Is this a good spec.....

XcinderboyX · 2nd June 2008, 09:23 PM

Im thinking of buying a new tower and from what i have read this tower works out cheaper than building your own for the same spec. Now couls somebody please clarify for me that this is true?
All i need it for is my itunes and web browsing.
These are the specs.

Processor: AMD Sempron processor Chipset: AMD 690V + AMD SB600
System Memory: 512MB Hard Disk: 160GB
Optical Drive: DVD-SuperMulti
Card Reader: Multi-in-one card reader, supporting: CompactFlash® (Type I and II) IBM Microdrive SmartMedia™ Secure Digital™ (SD) MultiMediaCard (MMC) Memory Stick® (MS) Memory Stick PRO™ (MS PRO) xD-Picture Card™ (xD)
Expansion Bays: Two 5.25"drive bays Six 3.5"drive bays (two external, four internal)
Graphics: ATI Radeon™ X1200 graphics solution, supporting: Interlaced and non-interlaced displays
Maximum resolution of 2048 x1536 @ 32bpp Full DirectX 9.0 3D Texture, including projective 3D texture OpenGL format for Indirect Vertices in Vertex Walker PCI Express® X16 graphic card support
Interfaces
Front I/O ports
Four USB 2.0 ports
Multi-in-one card reader2
High-definition headphone and microphone jacks
Rear I/O ports
Four USB 2.0 ports
IEEE 1394 port (6-pin)
PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports
Six audio ports
Ethernet (RJ-45) port
D-Sub VGA port
Parallel port
Software:
Acer Empowering Technology (eDataSecurity1, eLock, eRecovery, eSettings, ePerformance Management) Microsoft Office 2007 Trial1 eSobi Norton Internet Security 2007 Adobe® Reader® 7.0 CyberLink® PowerDVD® NTI CD&DVD-Maker™ Gold
Dimensions: 183 (W ) x 455 (D) x 370 (H) mm
Operating System: Vista Home Basic

Acer Extensa E210 Desktop, Amd Sempron 3800+ 2.2ghz 512mb 160gb Ati Radeon X1200 Graphics Hdd, Dvd-rw Drive, 5in1 Card Reader, Keyboard & Mouse Vista Home Basic - Ebuyer

: : Scott : : · 2nd June 2008, 10:36 PM

£££?

Need to know that before anyone can advise.

Edit: Just checked the site again, 150 bucks in tiny red text. It's a fairly crappy machine but for 150 I guess it's okay if you're not planning on using it for much...

Thee Alex · 2nd June 2008, 10:38 PM

The link says £145

: : Scott : : · 3rd June 2008, 06:04 AM

If you're going to be pedantic it says £144.99. Anyway, I should qualify my earlier advice, or the lack thereof by saying I don't know much about low end pc hardware. It seems okay for the price but I might be way off.

Thee Alex · 3rd June 2008, 07:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by : : Scott : :

If you're going to be pedantic it says £144.99.

Oh, excuse me for rounding up by 1p

Wee_rick · 3rd June 2008, 10:42 AM

To be fair, i'd say it was a good price. As all your wanting it for is the internet and i tunes, im sure it's more than capable of handling that. It's not the best system, but to be fair it's not shit either.

the only thing i will say, is buy some extra memory, 512Mb of ram is pretty poor. My brother bought a PC a few years back and it's pretty similar to what your considering to buy and his only real hindrance was the little ram he had (512Mb) slowed him down when trying to run certain Programmes. It was mainly Video editing ones and such and even know you might not plan of using high spec games or programmes it won't hurt to upgrade now before you kick yourself.

i just wish i had a spare £150 because i would pick this up. my old PC died on me and i had to rake old trusty out of the back of the cupboard. It has an 8Gb harddrive, 320 Ram and an 800MHz Processor.

humndislocation · 3rd June 2008, 11:33 AM

This is more than enough for i-Tunes and web browsing.

Make sure that this is definitely all you want the PC for before you buy it though, as it will be crap for anything else, and if it turns out that you do need it for anything else, then upgrading won't be much of an option, as you'll have to ditch 90% of what's in there to make upgrading worthwhile.

Rebelius · 3rd June 2008, 01:45 PM

Vista on 512MB sounds a bit sketchy to me, but I don't know how cut down the Home Basic version is.

For the hardware though, the price is good.

RiseAgainst · 3rd June 2008, 04:40 PM

dunno, iTunes can be quite the resource hog when it wants to be! (also read the user license and how they say you cant use it to make nuclear weapons!)

Strange how its cheaper to buy it pre-made than a home build, is it all first hand equipment?

Godsick · 4th June 2008, 09:01 AM

yep B get rid of vista and get more ram and that will do the job.

RiseAgainst · 4th June 2008, 11:44 AM

If he's getting more RAM, why the need to get rid of Vista?

Godsick · 4th June 2008, 06:21 PM

well hes planning to upgrade to 1 gig, may be wrong but i thought vista needed 2?

