Would it last 3 years?

A[L]C · 20 Jul 2007 at 15:02

Looking at taking finance out for the following prebuilt. One thing the missus has said is will it do me for 3 years. I think so, but 3 years is a long time!

What do you think

Intel® Viiv™ Core™ 2 Duo E6600 Processor (2.4GHz,1066MHz,4MB cache)
Dell™ 22" Black Wide Flat Panel (E228WFP) - UK/Irish
2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
640GB Serial ATA RAID 0 Stripe [2x320GB 7200rpm drives with DataBurst™ cache]
SINGLE 768MB nVidia® GeForce® 8800 GTX graphics card
16x DVD+/-RW & 16x DVD Drives

Works out as £1217.19 over the 3 years.

I know I could build a better pc for the money but cant get that kinda money up front.

Alex UK · 20 Jul 2007 at 15:14

I'd say so, yes. Is there any chance you could upgrade the RAM to 4GB, this is the only thing which could help.

A[L]C · 20 Jul 2007 at 15:20

yeah can do, its £94.00 though

Bailey_sufc · 20 Jul 2007 at 15:31

id say yes it would but pay the extra 94 quid for the 4gb ram tbh

Alex UK · 20 Jul 2007 at 15:34

A[L]C said:
yeah can do, its £94.00 though

That's a fair price I suppose, you'll regret not doing it in 2 -3 years when 4GB becomes 100% necessary.

A[L]C · 20 Jul 2007 at 16:48

Managed to get it down to £1,054.52 with 4gb ram (£1264.37 inc interest)

Alex UK · 20 Jul 2007 at 17:30

A[L]C said:
Managed to get it down to £1,054.52 with 4gb ram (£1264.37 inc interest)

Sounds good to me. Go for it.

fester · 20 Jul 2007 at 17:32

Look good at face value but check tho components used especially the mother board and psu .The only way to future proof is to have an upgrade path these items are crucial .
Btw don't spend £94 on the extra 2 gig of ram u can get 2 gig here for £52 or 4 gig for £72.50

semi-pro waster · 20 Jul 2007 at 17:35

Just for comparison purposes here is a roughly equivalent specification from OcUK, you could have to build it yourself of course although there are still a couple of areas to save money.

OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC2-5400C5 Dual Channel Vista Upgrade Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2VU6674GK) £79.99
(£93.99) £79.99
(£93.99)
Antec NSK6500 Super Midi Tower Case - 430W PSU £58.99
(£69.31) £58.99
(£69.31)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (768-P2-E831-AR) £314.99
(£370.11) £314.99
(£370.11)
Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
(£93.99) £79.99
(£93.99)
Microsoft Black Value Pack 2.0 - OEM (S82-00029) £12.99
(£15.26) £12.99
(£15.26)
Optiarc NEC AD7170S Serial ATA 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £45.99
(£54.04) £91.98
(£108.08)
Hyundai ImageQuest N220W-D 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver £159.99
(£187.99) £159.99
(£187.99)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £121.99
(£143.34) £121.99
(£143.34)
Sub Total : £992.89
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £176.37
Total : £1,184.21

Energize · 20 Jul 2007 at 18:39

A[L]C said:
Looking at taking finance out for the following prebuilt. One thing the missus has said is will it do me for 3 years. I think so, but 3 years is a long time!

What do you think

Intel® Viiv™ Core™ 2 Duo E6600 Processor (2.4GHz,1066MHz,4MB cache)
Dell™ 22" Black Wide Flat Panel (E228WFP) - UK/Irish
2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
640GB Serial ATA RAID 0 Stripe [2x320GB 7200rpm drives with DataBurst™ cache]
SINGLE 768MB nVidia® GeForce® 8800 GTX graphics card
16x DVD+/-RW & 16x DVD Drives

Works out as £1217.19 over the 3 years.

I know I could build a better pc for the money but cant get that kinda money up front.

3 Drives in raid 0. I just hope you plan on having a backup....

Alex UK · 20 Jul 2007 at 18:45

Energize said:
3 Drives in raid 0. I just hope you plan on having a backup....

Is the original spec not 2 x 320GB drives? Or am I missing something...

A[L]C · 20 Jul 2007 at 18:50

Alex UK said:
Is the original spec not 2 x 320GB drives? Or am I missing something...

thats what I thought lol

semi-pro waster if only ocuk did finance! lol

1337z0r · 20 Jul 2007 at 18:59

I would say go for it, it should be very fast with raid0 I can really tell the difference between having 1 drive and two in raid0. 8800GTX you WILL be able to play all the new games. My X800GTO could handle most of todays new games. I would just get 4GB ram to futurproof it ecpecially if your running vista?

Energize · 20 Jul 2007 at 19:02

Alex UK said:
Is the original spec not 2 x 320GB drives? Or am I missing something...

Lol I read it the wrong way around. Anyway my comment stands.

Wiggins · 20 Jul 2007 at 19:32

A[L]C said:
Looking at taking finance out for the following prebuilt. One thing the missus has said is will it do me for 3 years. I think so, but 3 years is a long time!

What do you think

Intel® Viiv™ Core™ 2 Duo E6600 Processor (2.4GHz,1066MHz,4MB cache)
Dell™ 22" Black Wide Flat Panel (E228WFP) - UK/Irish
2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
640GB Serial ATA RAID 0 Stripe [2x320GB 7200rpm drives with DataBurst™ cache]
SINGLE 768MB nVidia® GeForce® 8800 GTX graphics card
16x DVD+/-RW & 16x DVD Drives

Works out as £1217.19 over the 3 years.

I know I could build a better pc for the money but cant get that kinda money up front.

I know somewhere you can get finance on individual components if building the rig is also something you want to do to it ( Can't say names here though can I :rolleyes:

). After all, its not the same if you aint built it yourself huh???

A[L]C · 20 Jul 2007 at 21:05

Wiggins said:
I know somewhere you can get finance on individual components if building the rig is also something you want to do to it ( Can't say names here though can I ). After all, its not the same if you aint built it yourself huh???

Ooh interesting, email in sig