[samsam123]

(Original post by olileauk)
low end DX10 = worse than mid-range DX9.

but it's too late now.

it won't be playing any games that come out from now on all that well, though.

As I first stated I dont know about this sort of stuff which is why I came to this thread... Seriously though how on earth would you expect me to know that? Its hardly a common sense thing

thanks anyway though... as I said before I dont care on the quality of the graphics I just want it to play the game

[samsam123]

(Original post by facelessvoid)
It's just that I'm not in UK for the moment, and I've been looking at this PC and it seems good... in 4 months I might get it at a lower price... but just wanted to know if anyone has bought from MEsh

I ordered the computer and its coming on Friday, but people on the phone seemed nice

[Evertonian]

Hi guys,
i posted in this thread before about getting a laptop gut then i decided to wait untill the new dell range came out.
i am thinking about getting the new inspiron 1520 which specs are:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7300 (2.00 GHz,800MHz,4 MB L2 cache)
Vista premium
Jet Black Colour with Matte Finish & Integrated 2.0 mega pixel web camera
15.4" Widescreen WXGA+ (1440x900) TFT Display with TrueLife™
2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
160GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive
nVidia® GeForce™ Go 8600M GT with 256MB DDR3 dedicated graphic memory
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Software
Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr)
Dell™ Wireless 355 Bluetooth 2.0 Module (up to 3Mbps) with Enhanced Data Rate
Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g Mini-Card - Europe
Cost: £978.24 (but i hope to reduce this by buying the laptop over the phone - any tips on this?)

can anyone tell me if this is a good choice - any things that should be better or i dont need?
i will be using it at university, i will use it quite often for the net, work, music videos and games (mainly football manager).

thanks for reading

[dag]

(Original post by Nichrome)
Hey guys, I was wondering what you thought of THIS PC from Mesh:

Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q6600 Quad Core Processor(2.4GHz,8MB Cache,1066MHz)
550W PSU
PCI-E Mainboad SLI nForce 680i SLI(C55XE) Inted Duo/Quad Core - ATX
2GB DDR2 667MHz Memory
750GB (1x 500GB + 1x 250GB) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB Buffer
768MB nVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX - Dual DVI, HDTV, TV-Out
Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Sound Card (oem)

For £ 1427.38 - good deal or no?

Are you forgetting computer case?

Heres my rig that i will be building within a couple of months:


Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB)
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 640MB
Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q6600 Quad Core Processor(2.4GHz,8MB Cache,1066MHz)[im going to overclock this]
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK)
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Case
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM

CPU fan = Zalman CNPS9700-NT nVidia Tritium Super Aero Flower Cooler

Should be fun (and expensive works out around £866 inc VAT

[dag]

(Original post by ENTER SHIKARI)
Hi guys,
i posted in this thread before about getting a laptop gut then i decided to wait untill the new dell range came out.
i am thinking about getting the new inspiron 1520 which specs are:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7300 (2.00 GHz,800MHz,4 MB L2 cache)
Vista premium
Jet Black Colour with Matte Finish & Integrated 2.0 mega pixel web camera
15.4" Widescreen WXGA+ (1440x900) TFT Display with TrueLife™
2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
160GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive
nVidia® GeForce™ Go 8600M GT with 256MB DDR3 dedicated graphic memory
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Software
Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr)
Dell™ Wireless 355 Bluetooth 2.0 Module (up to 3Mbps) with Enhanced Data Rate
Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g Mini-Card - Europe
Cost: £978.24 (but i hope to reduce this by buying the laptop over the phone - any tips on this?)

can anyone tell me if this is a good choice - any things that should be better or i dont need?
i will be using it at university, i will use it quite often for the net, work, music videos and games (mainly football manager).

thanks for reading

Careful with the dell it might set on fire

[omicronlyrae]

(Original post by dag)
Are you forgetting computer case?

It's a prebuilt, so it's not likely to come without a case

Heres my rig that i will be building within a couple of months:


Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB)
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 640MB
Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q6600 Quad Core Processor(2.4GHz,8MB Cache,1066MHz)[im going to overclock this]
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK)
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Case
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM

CPU fan = Zalman CNPS9700-NT nVidia Tritium Super Aero Flower Cooler

Should be fun (and expensive works out around £866 inc VAT

nice indeed. How much is the Q6600, by the way?

[dag]

(Original post by olileauk)
It's a prebuilt, so it's not likely to come without a case




nice indeed. How much is the Q6600, by the way?

