might get this from dell

cuppa

DimensionTM 9200
thought it was a bit cheaper than the DimensionTM XPS 710
Just worried about the monitor 16ms,,
Price.€ 2,475.53

PROCESSOR Intel® Viiv™ Core™ 2 Duo E6600 Processor (2.4GHz, 1066MHz, 4MB)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 (Incl Operating System Re-installation CD) - English
VISTA UPGRADE MCE to Vista Premium Upgrade on: www.dellvistaupgrade.productorder.com before 03/31/07
SUPPORT SERVICES Basic Package, 2 Year At-Home Service
MONITOR Dell™ 20" UltraSharp™ Wide Aspect Digital/Analogue Flat Panel (2007FPW) - UK/Irish
MEMORY 2048MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz [2x1024] Memory edit
HARD DRIVE 500GB Serial ATA RAID 0 Stripe [2x250GB 7200rpm drives with DataBurst™ cache]
OPTICAL DRIVE 16x DVD +/- RW Drive
GRAPHICS CARD 1GB nVidia® GeForce® 7950 GX2 Dual GPU graphics card
Sound Blaster® X-Fi Xtreme Music PCI Soundcard
SPEAKERS Dell™ A525 Speakers with Subwoofer edit
KEYBOARD Dell™ Black Enhanced USB Multimedia Keyboard - UK/Ire (QWERTY)
MOUSE Logitech® MX1000 Laser Cordless Mouse with Mouse Pad edit
FLOPPY/MEDIA DRIVES Internal 13-in-1 Media Card Reader edit
MODEMS No Modem
POWER PROTECTION Belkin 8-Socket SurgeMaster with Tel/AV

rgds Cuppa

challengemaster

self build is

Core 2 duo e6600 - €303.02
ABIT AB9, P965, Socket-775, GbLAN, ATX, 6xSATAII, DDR2, Firewire, PCI-Ex16 - €133.00
windows xp pro - €142.01
Samsung 20" LCD Syncmaster 205BW TCO03, Silver, 1600x1050, 6ms, VGA/DVI, 700:1 - €375.00
Bundle with OCZ 450W Powersupply & OCZ 2GB Kit DDR2 PC2-6400 800 MHz Memory - €263.01
Samsung SpinPoint T166 500GB SATA2 16MB 7200RPM - €165.01
Samsung DVD±RW burner, SH-S182M, 18x, Dual, LightScribe, DVDRAM, Zwart OEM - €38.01
Point of View GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3, PCI-Express, "BP8800GTS-640M-TV-DD" - € 475.00
Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Professional, 64MB, EAX® ADVANCED HD™ - € 159.01
Logitech Z-5400 5.1 THX, DTS, 5 Satellites and Subwoofer, 310 Watt - €189.00
Microsoft Digital Media PRO Keyboard, USB, PS/2, Zoom, Retail UK - € 33.00
Logitech MX518 Optical Mouse, USB, PS/2 - € 47.95
floppy drive - € 9.99
Trust Illuminated USB2 Hub Mouse Pad - € 24.01
Cooler Master Centurion 531 Silver (Without PSU) - € 76.00

total - € 2,433.02

it works out 10quid cheaper for the 7950X2 if you're wondering... and Vista upgrade is a bad idea until it gets debugged a lot

cuppa

Dont know what to get now,,not to worried on the price (got some tax back 12g).
More worried about the 16ms on the monitor (i have a 40ms 15" seems fine for games heard you want 8ms or lower)
And whats this 8800 vid card.
I have a xphome(bought it from someone here)
I dont have to upgrade to vista untill its ready do i.
Used to build my own but cant be arsed
I have cambridge DTT3500 (just need 2 new rear speakers)

cuppa

challengemaster

cuppa wrote:

