View Full Version : Worth it? Yay or nay.
Dr Pirate
07-03-2005, 03:01 PM
AMD Sempron 1.75GHz
512Mb PC2700 DDR RAM
ATI Radeon 9200 GFX Card
15" TFT Monitor
80Gb HDD
Dual Layer 16x DVD-RW
Gaming Case
500W PSU.
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£379.
Second7th
07-03-2005, 03:03 PM
NO!!!!!!!
Build your own for the same price, and end up with a P4 3.0ghz
Dr Pirate
07-03-2005, 03:09 PM
I am building it.
P4 = lose AMD is the way forward
Kiezo
07-03-2005, 03:16 PM
No, Athlon is the way forward. A less than 2Ghz Sempron is a biiig step backward :\
Dr Pirate
07-03-2005, 03:19 PM
I am on a budget, I shall try to find an athlon for a simliar price tho.
if that comes with xp included then yeh its a good price, if not find a nicer processor mate
Dr Pirate
07-03-2005, 03:56 PM
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=54321
Just found that, so much for not being able to buy OSX
with panther would be good
Dr Pirate
07-03-2005, 04:23 PM
That would boot on a regular HDD wouldn't it? Wouldn't need a Mac specific HDD or anything?
Kiezo
07-03-2005, 04:32 PM
For the love of God do not buy OS X unless you plan on dumping Zella and turning into a raging homosexual.
Try and get a 64bit Athlon with Windows XP (64bit) like a normal straight person.
Dr Pirate
07-03-2005, 04:48 PM
how many times, Zella is not my wench.
I'm not building the computer for me btw, its for my wenches sister. I'm ordering XP Home with the Sempron.
Theres a steep price difference between the semprons tho.
1.75GHz = 48 quid,
2GHz = 70 quid.
Rich-E
07-03-2005, 06:22 PM
That would boot on a regular HDD wouldn't it? Wouldn't need a Mac specific HDD or anything?
Mac uses completely different hardware architecture. You wouldnt be able to run Mac OS X on a PC system unless it was within something like Pear PC in windows. You can't install Mac OS X as the sole operating system on a PC, just like you can't install Windows as the sole operating system on a Mac.
Athlon baby.
And steer clear of ebuyer, too.
Dr Pirate
07-03-2005, 06:57 PM
Athlon baby.
And steer clear of ebuyer, too.
how comes?
im using a 1.7ghz sepron and it works fine with a gig of ram
how comes?
I hear from most folk = lousy after sales service.
Kazbo
07-03-2005, 07:46 PM
I hear from most folk = lousy after sales service.
I get all my pc bits from ebuyer and have never had any problems with after sales service. Had the odd faulty thing, generally RAM, but never had a problem getting replacements or sending things back or anything. Always hear within a few days of their decisions and so on.
wheresmyplacebo
07-03-2005, 07:57 PM
ytoure better of just bulding a tower urself and using ur exisitng montiro and mouse etc and changing as appropiate
Dr Pirate
07-03-2005, 11:44 PM
ytoure better of just bulding a tower urself and using ur exisitng montiro and mouse etc and changing as appropiate
I can't use my own stuff, because then I will be without key things I.e. a monitor.
Makoto
07-03-2005, 11:55 PM
You might as well get this from Dell if your gonna spend that kinda money - Click (http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/homepage_Q1_W5_dimen_3000_D03306D?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs)
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor (2.80GHz, 533FSB, 1MB cache)
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
256MB DDR RAM
15" Analogue Flat Panel Monitor (15.0" v.i.s.)
40GB Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
20/48x Max CD-ROM Drive
1 Year Collect and Return (CAR) service
£371 VAT & Del inc.
Offer ends today :(. Their always doing new deal tho, best keep an eye out at www.dell.com/uk
Dr Pirate
07-03-2005, 11:56 PM
Ok the processor is a bit slower but, it has double the ram, double the HDD and a DVD-RW rather than just a CD drive.
Makoto
08-03-2005, 12:02 AM
You could save your self few quid as well if you built it your self. Mines near on the same as yours but I have 256MB ram and a 1.58mhz Sempron chip. £299 - all bits from eBuyer.com
Dr Pirate
08-03-2005, 12:25 AM
Thats where I'm getting all my bits, well ebuyer.co.uk anyway.
Kiezo
08-03-2005, 12:31 AM
256mb RAM is suicide tbh, as is a 40gig hard drive.
Mr_Wobble
08-03-2005, 04:01 AM
I hear from most folk = lousy after sales service.
I can vouch for that! :mad:
I've personally had no problems whatsoever with orders I've placed. However, a friend has placed three orders with them, and they've managed to cock up two of them! The latest order is still awaiting resoultion about a month after the original order was put in! :mad: I will never, ever, reccomend them personally to anybody ever again!
I may risk putting in an order with them again, but will be checking around to see if I can get just as good a deal elsewhere to prevent any aftersales issues with ebuyer myself.
Their aftersales service is.... limited. It's all done through their system of "enotes". You can't speak to a real person on the phone, and nor can you email anybody. It all has to be done by their bloody enotes. :mad: And they take forever (friend has been waiting about two weeks for a reply when they were supposed to be responding in a week), and still has in incomplete order after ebuyer totally cocked up by sending a mixture of the damaged items, wrong parts, and sending out a returned item!!! Morons! Then they send one replacement part, and say they're refunding the rest - despite the fact that the part they replaced needs one of the parts they're refunding to work together! Morons! It's as if they employ illiterate chimpanzees to read their sodding "enotes". Didn't someone think "Ooo, they'll need BOTH of those parts or it's useless to them, we'd better ask them what they want us to do". So, despite saying they'd refund, they haven't, and my friend is stuck with a useless part. Worst thing is, it was something they bought for their Mum and Dad to use! As they haven't refunded, they can't even go and buy a replacement. :rolleyes:
So, that's me who may not use ebuyer ever again. My friend won't be using ebuyer EVER again, and nor will their parents. That's four people that ebuyer may have lost as customers due to their piss poor aftersales service. Morons! :mad:
That's what's wrong with ebuyer. And I won't even mention the previous order that they managed to cock up twice before my friend just gave up with their lousy service.
They're cheap, but use them at your peril!
Teh_Gerbil
08-03-2005, 10:30 AM
I use EBuyer all the time. Don't know of aftersales care, but they are an INet company and I have heard they are slow on it. But ho-hum, for the prices I couldn't care less. Never had Faulty bits myself!
AMD = Cheaper, so most people like because they can O/C without care.
P4 = Faster, Multitasks ALOT Better (I have a P4, my parents have an equivelent Athlon, it can't multitask as well. And it has DDR ram! I am using SD! x( )
But I built a Machine recently, I used AMD because I am a cheapskate!
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