Intel are cutting the price on the q6600's on july 22nd, I'm going to scoop one up around then. Not sure how much in GBP but they are dropping from around 400 USD to 266 USD.

[Lefty_P]

Right, I posted about a few days back about a computer I ordered. The base unit is fine everything is working and I'm pretty impressed. The thing is though, I've not recieved any drivers at all and no Windows CD. Just recieved a Microsoft Works 8.5 serial number.
What happens if I need to format my system where will I get Vista (Home Premium) from?

[darkos87]

(Original post by ENTER SHIKARI)
Hi guys,
i posted in this thread before about getting a laptop gut then i decided to wait untill the new dell range came out.
i am thinking about getting the new inspiron 1520 which specs are:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7300 (2.00 GHz,800MHz,4 MB L2 cache)
Vista premium
Jet Black Colour with Matte Finish & Integrated 2.0 mega pixel web camera
15.4" Widescreen WXGA+ (1440x900) TFT Display with TrueLife™
2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
160GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive
nVidia® GeForce™ Go 8600M GT with 256MB DDR3 dedicated graphic memory
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Software
Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr)
Dell™ Wireless 355 Bluetooth 2.0 Module (up to 3Mbps) with Enhanced Data Rate
Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g Mini-Card - Europe
Cost: £978.24 (but i hope to reduce this by buying the laptop over the phone - any tips on this?)

can anyone tell me if this is a good choice - any things that should be better or i dont need?
i will be using it at university, i will use it quite often for the net, work, music videos and games (mainly football manager).

thanks for reading

I'm getting almost the same specs as you... except it's not on a laptop and 300 pounds cheaper

[JayEm]

Right, I posted about a few days back about a computer I ordered. The base unit is fine everything is working and I'm pretty impressed. The thing is though, I've not recieved any drivers at all and no Windows CD. Just recieved a Microsoft Works 8.5 serial number.
What happens if I need to format my system where will I get Vista (Home Premium) from?

You probably have a restore partition on the hard drive, so you don't need the original CD. Although, its a good idea to have a hard copy of the operating system, maybe phone up and ask for the disc, they might charge you for it though. Drivers are easily available off the internet.

[Evertonian]

(Original post by facelessvoid)
I'm getting almost the same specs as you... except it's not on a laptop and 300 pounds cheaper

grrrr... i would get a desktop but i would have nowhere to put it, and its easier to take a laptop to and from uni.
o well i got the cash

[Evertonian]

(Original post by dag)
Careful with the dell it might set on fire

no worries.. i have a extinguisher in my room

is that the only thing bad about my choice?

[darkos87]

(Original post by ENTER SHIKARI)
grrrr... i would get a desktop but i would have nowhere to put it, and its easier to take a laptop to and from uni.
o well i got the cash

I agree, just hope it doesn't catch fire lol. Anyone bought from MESH computers plz?

[SunburnedCactus]

(Original post by dag)
Intel are cutting the price on the q6600's on july 22nd, I'm going to scoop one up around then. Not sure how much in GBP but they are dropping from around 400 USD to 266 USD.

Starting to see them about for cheap now, lowest I've seen is £230 from pcbuyit.

[omicronlyrae]

that is cheap indeed. my C2D E6600 was £215 when i bought it last october.

[SunburnedCactus]

I'm getting quite keen on building a new desktop now, my laptop is showing it's age a bit these days. Problem is I only have a budget of around £500 and I'm not too up to date with what's good component-wise. Any thoughts appreciated (with rep too!)

[omicronlyrae]

start a new thread and you'll get loads of help.

[skoobz]

Ok guys I'm looking at the HP PAVILION A6001 from comet

price is £229.99

spec:

# Processor speed: 3.46GHz
# Processor: Intel Celeron Desktop
# Memory (RAM): 512 MB
# Storage (hard drive): 160 GB
# Operating system: Windows Vista Home Basic

what you guys think?

[omicronlyrae]

it depends what you use it for, but TBH it's pretty crummy.

[Tiger~lily]

hi guys could you help me please, i have found two laptops that im pretty interested in ........im not to uptodate with whats good in the computer section so any advice would be appreciated, basically i need a computer to access the internet , type up those ever so long uni essays and play a few dvds and cds.......wasnt looking at anything too fancy as i dont want to spend loads of money on an all singing dancing one as i wouldnt really use all the functions. i have seen these two and was hoping for some advice thanks
http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-0124.aspx

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-6737.aspx