Which is the better system, value for money - dmxdimension forums

jacksoag · 18-03-2006, 08:21 PM

This at £1052 delivered (Dell):

Intel® Viiv™ technology -Intel® Pentium® D 930 Dual Core(3.00GHz,800MHz,2x2MB)
Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
Memory 1024MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz (2x512)
Wireless Keyboard and Optical Mouse
Dell 19" UltraSharp™ Digital/Analogue High Quality Flat Panel for crystal clear images (1907FP)
256MB nVidia GeForce 6800 (DVI/VGA/TV-out)
320GB Serial ATA RAID 0 Stripe [2x160GB 7200rpm drives with DataBurst™ cache]
Internal 13-in-1 Media Card Reader & 1.44MB Floppy Drive
Dell v92 Data/Fax modem
CD/DVD Drives 16x DVD+/-RW and 48-32x CDRW
Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music card,PCI w/Dolby Digital,7.1 speaker surround and THX certification
Creative Inspire T7900 7.1 Speaker System

or this at £1098 delivered (Mesh):

AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core 4200+ with HT Tech.
Windows® XP Home Edition
ASUS A8N-E - Nforce 4 PCI-Express Mainboard - ATX
1024MB DDR400 Memory - PC3200 (2x512)
300GB Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB Buffer
SONY 16x Dual Layer DVD-Re-Writable +R/-R/RW
16x DVD-ROM Drive (40x CD-ROM)
256MB nVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT - TV-Out + DVI - PCI-Express
19" Viewsonic VA1912W Digital & Multi Media Widescreen TFT Display
Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music Sound Card
Creative Labs T6060 - 5.1 Surround with Subwoofer
Logitech Desktop Keyboard & Optical Mouse
1.44MB - 3.5" Floppy Disk Drive

Interested in any and all views on kit and suppliers. Thanks.

18-03-2006, 08:21 PM	#1
jacksoag Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Which is the better system, value for money This at £1052 delivered (Dell): Intel® Viiv™ technology -Intel® Pentium® D 930 Dual Core(3.00GHz,800MHz,2x2MB) Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 Memory 1024MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz (2x512) Wireless Keyboard and Optical Mouse Dell 19" UltraSharp™ Digital/Analogue High Quality Flat Panel for crystal clear images (1907FP) 256MB nVidia GeForce 6800 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) 320GB Serial ATA RAID 0 Stripe [2x160GB 7200rpm drives with DataBurst™ cache] Internal 13-in-1 Media Card Reader & 1.44MB Floppy Drive Dell v92 Data/Fax modem CD/DVD Drives 16x DVD+/-RW and 48-32x CDRW Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music card,PCI w/Dolby Digital,7.1 speaker surround and THX certification Creative Inspire T7900 7.1 Speaker System or this at £1098 delivered (Mesh): AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core 4200+ with HT Tech. Windows® XP Home Edition ASUS A8N-E - Nforce 4 PCI-Express Mainboard - ATX 1024MB DDR400 Memory - PC3200 (2x512) 300GB Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB Buffer SONY 16x Dual Layer DVD-Re-Writable +R/-R/RW 16x DVD-ROM Drive (40x CD-ROM) 256MB nVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT - TV-Out + DVI - PCI-Express 19" Viewsonic VA1912W Digital & Multi Media Widescreen TFT Display Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music Sound Card Creative Labs T6060 - 5.1 Surround with Subwoofer Logitech Desktop Keyboard & Optical Mouse 1.44MB - 3.5" Floppy Disk Drive Interested in any and all views on kit and suppliers. Thanks.