New Computer System

[QState]

Hi

I'm looking to buy a new computer system. I'm really not too clued up on the market as I haven't done computer shopping in yonks. I have a quote and I hoping you can tell me if it's reasonable or if I might do better else where:

R6,609

Intel 2.6Ghz, 1Gig RAM, 80Gig hdd, DVD RW: LCD monitor
ATX P4 Type 350W Power Supply R 210
MSI Intel G31M2-F, 8CH Audio, Gb LAN, VGA Intel GMA 3100 1333 FSB 16X PCI-e, 2xPCI, 1xPCI-e 1x, 4xDual DDRII800, 4xSATAII R 559
Intel ® Core 2 Duo E4700 Conroe 2.60 GHz 2Mb OD Cache .065um 800 FSB R 1,250
Apacer 1024MB DDR2 240-Pin DIMM, 1.8V [DDR6400] 800 Mhz Limited Lifetime warranty R 179
WD CAVIAR SE 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache, ATA100 R 353
LG GH20 DVD Writer - R 209
LG L1734S-BN 17" LCD, SXGA, 1280 x 1024, 5ms, Contrast 700:1 15Pin, View Angle: H:170°, V:170°, Brightness: 300 cd/m² R 1,399
Microsoft OEM Vista Starter 32Bit - DVD9 (requires 512MB Ram) R 258
Logitech Optical Wheel Mouse - 3 button USB Scroll Wheel Mouse Black R 65

 

[venom]

wow. That price looks a tad over the top mate.

PC International:

Performer PC (Black System)
Intel Core2 Duo E8200 2.6Ghz CPU
2GB DDR2 RAM
250GB SATA II 7200 RPM HDD
NO SDD
Executive Mini Tower Case
Onboard Sound + Lan + Spkrs
256MB ATI Radeon 1950GT
DVD Writer 20x DL
19" LG LCD Monitor
Keyboard & Optical Mouse
One Year Warranty

R 5,926.86.

 

[Glordit]

For 6k I would expect more ram 2Gb's atleast! as well as a much much larger Hard drive.

Will look around quick for some pricers

 

[Zenbaas]

wow. That price looks a tad over the top mate.

PC International:

Performer PC (Black System)
Intel Core2 Duo E8200 2.6Ghz CPU
2GB DDR2 RAM
250GB SATA II 7200 RPM HDD
NO SDD
Executive Mini Tower Case
Onboard Sound + Lan + Spkrs
256MB ATI Radeon 1950GT
DVD Writer 20x DL
19" LG LCD Monitor
Keyboard & Optical Mouse
One Year Warranty

R 5,926.86.

Hey Venom, did you include vat?
Still much better system and good price FTW

NVM: I see its one of thier prebuilt systems.

 

[venom]

ja...thats the vat inc price

 

[Zenbaas]

/OFF Topic

Pentium IV-2.6Ghz HT
Intel Pentium 4/2.66GHZ HT
512MB DDR RAM
80GB-7200 RPM HDD
1.44MB SDD
Premium Mini ATx Tower case
52x 24x 52x CD-Rewriter
Onboard Sound w/ Speakers
17" Mecer Colour Monitor
56K Internal fax/modem OR Network card
104 Mecer Keyboard
Mouse & Pad
Microsoft Windows XP Home
Two Year Warranty



ONLY… R 7,850.00 R 8,949.00 Inc. VAT

What are PCint smoking with this offering still listed
/On topic

That system seems to be quite good value though(Venoms). Where is your original quote from Qstate?

 

[Glordit]

Looks like Venome beat us all btw thats a insame price, too bad they stick a X19650 in it

 

[venom]

lol ja, but I guess if you were going to buy onboard graphics and 1 gig ram for R6600, that x1950 is looking pretty good

And yeah those PC INT prices on the p4's are ridiculous

 

[Asha'man X]

I see that quote includes a price for Vista Starter Edition. Not a good choice there, that is a horribly crippled version of Vista. People already complain enough as is about Vista, and using the Starter Edition is not worth it, as you'll add your voice about it too.

Get Home Basic, or if you must, XP Pro. Each has it's limits, but they are real useful operating systems.

Also, get 2GB of Ram. There will be a real difference that you can feel when using the system.

 

[Zenbaas]

lol ja, but I guess if you were going to buy onboard graphics and 1 gig ram for R6600, that x1950 is looking pretty good

My thoughts exactly.
Anyways if you want a better card you can just ask them. They'll change it out for something else with the added price diff.