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Advent Media centres

  • 15-12-2005 4:56pm
    #1
    ffocused
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,229 ✭✭✭


    I am getting a media centre hi fi style pc.

    i have it narrowed down to 2 from pc world. (i can get 10% discount from a mate):)

    Advent DHE500A for eur1200 or DHE2000 for eur1450

    the main differences are as follows

    2.8ghz p4 or 3ghz p4 (both have 800mhz FSB)

    1mb cache or 2mb

    512mb ram or 1024mb

    gfx cards are both 256mb- ATi x300HM or Nvidia 6200 turbocache

    finally 200gb hd or 250gb
    The full specs are on www.pcworld.co.uk

    the former are from the cheaper 500a

    is it worth the extra 250euro for the 2000? i am not a big gamer
    It will only be used as a pvr/dvd player, mp3/photo store and web browsing or does anyone have any other suggestions for me?


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  • #2
    commited
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,280 ✭✭✭commited


    They are awful specs for the price :S

    Better and cheaper:

    (D12517) Dimension 5150 3.2GHz
    Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 640 with HT technology (3.20GHz, 800MHz fsb, 2MB cache)
    Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
    1-Year Collect and Return service
    1024MB Dual Channel DDR2 400MHz (2x512) Memory
    320GB (2x160GB 7200rpm SATA) Hard Drive
    16x max. DVD+/-RW Drive
    Internal 13-in-1 Media Card Reader
    Microsoft® Works 7.0 - English
    Dell E196FP 19" Midnight Grey (TCO99) Flat Panel Monitor
    256MB PCI ExpressT ATI RadeonT X600 Hypermemory
    Dell A525 Speakers with Subwoofer
    V.92 Data Fax Modem
    Dell Entry Quietkey USB Keyboard - UK/Ire (QWERTY)
    Dell USB 2Button Wheel Mouse
    Adobe Reader 6.0 - English 20764 [640-10399] 601
    Photo Album™ SE Basic 11920 [640-10339] 85
    Paint Shop™ Pro® Basic Edition 11922 [640-10340] 86
    Dell Colour Printer 720

    €1169

    Not a fan of intel or dell but its better in everyway for someone who's never going to mess about upgrading or build their own.

    If you arent a big gamer you dont even need to spend that much. You actually need a pretty basic system for doing what you describe - i have a athlon 1.33ghz that does it all fine and then some.


  • #3
    ffocused
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,229 ✭✭✭ffocused


    I seen the dell media centres, but they are all towers. The advents are piano black hi fi seperates style boxes and run very quietly and also have dvi outputs.

    At the moment you have to pay for a nice looking media centre, so to sum up i would be wasting my money on the DHE 2000?


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