madboy33 Posted January 16, 2003 Report Share Posted January 16, 2003 CLICK HERE FOR THE PC SPEC I AM LOOKING ATWHAT DO YOU ALL THINK FOLKSmadboy33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted January 16, 2003 Report Share Posted January 16, 2003 imho it seems a reasonable PC for the price, it doent say what mobo it has though, go for it if you dont fancy building your own ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted January 16, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2003 forgot to say folks that my PC at the moment is a slow old 700mhz pc running XPmadboy33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted January 16, 2003 Report Share Posted January 16, 2003 forgot to say folks that my PC at the moment is a slow old 700mhz pc running XPmadboy33:o BUY BUY BUY and move with the times mate :D ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted January 16, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2003 hi pauli was thinking about a self build but to be honest i dont really know where to start, the cost and if it is worth building ?also how much would a self build cost compared to say that comp i am looking at?madboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted January 16, 2003 Report Share Posted January 16, 2003 Novatech PC's usually come with a Novatech branded m/b, however everyone knows they just stick their name to it.(i bought a nvidia graphics card, but it was labeled novatech, £20 cheaper!).To be honest, self build is not that much cheaper than what you can get at novatech already built. Plus if you buy a system built by them, you will have no problem getting it fixed if it goes wrong.I built my own, and the m/b packed up, novatech replaced it, but i was 10 days without a computer.Craig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted January 16, 2003 Report Share Posted January 16, 2003 forgot to say folks that my PC at the moment is a slow old 700mhz pc running XPIf you decide to chuck it in a skip - please let me know when/where as its 2 years newer than this heap of mine (or I could cannibalise some odds + ends) !Seriously, that doesn't look a bad deal - couple of friends have bought from them recently and very happy with their buys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye Posted January 16, 2003 Report Share Posted January 16, 2003 Hi Madboy.I think a self build would cost as much for the same sort of spec but you would not have any backup if you had problems.That rig looks fine for the price. B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted January 16, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2003 so is the consensus then go and buy not build unless you know what you are really really doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted January 16, 2003 Report Share Posted January 16, 2003 CPU - http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/in...oduct_uid=32546 £59.29Mobo - http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/in...oduct_uid=34913 £43.95Hard Drive - http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/in...oduct_uid=30284 £48.55Nice Case - http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/in...oduct_uid=43655 £21.01ATI graphics - http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/in...oduct_uid=33751 £33.78 Memory - http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/listparts....7S333&submit=Go £40.99 CD RW - http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/in...oduct_uid=44457 £37.53Keyboard/mouse - http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/in...oduct_uid=34464 £24.80Floppy - http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/in...oduct_uid=18312 £10.16There I dont think I have left anything out?????My proposed Madboy self build PC costs £334.98 inc VAT and delivery.Nova tech PC costs £468.83 Inc VAT (does that include delivery??)A total saving of £133.85. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 Paul2002Your sums are a bit wrong ?all the ebuyer links prices above I've looked at are before VAT ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 What I did was logon to ebuyer and place an order for all the bita above and goto checkout and see what the final price was, thats how I got my final figures but the figures after the individual items are pre VAT prices.Oh I missed off modem so add a tenna to the final price.Does the Novatech PC come with an OS, in the specs it says not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter e Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 Looks a fine spec for the money, madboy - but when I clicked on "choose operating system" and selected XP Home it bunged another £80 on the price. And yet at the bottom of the screen it says "Includes Microsoft XP Home Edition Pre-installed". And what monitor would you go for? A TFT perhaps.Good luck, madboy, with whatever you decide to buy (buying rather than building seems to me to be the better option).Regards :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted January 17, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 nope i have my own 17inch monitor herei also have windows XP so do not need it pre-installedmadboy33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 i was going to say the same thing for you madboy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted January 17, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 why thanks Craig :D :D :D madboy33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 I thought you had upgrade madboy,anyway thought xp was fixed to system it was installed on and could not be transferred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 XP isn't fixed, he will just need to call M/S who will activate it for him when he transfers to new system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 hmmmm,get back to you on that as I'm not convinced your right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 From what I remember you can activate XP 3 maybe 4 times a year no questions asked so he may have no problems what so ever installing XP on his new system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 You can activate 6 times a year on the same computer, however once you go to a totally new spec, you have to call MS to do the first activation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted January 17, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 no craig is right here ellasi have allready installed twice now remember, one upgrade and one clean installno problemsmadboy33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 yes but is this not a different system we are talking about.Here's how activation will work for most users: When you install the operating system, you still need to give it the 25-character CD key that comes on the CD case. But when you fire it up for the first time, you're informed that you must activate the program. The process is quick enough -- 30 seconds via Internet or up to five minutes on the telephone. When you do this, a special activation code is generated that reflects information about the specific hardware on which you've installed the operating system. If you don't activate the product within a given period (14 days, at the moment) after installation, the operating system disables itself. What is problematic about activation is that it periodically checks your machine's hardware (including the CPU, hard drive and optical drive), and if it sees enough things changed from what it knows about, it figures you may be trying to sneak in an illegal second installation on a different machine -- even if you've just upgraded your machine with a bigger hard drive, more memory or whatever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted January 17, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 ok so do i have to ring microsoft when i get the new machine and tell them that i am activating it on a new machine then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 unfortunately you do and you should remove it from the older machine, but drive image is a wonderful tool ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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