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