RichR
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Have to get new computor as my laptops shot, Im studying BEng: yacht and pwoercraft desing which utilises an awful amount of cad stuff; as such I need high ram capacity to run programmes such as Maxsurf, hydromax rhino, Autocad, 3d studio max and Photoshop
does this system seem okay to u - Im not al lthat clued up on hardware
AMD Athlon XP 3000 (333MHz)
1.0 GB DDR333 PC2700 RAM
120 GB Seagate 7200rpm Hard Drive
19" AOC 9K+ Pure Flat 0.25mm Dot Pitch Monitor
Sony 52x32x52 IDE Silver BURN proof oem + software
Sparkle GF FX5700 256MB DDR 8X AGP Video Card
(Keyboard, Mouse included)
£*******
(add £259 for a "22" Iiyama MA203 0.25 Pro 513 Montior")
and Id need an A3 printer, which of these is best - obviously the Epson will be betetr than the HP, but is it worth the extra £300 or not
HP DeskJet 9300 A3+ USB/PP Printer £290.00
Epson Stylus Photo 2100 A3 USB2/PP Printer £582.00
 
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Icy
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yeh thats a good system
fast enough
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Go3asy
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yeah thats a good system, 22" monitors are monsters but 19" are nice
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RichR
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I need a big screen cause of the design program Im using - the program maxsurf for exampel - a yacht design program is really useful but on a small screen is impossible to work on - think I'll go for 19" tho, my TV at unis only 14" 
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stubbsy
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have a word with dave obaz for prices on them. do you require a minimum of 19" monitors to run some of these programs correctly?
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RichR
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thats whose done me them prices - just checking all is as it seems as i dont know nething about computers; but need second opinion over the hardware stuff
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sunnyb
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EPSON ALL THE WAY INK IS TOO EXPENSIVE FOR hp U CAN GET COMPATIBLES FOR EPSON
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RichR
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Inks not a problem - I get it through the business - so claim vat back and dont pay so much neway
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RichR
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is the epson worth 300 more just cause of ink tho?
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RichR
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also whats the equivalent of the pentium processor on there if there is one on it?
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ed
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An AMD Athalon would be the main competitor to Intel Pentium...
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RichR
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so the systems gonna be good then ? It wont be used for net etc - its just for design stuff - well maybe porn too, but mainly design and word porcessing etc - ( uni and work stuff) wil lthis suit my needs
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sunnyb
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THE ACTUAL EQUIVELENT WOULD BELIEVE IT OR NOT BE 2.66GHZ GO P4! AND GO EPSON COS I GET ENDLESS PROBS WITH HP AND I HAVE ME OWN PC BUSINESS SO I'M TELLING YA THIS PURELY FROM EXPERIENCE! GOOD THING BOUT HP IS THE INK SO EXPENSIVE COS U GET A NEW HEAD EVERY TIME U CHANGE INK SO THATS GOOD IF U DONT USE IT OFTEN! LESS U USE IT THE MORE THE HEAD CAN BLOCK UP! IF U USE ALOT GET EPSON DEFO!
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sunnyb
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sorry caps
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RichR
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cheers I'll speak to the guy building it for me about the P4 chip instead and see how much extra etc it'll be
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RichR
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bounce
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Adam-CorsaC18s
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fuckin loadds more mate!!!! Stay wi AMD - Ive always used them and think they are miles better than Pentium - Ive also got my own IT business so im talkin from experience too.
(Not saying you dont know ya stuff tho sunnyb!!!)
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RichR
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So do u think that seems a pretty good package - just added a few other bits, Zip drive, keyboard, mouse ( uprated ones) cr-rom/dvd & seperate cd rw burner thingy
ne other spec things that u can think of that I may need for the comp, especially as it'll be used for design work
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Adam-CorsaC18s
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I got a 19" TFT jobber from tradeprice.co.uk Hansol H950 right nice piece of kit!!!
If you're doing graphic work get a better graphics card
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RichR
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Ive been looking at a 19" tft flatscreen from a place in Portsmouth just sorting that -
what is the graphics card in that spec at the mo - and what would u recommend as an upgrade?
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Adam-CorsaC18s
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how much you been quoted mate?
I could do you a good system.
well the graphics, ram and HD are really the most critical if you're doing a lot of high intensity graphical work. get something like the ATI radeon 9800 256MB (think thats the one) mine sthe GeForce FX5950 256MB and its the shit!!!!!
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RichR
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is this the graphics card in the above spec then -Sparkle GF FX5700 256MB
Also u2u sent
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luca2020
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get a GB of DDR 400 Ram, faster than 333 DDR
and id go for the ATI Radeon 9800 XT 256MB DDR card rather than the GeForce one
apart from that looks like a good system 
[Edited on 26-02-2004 by luca2020]
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Dom
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yea its a good system mate Although i run a 3000xp here and it gets hot, so i would recommend that he gets you a decent fan, ie: Coolmaster Aero with an adjustable fan speed (via a 3 1/2" slot). When ya doing your cad work, you wack the speed up - its noisey, but will keep your system cool
As for the graphics mate, read up specs on them mate. At one time, when the 256mb cards were brought out, loads of people found that they ram access on the 256mb graphics card was slower than 128mb cards. So might be worth reading about em. However, there are specialised graphics cards designed for CAD. Might be worth having a look at a few
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Gavin
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fuck the printer.... i aint even brothered to get one.. dont need it! nor use one 
very good spec though
[Edited on 26-02-2004 by B19 GAV]
pew pew pew pewwwww
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