Which should I get?

Jaeger

Looking at buying a getting a system from komplett and putting it together myself but I'm lookin for a few opinions on a couple of things.

I'm looking for this to replace my current pc, use it for mostly websurfing, the odd game, watching DVD's and that. An all round system.

I have about 1100/1200 odd to spare for it, not including sub & speakers, keyboard, mouse.

Tempted by the pack with Intel P4 3.0GHz, 512mb RAM DVD±R/RW, 160GB HD for 680 euro but a friend of mine was of the opinion that he would get the
AMD Sempron 2200+,256MB DDR, CD-R/RW, 40GB HD for 250 euro and then spent the difference on a gfx card and a decent monitor, which does make sense but is it too much of a drop in the processor speed?

And the next question is: CRT or TFT?

Any advice appreciated.

Ciaran500

For €1200 from jes.de you can get the "machine from hell": http://www.jes-computer.de/product_info.php?pID=19284&language=en

• Gehäuse: Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo T Miditower
• Prozessor: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (Socket 939, "Winchester")
• Mainboard: ASUS A8NE-FM mit NVIDIA nForceCK8-4 ChipA2 V.1
• Steckplätze: 1x PCI-E (16x), 3x PCI
• Hauptspeicher: 1 GB (2x 512 MB) DDR 400 Dual Channel A-Marke
• Grafikkarte: Leadtek WinFast PX6800GT-TDH 256MB PCI-E Karte mit nVidia 6800 GT Chipsatz
• Festplatte: 250 GB S-ATA 7.200 Western Digital
• Laufwerk: NEC ND-3500 Multi DVD +- R/RW Brenner(16x) mit DoubleLayer Technologie
• Cardreader: 7in1 Flashkarten Adapter
• Schnittstellen: 4x USB 2.0, 1x LAN RJ 45, 1x IEEE1394 Firewire
• Wireless LAN: 802.11 b/g bis zu 54 MBit/S. integriert
• Sound: AC97 6 Kanal 5.1
• Sonstiges: Tastatur und Maus
• Software: MS Windows XP Home Edition SP2 , MS Works 7.0, Nero6.x, Recovery CD.
• Garantie: 2 Jahre incl. kostenlosem Vor-Ort Service durch den Hersteller

I know its on the edge of your budget but its a beast of a machine for a great price.

Jaeger

Was expectin just a few links - top man Ciaran

My german is pretty poor but I don't think I see a monitor there =/

I think I might have to stretch it

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Are they a reliable enough crowd to buy stuff from? Anyone here bought from them? Delivery times? Hassle?

Ciaran500

That doesn't include a monitor, just the tower.

I've bought from them with no problems at all. If you do a search of this forum you should find loads of happy customers.

Jaeger

Comes to nearly 1500 for the delivery, vat, the whole shebang. Bugger, may finally sign up for PayPal now. Been puttin that off

Cheers for the adv Ciaran

Ciaran500

Signing up to paypal can be a real bitch, especially if you have to verify your account.


I just noticed it comes with a keyboard and mouse BTW.

aaf

Just to let you know, Win XP and keyboard will be in German :eek:

Ciaran500

You can just get a lend of an English XP cd off someone and use the serial that comes with the pc. PM me if you need one.

Jaeger

aaf wrote:

Just to let you know, Win XP and keyboard will be in German :eek:

Hadn't even thought of that =o

Will have to do that I'd say Ciaran, cheers again.


My sister has her PayPal account all setup, can I use my account on jes-computer.de and then log into her PayPal or will it matter about billing addresses / credit card addresses matching and the like?