Dont know what to get now,,not to worried on the price (got some tax back 12g).
More worried about the 16ms on the monitor (i have a 40ms 15" seems fine for games heard you want 8ms or lower)
And whats this 8800 vid card.
I have a xphome(bought it from someone here)
I dont have to upgrade to vista untill its ready do i.
Used to build my own but cant be arsed
I have cambridge DTT3500 (just need 2 new rear speakers)

cuppa

the 8800 is the geforce 8 series nvidia cards, DX10 cards.

stevejazzx

cuppa wrote:

Dont know what to get now,,not to worried on the price (got some tax back 12g).
More worried about the 16ms on the monitor (i have a 40ms 15" seems fine for games heard you want 8ms or lower)
And whats this 8800 vid card.
I have a xphome(bought it from someone here)
I dont have to upgrade to vista untill its ready do i.
Used to build my own but cant be arsed
I have cambridge DTT3500 (just need 2 new rear speakers)

cuppa

8800gts is a better choice now than the gx2.
the ram in the dell is 533, I would recommend a self build with 800mhz ram
building a rig is easy and and hand selecting the parts means that you get the best components
don't worry about vista for a while
TBH you could build that dell rig with better parts for less and I would go for the lg 20' widescreen on komplett 8ms version it's really a fantastic monitor and I've been through a few of them including two samsungs that I didn't like.
Get a highish PSU something like the hiper 580 is great and also ocuk turned out a lot cheaper for me then komplett(100 cheaper)
good luck

cuppa

Right going to get my cans,,then ill do a list from komplette,wow the 8800gtx looks sweet.
am i better buying before or after christmas

i was thinking Komplett myself, but just ordered one week ago from www.ankermann-pc.com/en

No sign of it yet, but it worked out as a good bit cheaper.

Maybe have a look?

Buzz_Irl

Rosalie Cuddly Warship - we are both in same boat - ordered a week ago from ankermann - am still waiting and they are not replying to emails - eeek !

got the 8800gtx from komplett so am wiating patiently !!!!!

Robertr

If your not to worried about the cost you might as well spend a few extra and get a really top line machine. Here is what I would recommend. All prices are from Overlockers.co.uk. Total price is €3,092. The same machine will cost €4,123.68 from Alienware and you can't get this high a spec from Dell.


Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming case 112.24
EVGA nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 315.70
Intel Core 2 Quadro Extreme Edition QX6700 990.98
Zalman CNPS9700-NT nVidia Tritium Super Aero Flower Cooler 73.65
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail 631.42
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB) 324.47
Seasonic M12 Modular 700W Silent ATX2.0 219.23
Mitsumi FA 404M 7in1 USB 2.0 Floppy & Media Drive - Black 26.29
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS Edition - Retail 126.27
Samsung SH-182MRSMN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter 35.06
Western Digital Raptor X 150GB WD1500AHFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM 236.77

Hey, I'll even build it for you if you want, for an extra 10% of course.

Good luck!

cuppa

well finally ordered had ordered a system form mesh was sweet ,but messed me around looking for cc fax over and bank statement,,,so cancled wasent faxing my cc number.

so i ordered from ocuk dont ask the price cos iblanked that out.

- Intel Core 2 DUO E6700 2.67GHz Dual Core CPU
- Intel Approved cooler
- Asus P5W64-WS Pro Intel 975X (Socket LGA775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
- Corsair 2GB DDR2 PC2-8500 Dominator TwinX (2x1GB) Dual Channel Kit
- 2 x 150GB Western Digital RaptorX 16MB Cache SATA Hard Drive (RAID 0 Configured)
- NVIDIA 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 VIVO HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
- NEC 7173 18x DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black)
- Black Floppy Drive
- Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS Sound Card
- Antec NINE HUNDRED Gamers ATX Case
- Enermax Galaxy 850W Next Generation Power Supply
- Windows XP Professional pre-installed with License and CD supplied
-Asus MW221U 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor 2ms - Silver/Black
-Logitech G15 Gaming-Grade Illuminated Keyboard - Retail (UK Layout)
-Logitech Cordless G7 Gaming-Grade Laser Mouse.

hopfully goes ok monitor is been shipped ,,,cos was overweight had to split.