Wet pc's and insurance companies..

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Assasin-uk

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Having had a brew poured in my top fan has somewhat killed my pc, the insurance company now have it and have offerd me a deal.. here the specs on the pc's mine then the one offered.

All approx 12 months old.

Coolermaster stacker case old style one
Abit ic7 max 3 motherboard
Intel p4 3.0ghz cpu
OCZ 4400 gold ram 2x 512mb
Soundblaster audigy zs2 sound card
ATI x850pro sound card.
Sony dvd-rw
targon 480w psu
Western digital sata raptor 30gb hard disk
seagate ide 60gb hard disk

And offered in replacement.

Black/Silver MINI Tower Case
Generic 350w psu
Intel P4 3.0GHz
1GB DDR400 Memory (generic)
160GB Hard Drive (7200RPM) IDE or sata
Sony DVD-RW
Multi Format Card Reader
Integrated Sound/Graphics/LAN
56k MODEM
**upgraded to fx5500 gfx card? and extra soundblaster 7.1 card**


Now to my mind these are different beasties, i have told the company who assesed it to go away and think again. So far the company "The Source" have been helpfull...

any thoughts... :rolleyes:
 
Thanks for the words of wisdom so far. I have emailed the full spec to the source and they should be getting back to me today.


How did you get OCUK to spec you a similar pc? Can someone put this in motion or let me have an email address to send to.

A couple of options would be nice via email then i can send them off and see what happens, and of course i will be spending the money with the right company...

Cash would have been nice as i was thinking of a conroe system, but i guess the 3.0 prescott is still current?, how about the AGP x850 though, isnt that now dead and they should be supplying a current pci-e gfx card and board?

Ive emailed the company back and put a link to this thread in it...

Im not greedy, just want what im paying for.. Dont think i will continue the £1500 pc cover though anymore...
 
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doing that now..

i kinda just chucked this together as a rough equal, thoughts people?

I know some of the bits mite not be to alls tast but its easy to make the insurance understand if the makes are the same.. guessed on the ram front though as i aint a clue anymore..

REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST REMOVE
CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)
£194.99 £194.99
CA-090-CM CoolerMaster Stacker 830 - Silver Trim (No PSU) (CA-090-CM)
£129.95 £129.95
CA-005-TG Tagan TG530-U22 530W ATX2.01 2Force SLi Compliant Silent PSU (CA-005-TG)
£59.95 £59.95
MY-063-OC OCZ 1GB (2 x 512MB) PC5400 Dual Channel Gold GX XTC Series EL-DDR2 (OCZ26671024ELGEGXT-K) (MY-063-OC)
£69.99 £69.99
HD-095-WD Western Digital Raptor 36GB WD360ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-095-WD)
£66.95 £66.95
HD-000-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 80GB 800JB ATA-100 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-000-WD)
£27.95 £27.95
SC-037-CL Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4 7.1 EAX Sound Card - OEM (SC-037-CL)
£30.50 £30.50
MB-107-AB Abit AW9D Intel 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-107-AB)
£119.99 £119.99
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£114.99 £114.99
CD-054-SO Sony AW-G170AB2 18x DVD±RW x12 Ram Dual Layer DVD-Writer - (Black) OEM (CD-054-SO)
£18.95 £18.95
Subtotal £834.21
VAT £145.99
Total £980.20

:confused:
 
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Another Quote...

And so the story continues... :rolleyes:

The new qoute....


Chassis type CoolerMaster Praetorian 732 Aluminum Case - Silver (CA-088-CM)
Power supply 400W Power Supply
Motherboard ECS P4M800 Pro SKT 775 M-ATX S/V/L AGP
Processor type Intel Pentium 4 531 3.0GHZ 775
Memory 1GB OCD Gold Plated 5400
Hard drive details 160GB SATA 7200RPM 8Mb
Modem Zoom Hayes V92 V/F/D Internal Modem
Optical drive Sony Internal DVD-RW+/- Dual Layer
Optical drive None
Network card Integrated 10/100 LAN
Sound Creative Audigy SE 7.1 OEM
Speakers N/A
Graphics adapter Nvidia Geforce 5500 256MB AGP
Operating system Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Monitor None
Software Power DVD/Nero
Other features None
FDD Sony 1.44mb BlackFloppy Drive
Keyboard Logitech Internet Pro Keyboard
Mouse Logitech Optical Mouse


HELP"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Hope you can help me then mate!!

