This a good price for the hardware?

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Hi,

Have being out of the PC component side of things for a while, so im a bit flakey on pricing etc. Im not usually one to buy a pre-built PC, but this is a rather good deal i think.

Intel®Viivtechnology-Intel®Core2Duo E4300 processor(1.80GHz,800MHz,2MB cache)
Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium - English
Collect & Return, 1 Year Service
22" Black Wide Flat Panel (E228WFP)
1024MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz [2x512] Memory
250GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst cache
256MB nVidia® GeForce® 7300 Turbocache graphics card
16X DVD+/-RW Drive
Dell 2 Button USB Scroll Optical Mouse - Black
Integrated Audio with Dolby Digital 7.1 capability
Internal 13-in-1 Media Card Reader
Microsoft® Works 8.0 - English

The spec's are perfect for what i want (web development, basic photoshop work, little bit of games)

the price is £480 for all of the above, brand new. Is this a bargain or not?
 
Just done a quick spec on OcUK whilst this doesnt include the Vista OS it has better quality products, I think you get something within £580-£600 if you really tried hard:

Samsung SH-W183 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£21.14)
Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £42.99
(£50.51)
GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB6400UDC) £54.99
(£64.61)
Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU £24.99
(£29.36)
BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7300 LE Turbo Cache 256MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £29.99
(£35.24)
Abit IB9 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £59.99
(£70.49)
Intel Core 2 DUO E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £94.99
(£111.61)
Asus VW192S 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £111.99
(£131.59)


Shipping : £10.95
Total : £527.42
 
Given the cheapest 22" monitor on OcUK is ~£200, Vista Premium OEM retails for £75 and the 4300 is ~£100, you'd have to get the rest of the parts for around £100 to compete plus build it yourself. In this case I'd probably just go with the pre-built much as I dislike them personally because at the lower end of the market unless you have very specific requirements it is often cheaper to go pre-built. As mishima says though the parts may not be so high quality. :)

By the way mishima you are also missing a PSU from that specification. :)
 
Realised that after the spec hehe, so that would be another £30-£40. A prebuilt would also remove the need to construct the system yourself which you may not want to do. For the job required basic PS work and web dev then the performance isn't going to be that noticable, might be best going for the prebuilt then!
 
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