3 PCI/3 PCI-EX

Operating System
MICROSOFT WINDOWS® XP HOME (inc. Genuine CD & license) (£59)

Vista Upgrade
Upgrade voucher to Vista Basic/Premium with purchase of XP Home

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
400GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk
400GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st CD/DVD Drive
18x +/- DVD WRITER (8x +/- Dual Lyr) (5x DVD-RAM) (40x CD-RW) (£18)

2nd CD/DVD Drive
18x +/- DVD WRITER (8x +/- Dual Lyr) (5x DVD-RAM) (40x CD-RW) (£18)

Graphics Card
512MB GEFORCE 7900GTX PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT

2nd Graphics Card
NONE

Sound Card
Sound Blaster® Audigy® SE with 7.1 Surround Sound: £16

Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND

Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (ETHERNET)

Floppy Disk Drive
1.44MB - 3.5\" FLOPPY DISK DRIVE

Memory Card Reader
NONE

Case
Stylish Silver Aluminium Trigon Case + 2 Front/Side USB

Power Supply & cooling
500W (Peak) Quiet Dual Rail PSU incl Case Fan & CPU Cooler (£39)
 
Dude tbh it would be cheaper for you to build it yourself you could get a c2d (core2duo), DS3, Geil RAM, decent GFX card etc for much less than that. Only problem is though, you would have to build it yourself and also you wouldn't be able to have the ability to upgrade to vista (you would have to buy vista yourself). Also the PSU seems like it may be unbranded, personally this is not a good thing as they tend to not be stable on all rails compared to their branded counterparts. I am assuming this is from a competitor (don't mention their name) and that it will be pre-built? Well, theres my opinion

Kiz
 
I would recommend something like this, although the only thing you won't have is your operating system, although that is not expensive atm.....

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC) £129.99
(£152.74)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £84.99
(£99.86)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail I£105.99
(£124.54)
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming case £63.99
(£75.19)
2 x Samsung SpinPoint T HD400LJ 400GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £147.98
(£173.88)
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 Sound Card - OEM £15.99
(£18.79)
2 x Pioneer DVR-111DBK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM £37.98
(£44.62)
Sony Floppy Drive - Black £4.99
(£5.86)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £61.99
(£72.84)
Gainward BLISS GeForce 7900 GS SILENT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £144.99
(£170.36)
Sub Total : £798.88
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
Vat : £142.07
Total : £953.90

This is still a good computer if not better than the one you have chosen, the only thing I have done differently is not included 2 optical drives (its only £20 extra for another) It is still identical but better imo, but remember there is no operating system......

EDIT: Actually just noticed I have added 2 DVD-RWs....

Kiz
 
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