Advice on Armari PC

[nvanherpt]

Hi guys

I don't have a heap of money or time to build anything but i like the look of this pc from Armari: http://www.armari.co.uk/system.asp?SysID=841

Can anyone who knows components inside out let me know if this is a good buy or a piece of crap?

Thanks, Nik

[e3di]

Hi Nik

Amari are good and the spec looks good, but I have just got a mega deal from xworksinteractive.com. If you give them your budget they will sort you out the best machine for the money, worth a try. Speak to Brian Lee.

Cheers

Neil

[nvanherpt]

Thanks Neil.

[GALACTUS]

Hey Nik

Been using their machines for years, no problem and the support is very good. I would change the graphics card to a 7950 though only an extra £66 and also go 64bit on the os.

Colin

[tricky]

My vote would be Cad2 in Derby. Great guys and great support.

[nvanherpt]

Cheers guys, i'm looking into xworksinteractive at the mo because they said they could deliver next week.... depends what price they come back with.

[nvanherpt]

they came back with this:

Case : X8i-C2Q Workstation Case - 400W PSU
Mainboard : Intel D975XBX2 Mainboard
Graphics Card(s) : ATI Radeon X1300 Pro 256MB (PCI-Express x16)
Hard Drive (1) : Western Digital / Seagate 250GB Serial-ATA II
Hard Drive (2) : None
Optical Drive(s) : Pioneer DVR-111DBK (OEM) 16x DVD+/-R/RW/RAM Drive (DL)
Sound Card : Intel High Definition Audio (7.1) (Sigmatel)
Network Card(s) : Integrated Intel PRO/1000 PL Gigabit LAN
Floppy Drive : 1.44MB Floppy Drive - Black
CPU(s) : Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 - 4x 2.67GHz - 2x 4MB Cache) - 1066MHz FSB
Memory : 4GB DDR-2 800MHz (PC6400) (4x1GB)
Mouse / Keyboard : Microsoft Optical Wheelmouse / PS2 Internet Keyboard
Operating System(s) : Microsoft Windows XP Professional (SP2)
Monitor(s) : NEC LCD20WGX2 20" TFT (Widescreen) (3 year Manufacturers Warranty)
3 Year Workstation Swap-Out Hardware Warranty

Sorely tempted.

[jujubee]

The price seems about right. The PSU is on the lower side of power - especially if you want a better graphics card. The graphics card isn't the latest but the latest will cost more. The rest of the internals seem pretty decent. I question what RAM manufacturer they are using - I've learned my lesson and stay far away from cheap RAM.