Icy
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medion
amd athlon 3000xp
512mb ddr
80gb harddrive
16x dvd rom
dvd writer
15" tft flat screen monitor
128mb geforce fx5200
for £800??
was gona build one xp2700
but this has most bits gona get but cheaper
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wytey
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seems ok 
check the upgrade potential tho, just incase.
if ur wanting it for games, then I suggest checking out the response time of the tft, tr + tf = response time, lower = better
1 / (response time) = frame rate
thus a tft with a response time of say 20 will give ya 50fps also check the brand quality of the tft, as the colour reproduction might be iffy
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Icy
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wil be usin it mainly fr photoshop
yeh id be upgradin the hardrive and memory probs
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wytey
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should be fine
see if u can swap the fx5200 for an ati, they give better quality graphics matrox are better, but not for gaming 
oh... by iffy colour repro, I mean in the sense that companies like CTX, altho cheap, the colour repro isn't as good as the bigger name brands like Iiyama/Sony/Samsung etc
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Icy
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cool cheers
il check it out
offeres only til tuesday tho at pc world
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Icy
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thing is.......i cant upgrade bits myself eh?
coz it wil unvalidate the warranty eh?
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Wolfy
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quote:
Originally posted by Icy
medion
amd athlon 3000xp
512mb ddr
80gb harddrive
16x dvd rom
dvd writer
15" tft flat screen monitor
128mb geforce fx5200
for £800??
was gona build one xp2700
but this has most bits gona get but cheaper
all budget crap mate i ripped on apart for a mate after he said his mates had the same spec but made by dell.
the motherboard was a non brand and the ddr is the slowest n crap, the dvd is not made anymore and cd rw drive is pant and dont have anymore the na 2meg buffer
the gpu is cheap n nasty for its chipset and the sound is onboard oh and the 80gig is 5200rpm and ata 66
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Wolfy
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quote:
Originally posted by Icy
thing is.......i cant upgrade bits myself eh?
coz it wil unvalidate the warranty eh?
the second YOU open the pc its invalid mate!
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Dan B
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quote:
Originally posted by wytey
see if u can swap the fx5200 for an ati, they give better quality graphics
I would disagree, have always preferred nVidia cards!
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Richie
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U can build that yeself mate and save about £250
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Icy
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what i was gona build would be like 1k ish 
so dont recommend above coz itl jus be cheap shite aye?
i was gona build
xp2700
1gb memory
200gb hard drive
dvd writer
duno what grfx card
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Richie
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Numero Uno, u wont need a 200gb hdd
Ill price it up now 4 yez
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Dan B
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quote:
Originally posted by AustinPXX
Numero Uno, u wont need a 200gb hdd
Ill price it up now 4 yez
If you're getting broadband, yes you will need a 200Gb drive! 
I've got a 180Gb drive, which I've already put 120Gb on in a month (not all downloading, I will admit, a bit of it is installing stuff from CDs)......hence adding another 120Gb drive as a backup! 
[Edited on 24/08/2003 by Dan B]
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Richie
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xp2700 (£104 retail box with heatsink + fan)
MSI K7N2 Delta SKT A 8xAGP DDR400 Nforce2 USB 2.0 Motherboard (£62)
1gb memory (£131.58)
120gb hard drive (£72)
dvd writer (£116 Optorite 4x DVD Burner +/- Retail Box)
Leadtek Winfast Geforce FX5200 8x AGP 128MB DDR TV-Out DV (£68)
Comes to £553.58, just need a case with PSU and a monitor.
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Richie
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I have broadband, but initially you wont need a 200gb drive. I have a 120gb, a 80gb, a 40gb and a 30gb, but all bought at different times. I only buy when i need it.
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Dan B
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quote:
Originally posted by AustinPXX
I have broadband, but initially you wont need a 200gb drive. I have a 120gb, a 80gb, a 40gb and a 30gb, but all bought at different times. I only buy when i need it.
True, I guess......at a push, you'll download 2Gb a day on a standard 512kbps broadband-connection, but you'll run out of useful things to download way before you run out of space!
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Richie
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2gb a day? What are u???? A freak????
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Icy
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i have broadband too in sis house
only has 9gb main drive + 40gb 2nd drive and always gets full up, i burn the movies to cd then delete it coz no space.
full of my digital camera pics etc so the bigger the better
austin where those prices from?and they branded? like crucial memory etc
i got some price lists from local specialists i havent bothered to compare yet
£169 for 200gb isnt that bad
xp2700 for £99
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Icy
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iv left 5movies downloadin jus now on bit torrent over there
goin tm to burn then delete em again
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Richie
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Go to http://www.ebuyer.co.uk great prices. I get my things much cheaper
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Icy
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above prices i gave where from http://www.idealcomputing.co.uk
they were cheaper than prices u gave me
il take a look at that site in bit
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kerzo
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i have heard that a normal monitor is better for your needs icy...ie photo's rather than the TFT monitor
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Richie
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Just looked at that site Icy the only 2700xp processor says this
AMD ATHLON XP-2700+ 333FSB SKT-A RETAIL THB £108.00 (and thats EXCLUDING VAT)
And the hdd is £171.55
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andy hirst
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NO cos it is a pc
http://www.apple.com/uk/thestore
[Edited on 24-08-2003 by soaped]
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Dan B
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quote:
Originally posted by AustinPXX
2gb a day? What are u???? A freak????
Nope, I just queue up downloading & FTP'ing of big files, or lots of them, and leave my computer on......can pull down 200-225Mb an hour on a good day, so that's 9-10 hours connection, and you have 2Gb.
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