Want AMD Athlon™ 64 Dual Core Complete System

HOLsale

Hi, I was hoping some of you out there could help me bag a bargain. I've been researching prices for a complete computer system with the new athlon dual processor

our 2 ancient computers are barely holding up and I work from home based around the computer so I simply MUST have one. we've decided to go for the BEST computer we can buy for our money because we want to use it until it's dead! We also want the dual processor for it's speed and agility as I will need it for my work. The dual processor is a must so we're willing to pay for it but i'm hoping you all might be able to help me cut some corners or find me a sale or such like

i've found what appears to be the best deal on MESH but that's going to be £1200+ including vat, delivery and one of those digital notepads that we were planning on buying anyway. We have recently purchased a 160 external hard drive so the seemingly 'low' harddrives of 160-250MB are perfectly fine by us! (we have an 80mb and a 14mb on the machine i'm on now and we still think that's roomy LOL)

ok for the MUST haves:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 (dual core/processor) 3800 or better
160mb harddrive or better
Dual layer DVD rewritable/recordable
CD rewritable/recordable
17" TFT flat screen monitor anologue or digital
Fair onboard sound, we're not that picky
decent pair of speakers
Windows XP
3 years ON SITE warranty, very important!
256MB nVIDIA graphics card or better (prefer nvidia)
internal card reader

Would also like
Wireless capability (for future use)
DVI capability if digital monitor
possibly windows works (home office?) we have the 2000 version which we've been told is compatible with XP, is that true?


anyway this is my sort of 'ideal' computer BUT the price is about £200-300 more than i really wanted to shell out. I've tried PC World, Currys and Comet and NONE of them had the AMD dual core machine yet. from the reviews (and my own experiences with both intel and amd) I think it's worth paying for the AMD unit vs the Intel version... I was hoping I'd get them to price match but i think we're going to have to just buy online. Oh and before anyone suggests it, we don't know anyone we could rely on to put the machine together for us and to be honest, with the processor alone costing about £550.00 plus the cost of XP and a monitor, we simply couldn't beat the prices i've seen for complete systems, and this machine was built by a 'friend' who is no longer a friend so we'd rather not go down that route again... anyway here's my ideal specs, can you help me beat this price?

Matrix Vector (1105)
(Base Price: £ 850.21 ex VAT)
Case: MESH Black & Silver ATX MidiTower with tool free access + 550W PSU
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
Motherboard Features: ASUS A8N-E Mainboard - DDR400, GB LAN, SATA, PCIEX16
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Dual Core
Memory: 1024MB PC3200 DDR Memory 400MHz
Hard Drives: 250GB Serial ATA (150MB/s) Ultra Fast HDD with 16MB Buffer
Video Card: 256MB nVIDIA 6800 LE - TV Out + DVI - PCI Express
Monitor 1: 19'' TFT Flat Panel Monitor - DVI & Analogue (DVI cable sold separately)
Optical Drives: Upgrade to 52x CD-RW + SONY 16x Dual Layer DVD-Re-Writable +R/-R/RW (2 Drives) at £20
Sound: Creative Soundblaster AUDIGY 2 ZS
Speakers: Creative Labs Inspire T7900 - 7.1 Surround
Modem: 56kbps V92 Modem, featuring data and fax.
Keyboard & Mouse: Logitech Cordless Desktop Keyboard & Mouse
Video Editing: Cyberlink PowerDVD, Power2Go, PowerProducer3, PowerDirector3, PowerBackup, MediaShowSE, PowerCinema4 (oem)
Software: Upgrade to Microsoft® WorksSuite® 2005 at £29
Wi-Fi: ASUS 54MBps 802.11G Wi-Fi PCI Card at £15
Memory Card Reader: Internal 6-in-1 Card Reader at £16.17
Warranty Options: Premiere Warranty - 3 Years On-site - Parts & Labour (Mainland UK only - Terms Apply) at £84.26
Delivery: Insured Del within Mainland UK (+ £39) at £39
Price Excluding VAT: £ 1053.64

Price Including VAT + DEL: £ 1238.03



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Price Excluding VAT: £ 1053.64

Price Including VAT & DEL: £ 1238.03
Please ensure that you have included delivery in your specification

JimArnold

Try Novatech
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/PCrange.html?NX2

Oh and I definately would upgrade to XP pro rather than XP home

HOLsale

why XP pro? and thanks for the link i'll have a look

cougar_3

Try and build it yourself, using ebay for components. I'm doing that and it's looking quite promising.

irnbru_2

truscott_uk wrote:

Try and build it yourself, using ebay for components. I'm doing that and it's looking quite promising.

I tried to do this myself. However, the price people were paying w.r.t. retail has certainly risen especially when people are saying items are working but don't offer D.O.A. returns

So I've went back to retail for some things and am being patient waiting on EBay for others but will more than likely have to resort to buying new, if EBayers keep up the high prices.

What sort of system are you building?

How much of a saving, say, against Komplett/EBuyer are you achieving?

Boohbah

I've just "put together" a computer for myself.

Try these two links for comparison.

http://www.jal.co.uk/pages/

http://www.gladiatorcomputers.com/ProductList.aspx?CategoryID=5&Selection=18&Link=SideMenu

a5ian300zx

the best place for a pc is: they use high quality stuff.

http://www.ankermann-pc.co.uk/

Thenotsowyzewun

You might want to list this in the Wanted section of eBay, or even better pop over to https://www.haggle4me.com .

Andyr11

I would go with building your own computer as through experence you can build a computer at half the price of its "PC World" value. I have never heard of parts being D.O.A and companies refusing a refund as surley this breaks many UK Laws?

I can help you pick out bits for it and provide you with tips and information on building it for free.

Drop me a pm if intrested

Andy