Just ordered myself a new PC:

[MGZS180]

Just ordered myself a new PC:

Dell InspironTM 530 ST
Intel® Viiv™ Core™ 2 Duo E6750 Processor (2.66GHz,1333MHz,4MB cache), Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium, Dell™ 22" Black Wide Flat Panel, 500GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA/100 Hard Drive with 16MB DataBurst™ cache

No clue what all that means, but sounds interesting.


:mml:

[stamford]

What are going to be running on it? Sounds a good spec.

Mine is a couple of years old now, but I spec'd mine up as I do alot of 3D work on mine. I always find the biggest killer cost being the graphics card, my works one cost over £800!

[MGZS180]

Nothing special.
Usual Microsft packages and hopefully I will get some form of photo editing software.
Would like to do some form of graphic, banner work. However, i am no artist :)

[arwilson80]

Intel® Viiv™ Core™ 2 Duo E6750 Processor - not heard of that processor until now...

Seems like it should do you for a while - maybe a little more HDD space. :)

[shroonie29]

More HDD lol I only have 60 on my 5 year old baby

Shroon

[D3monstrate]

How much RAM has it got? Thats the big thing now, and with Vista, you should be looking to have at least 2GB. Quite jealous of that 22" monitor though... 500GB should be well enough if you keep it tidy

I just bought myself a top of the range (gaming) graphics card, only just under £200 and well worth it, considering that some cards cost double that for the same performance settings.

[arwilson80]

60Gb - I have a third of that on iTunes music, and about the same of photos. :)

[shroonie29]

I actualy use half of that :)
If I look most is ***** I added that I don't want.The more you have the less you need?

Shroon

[MGZS180]

How much RAM has it got? Thats the big thing now, and with Vista, you should be looking to have at least 2GB. Quite jealous of that 22" monitor though... 500GB should be well enough if you keep it tidy

I just bought myself a top of the range (gaming) graphics card, only just under £200 and well worth it, considering that some cards cost double that for the same performance settings.

The RAM it has is 3GB

[D3monstrate]

Exxxxxxxcellent... :D

[Glen290]

The E6750 is a great processor, dont say what graphics card you have.
I just bought a new Nforce 780i motherboard and 3 new 8800 ultras for just shy of £1700, expensive hobby pc gaming..lol

[MGZS180]

Wow... that is a lot of money, but if that is your hobby, of course worth it. The information regarding the PC I am buying says this is the graphics card: 256MB ATI® Radeon™ HD 2400 XT graphics card. Means nothing to me :)


The E6750 is a great processor, dont say what graphics card you have.
I just bought a new Nforce 780i motherboard and 3 new 8800 ultras for just shy of £1700, expensive hobby pc gaming..lol

[KevG]

not bad for £599, and you save £80 too, together with VAT and delivery included.

[Southern Storm]

Hmmm good spec. Should be good for a few years unless you want the latest games and high end graphics software.
We are forced to buy dell machines (apart from our laptops which are Sony Vaio's :)), might be speaking out of turn here but am unipressed with them, they sometimes take ages to arrive, build quality is sometimes questionable and 4 out of 5 units crashed when first booting them into windows Fine after a restarts but still shouldn't have happened. Also seems to ship with an unending load of 'trial and adware'. Their customer support that won awards not long ago is now sadly lacking.
Not saying that you will encounter any of this but do be wary. Dell's are cheap for a reason.

[arwilson80]

Dell in the IT world normally gets the nickname 'Hell'. ;) Dad tends to buy Fujitsu Siemens machines and they have never given us any trouble.

[MGZS180]

Dell in the IT world normally gets the nickname 'Hell'. ;) Dad tends to buy Fujitsu Siemens machines and they have never given us any trouble.

The reason I chose this machine supplier was for two reasons:
Firstly, I currently have a Dell (which was hit by lighting) and up to that point had worked without any problems at all for 4 yrs. Secondly, the price for what I seem to be getting seemed good and the style of the unit is nice too, quite modern in look. Oh, and thirdly, that 22" screen...can't wait. Not sure where it is going to go though :)

[Craig]

Iv got a Dell, a Dimension 5100. Had it a couple of years, got it thru the leasing scheme at work (now unfortunately defunct thanks to Gordon Brown) I can honestly say I have never had a problem with it. Its not exactly cutting edge.

Intel Pentium 4 640, 3200 MHz (16 x 200)
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904

Motherboard
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4 640, 3200 MHz (16 x 200)
Motherboard Name Dell Dimension 5100
Motherboard Chipset Intel Lakeport-G i945G
System Memory 1024 MB (DDR2-400 DDR2 SDRAM)
BIOS Type Phoenix (05/25/05)

Display
Video Adapter RADEON X300 SE 128MB HyperMemory Secondary (128 MB)
Video Adapter RADEON X300 SE 128MB HyperMemory (128 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI Radeon X300 (RV370)
Monitor Dell E173FP [17" LCD] (C538557R7JEU)

Multimedia
Audio Adapter Creative EMU10K2 Audigy / Audigy 2 Audio Processor

Storage
IDE Controller Intel(R) 82801GB Serial ATA Storage Controllers - 27C0
IDE Controller Intel(R) 82801GB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 27DF
Disk Drive Maxtor 7L250S0 (232 GB, IDE)
Disk Drive Samsung CF Card CF USB Device
Disk Drive Samsung MS Card MS USB Device
Disk Drive Samsung SD Card MMC/SD USB Device
Disk Drive Samsung SM/XD Card SM USB Device
Optical Drive PHILIPS DVD+-RW DVD8701
Optical Drive TSSTcorp DVD-ROM TS-H352C (16x/48x DVD-ROM)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions
C: (NTFS) 235091 MB
Input
Keyboard HID Keyboard Device
Mouse HID-compliant mouse

Network
Network Adapter Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection (192.168.0.3)


Sorry for all the extra info, but Everest Home is very useful :D

[MGZS180]

The new PC is superb. Things are happening much faster compared to the previous computer. Got to figure my way around this Vista yet though.

[stamford]

Not tried Vista as yet, just a matter of time I suppose.

[Glen290]

vista is ok, but you need at least 2gb ram for any decent gaming etc.
which version of vista have you got ?

[MGZS180]

vista is ok, but you need at least 2gb ram for any decent gaming etc.
which version of vista have you got ?

I have 3Gb of RAM and Vista Home Premium.