New pc spec advice/suggestions please

quattro777

Hi
Looking for opinions on this dell xps 630.
Is the monitor a good one?

PROCESSOR
Intel® Core™ 2 Quad-Core Processor Q6600 (2.40Ghz, 1066MHz FSB, 8MB cache)
HARDWARE SUPPORT
4Yr XPS Premium Warranty Support - Priority Call In and Onsite Support
MONITOR
24in E248WFP WIDESCREEN UK/Irish Black (1920 x 1200) TCO99 DVI-D
MEMORY
4096MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [4x1024]
HARD DRIVE
640 GB Serial ATA non Raid (7200 Rpm)
GRAPHICS CARD
Dual Crossfire TM 512 MB ATI Radeon 3870 HD
TV TUNER
TV Tuner (analog/digital) with Remote Control
OPTICAL DRIVE
16X DVD+/-RW (Read/Write DVD, CD)
KEYBOARD
Dell™ Enhanced USB Multimedia Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)
MOUSE
Dell Optical Scroll Premium Mouse
SOUND SOFTWARE
SoundBlaster™ XFI™ Xtreme Gamer Card

€ 2,057.99 inc vat.

Thanks

PogMoThoin

Is the monitor a good one?

Just googling the model no brought up a few reviews, here, here & here

Sqaull20

You are being ripped off.

Graphics card are out of date now.

If you dont want any hassle and not interested in building one yourself then you cant beat this combination imo


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That pc would be as good as you can get for €1600

Fusion158

If you dont want to build one but are looking for a good speced machine try Neuralcore Technologies. You can call them or email them, tell them what you want and your budget and they will create a spec thats for you, in your case I'm guessing gaming. I got my last PC there and it's great, and I know my friend is buying a 2nd huge machine off them, 2 Quad core Xeons, 12GB RAM etc

suppafly

defo don'y get it from dell. they r much more expensive and they generally gives components of lesser quality. I got mine from komplett using the PC builder thing they have. I was going to go with one of the OCuk machines put i wanted one 2 diff things from what they had. So check out the diff options people has said but if u want a a good high spec quality machine for cheaper don't go with dell

partyatmygaff

that dell is such a rip off

this pc here will absolutely KILL that xps in every single way and hardwareversand will build it for 20 euro more


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I know its 300 more but if you removed the SLI gfx card 1 9800gx2 would be sufficient to play ANY game at high on 1920x1200 (you'd need two to play on 2560x1600 but thats irrelevant)


Remove the 2nd 9800gx2 and its exactly the same price built and delivered as the dell and its 1000000 times better

evil-monkey

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Just googling the model no brought up a few reviews, here, here & here

a bit harsh there now imo

OP, i've a 19-inch dell monitor as my secondary and i couldn't say a bad word against her. a 24-inch widescreen from dell will probably cost ya for sure, but it will certainly be a good monitor...

Khannie

evil-monkey wrote: »

a bit harsh there now imo

I agree. There are nicer ways to get your message across. Plus, googling for reviews can be a pain in the hole.

"REVIEW! REVIEW! GET YOUR REVIEW HERE!"
*click*
"There are no reviews for your product"
*expletive*

PogMoThoin

Sorry maybe it is a bit harsh, but i found 3 good reviews in less than 5 seconds that all give the same opinion..........that its a good budget monitor. Some people are just 2 lazy to google.

quattro777

Thanks for the replies, apart from Mr. smart-arse. Yes I did google the monitor and other components

Is it against the law to ask for some other opinions? Is that not the point of a forum? You could post that reply to 99% of threads.

PogMoThoin

Hey, i posted 3 reviews you couldn't find yourself

Nah, You cant go wrong with a Dell monitor on a budget, I've got one here for last few yrs although i've progressed to a bigger one for my main pc,, its a good investment as it'll more than likely see out a few pcs

Sqaull20

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Sorry maybe it is a bit harsh, but i found 3 good reviews in less than 5 seconds that all give the same opinion..........that its a good budget monitor. Some people are just 2 lazy to google.

Out of line bud.

Nothing wrong with someone asking for an opinion.