what do you think, a little help nedded here

[ashish]

hi all,


hopefully this is the right place to post this...

i am planning to sell of my old system and thinking of buying a new one...

so far i have found out that dell is the cheapest.....

this is what i am planning to buy....


8400 Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 530 with HT Technology 3.0GHz, 1 MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB)
Intel® 925X Chipset
Integrated Gigabit Ethernet
1Yr Limited Warranty with Next Business Day Onsite Service
1GB(2x512) NECC Dual Channel DDR2 533Mhz SDRAM Memory
128MB PCIe™ x16 ATI Radeon™ X300 SE w/TV-Out & DVI (i think they mean the 9800XT series, is it any better then the 9600SE one??)
Dell™ Wireless Keyboard and Optical Mouse
17" Flat Panel LCD Monitor
160GB SATA (7200RPM) Hard Drive
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional (English)
DVD+RW/+R With CDRW Combo Drive
Sound Blaster® AudigyTM 2 Sound Card
Dell™ A425 stereo speakers with subwoofer (Australia)
56K PCI Data/Fax Modem
+ some other software and dial up connection package and standard warranties.....

they are ready to throw in the 5.1 surround, floppy drive and a extra optical drive for a discounted price as well...

now here is what i am asking your opinions on:

what do you guys think.. is this alright??? do i need to add anything else in there? i am already way past my budget and can spare another 50-100 dollars...

are dell systems any good... ?i do not wish to spend lots of money and then find out that i might have been ripped off . really really confused about this....

has anyone had any experience with them? particularly dell australia??

[Zxian]

I think that the first thing that you have to ask yourself is: What are you going to use this computer for?

The specs that you've listed seem like something that would be good for a gaming computer or one that you would do a lot of multimedia editing.

If you're planning on using your computer for more general use (Internet, E-mail, listening to music, etc etc), then you could probably save yourself a lot of money by going for a computer that has some lower specs.

Just another warning. I don't know sepcifically with Dell Austrailia, but I know that will Dell Canada, the tech support has gone to crap... The quality of products has dropped off in the past few years.

If you're willing to spend the money on high end equipment, I think that you'd be better off building the computer from parts. You can usually find really good deals on computer parts at NewEgg.

Let us know what you're going to do with the computer, and we'll be able to help a lot more.

P.S. What are the general specs of your old computer?

[ashish]

hi,

i will be using this PC for both work & play

the reason that i am plannig to buy a config that is a bit high end is.. coz i think that it will meet all my needs for atleast 3-4 years.....

my older PC at home is a PIV 2.4 Ghz... 512 RAM.. 80 GB HDD.... 64MB Geforce 440 MX... Creative soundblaster..... etc.etc...

i will be selling this one off...

[scouse]

The new setup will do you geat for a good few years easy.