Not being funny or anything i just want the spec the same as the one i had before, or a cheque or whatever..


Nothing to do with the source but i will be changing my house insurance after this as i pay extra for the pc as an individual item upto the value of £1500
 
Thanks Colbaker will wait and see...

Although a techi has been looking at it for 2 weeks and i keep getting promised calls...

But we are all busy is guess, especialy in big business..

Dont suppose you can make it into a conroe of some sort when its comes back!! :p

im still unsure how you work out like for like on these pc's.. mines 12 months old now at least..
 
Still no call back...


I did call them and was told i should get a call back today or tommorow (same message as yesterday)

However they lady did say my spec list had been emailed to tech support now... but that should ahve been done from the start realy shouldnt it..( or they could have looked at the pc in more depth..)


Good things come to those who wait.... :eek:
 
Hopefully will get a call today :confused:

TBH this is becoming annoying now as i have been told to do research into my new civillian role within the cops before i start...

and this pc keeps locking up... damn compaq :mad:


And 2142 looks good from what ive seen on other peoples machines.. :rolleyes:
 
Todays events...

No phone call...

Call the company and "a new quote should be with you in 30 mins" YEAH!! :D


an hour later...

"The lady dealing with this has gone home sorry we will chase it for tommorow" :confused:

Losing the will to live now...
 
Todays events..

Offered this spec..


Solution Description System price Quantity Total

Chassis type Chieftec Bravo Full Tower
Power supply 600W True Power Power Supply
Motherboard MSI 945 PL NEO4 - F
Processor type Intel Pentium 4 945 3.0GHz Dual Core
Memory 1GB OCZ Gold Plated 5400
Hard drive details 160GB SATA 7200RPM 8Mb
Modem Zoom Hayes V92 V/F/D Internal Modem
Optical drive Sony Internal DVD-RW+/- Dual Layer
Optical drive None
Network card Integrated 10/100 LAN
Sound Creative Labs Xi-Fi Extreme
Speakers N/A
Graphics adapter ATI X1900 512Mb
Operating system Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Monitor None
Software Power DVD/Nero
Other features None
FDD Sony 1.44mb BlackFloppy Drive
Keyboard Logitech Internet Pro Keyboard
Mouse Logitech Optical Mouse
Warranty type 3 Years RTB Warranty


Can someone take a look over this and let me know there thoughts... ( ive noticed no raptors so far.. )
 
Thanks for the replies, yeah now its after the fact there would be a lot of things i would do differently.

Carnt realy get any of my old parts back now, i think its too late and apart from that they wanted £75.00

Im pretty happy with the spec so far, saying that im going to price up the case and mobo and ask for a different brand worth the same money.


One more thing, surely i can save some money here by telling them: mine never had a floppy drive, nor did i sed it with a keyboard and mouse and windows xp also? i have my own copy thanks.
 
Well i have emailed the source and told them im pretty happy with the quote thus far, ive looked up the prices on the mobo and case and asked for a price like for like exchange as im not happy with the brands and quality.

Ive also asked that if possible i can have a raptor drive, after all its exactly what i sent in..

Ive also asked them to take out the: keyboard,mouse, floppy drive and windows xp as i never sent that to them, hopefully they will see this as a gesture of goodwill and we can resolve this once and for all.. :D
 
RESULT!!

After my email yesterday requesting certain components the source has come good!!

Chassis type Lian Li PC-7 Aluminium Midi Tower
Power supply 600W True Power Power Supply
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 775 Motherboard
Processor type Intel Pentium 4 945 3.0GHz Dual Core
Memory 1GB OCZ Gold Plated 5400

Hard drive details Western Digital 36Gb Raptor S-ATA
Modem Zoom Hayes V92 V/F/D Internal Modem
Optical drive Silver Internal DVD-RW+/- Dual Layer
Network card Integrated 10/100 LAN
Sound Creative Labs Xi-Fi Extreme

Graphics adapter ATI X1900 512Mb

Operating system Microsoft Windows XP Home

Keyboard Logitech Internet Pro Keyboard
Mouse Logitech Optical Mouse

Warranty type 3 Years RTB Warranty


Gotta say im pretty happy with that lot, i did compromise by asking for the lian-li only as a midi but thats a personal thing... ;)


Many thanks to all of the replies to this thread, im sure it had something to do with the outcome. Thanks to colbaker also for his countless attempts at helping with this.

Will wait for it to arrive now... (will post pics later..)
 
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