2nd June 2008, 09:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
XcinderboyX Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dundee Posts: 353 Band: Inches from the mainland, Shadow of collosus.	Is this a good spec..... Im thinking of buying a new tower and from what i have read this tower works out cheaper than building your own for the same spec. Now couls somebody please clarify for me that this is true? All i need it for is my itunes and web browsing. These are the specs. Processor: AMD Sempron processor Chipset: AMD 690V + AMD SB600 System Memory: 512MB Hard Disk: 160GB Optical Drive: DVD-SuperMulti Card Reader: Multi-in-one card reader, supporting: CompactFlash® (Type I and II) IBM Microdrive SmartMedia™ Secure Digital™ (SD) MultiMediaCard (MMC) Memory Stick® (MS) Memory Stick PRO™ (MS PRO) xD-Picture Card™ (xD) Expansion Bays: Two 5.25"drive bays Six 3.5"drive bays (two external, four internal) Graphics: ATI Radeon™ X1200 graphics solution, supporting: Interlaced and non-interlaced displays Maximum resolution of 2048 x1536 @ 32bpp Full DirectX 9.0 3D Texture, including projective 3D texture OpenGL format for Indirect Vertices in Vertex Walker PCI Express® X16 graphic card support Interfaces Front I/O ports Four USB 2.0 ports Multi-in-one card reader2 High-definition headphone and microphone jacks Rear I/O ports Four USB 2.0 ports IEEE 1394 port (6-pin) PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports Six audio ports Ethernet (RJ-45) port D-Sub VGA port Parallel port Software: Acer Empowering Technology (eDataSecurity1, eLock, eRecovery, eSettings, ePerformance Management) Microsoft Office 2007 Trial1 eSobi Norton Internet Security 2007 Adobe® Reader® 7.0 CyberLink® PowerDVD® NTI CD&DVD-Maker™ Gold Dimensions: 183 (W ) x 455 (D) x 370 (H) mm Operating System: Vista Home Basic Acer Extensa E210 Desktop, Amd Sempron 3800+ 2.2ghz 512mb 160gb Ati Radeon X1200 Graphics Hdd, Dvd-rw Drive, 5in1 Card Reader, Keyboard & Mouse Vista Home Basic - Ebuyer

2nd June 2008, 10:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
: : Scott : : Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Dundee Posts: 7,131	£££? Need to know that before anyone can advise. Edit: Just checked the site again, 150 bucks in tiny red text. It's a fairly crappy machine but for 150 I guess it's okay if you're not planning on using it for much... Last edited by : : Scott : : : 2nd June 2008 at 10:38 PM.

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Thee Alex UGS Assassin Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Solihull, West Midlands Posts: 4,197 Band: Wülfstabber, The Black Plums, Catface, DJ Wrong Homer, Wings & Claws, Señor Citizen, WRRRMS	The link says £145

3rd June 2008, 06:04 AM	#4 (permalink)
: : Scott : : Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Dundee Posts: 7,131	If you're going to be pedantic it says £144.99. Anyway, I should qualify my earlier advice, or the lack thereof by saying I don't know much about low end pc hardware. It seems okay for the price but I might be way off.

3rd June 2008, 10:42 AM	#6 (permalink)
Wee_rick Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Menziehill, Dundee Posts: 1,322	To be fair, i'd say it was a good price. As all your wanting it for is the internet and i tunes, im sure it's more than capable of handling that. It's not the best system, but to be fair it's not shit either. the only thing i will say, is buy some extra memory, 512Mb of ram is pretty poor. My brother bought a PC a few years back and it's pretty similar to what your considering to buy and his only real hindrance was the little ram he had (512Mb) slowed him down when trying to run certain Programmes. It was mainly Video editing ones and such and even know you might not plan of using high spec games or programmes it won't hurt to upgrade now before you kick yourself. i just wish i had a spare £150 because i would pick this up. my old PC died on me and i had to rake old trusty out of the back of the cupboard. It has an 8Gb harddrive, 320 Ram and an 800MHz Processor.

3rd June 2008, 11:33 AM	#7 (permalink)
humndislocation Hardcore is serious guys Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Dundee Posts: 5,932 Band: Blasphemous Necrorapist	This is more than enough for i-Tunes and web browsing. Make sure that this is definitely all you want the PC for before you buy it though, as it will be crap for anything else, and if it turns out that you do need it for anything else, then upgrading won't be much of an option, as you'll have to ditch 90% of what's in there to make upgrading worthwhile.

3rd June 2008, 01:45 PM	#8 (permalink)
Rebelius Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 7,191	Vista on 512MB sounds a bit sketchy to me, but I don't know how cut down the Home Basic version is. For the hardware though, the price is good.

3rd June 2008, 04:40 PM	#9 (permalink)
RiseAgainst rambling boy of pleasure Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Work id presume Posts: 3,340 Band: bandless :(	dunno, iTunes can be quite the resource hog when it wants to be! (also read the user license and how they say you cant use it to make nuclear weapons!) Strange how its cheaper to buy it pre-made than a home build, is it all first hand equipment?

4th June 2008, 09:01 AM	#10 (permalink)
Godsick Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dumpdee Posts: 396	yep B get rid of vista and get more ram and that will do the job.

4th June 2008, 11:44 AM	#11 (permalink)
RiseAgainst rambling boy of pleasure Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Work id presume Posts: 3,340 Band: bandless :(	If he's getting more RAM, why the need to get rid of Vista?

4th June 2008, 06:21 PM	#12 (permalink)
Godsick Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dumpdee Posts: 396	well hes planning to upgrade to 1 gig, may be wrong but i thought vista needed 2?