Need a new PC........Hurrah!

[Jackal]

Hi All,
After installing Far Cry on my PC (£10 from Play.com btw) and the auto detect graphic set everything to LOW, I have decided its maybe new PC time. So I would like the benefit of the vast amount of knowlegde we have knocking about here to help me buy the right PC.

After I quick look around the net (well serveral hours) I found this little monster

http://www.meshcomputers.com/updated/review_apr05_matfirebladeplus.htm

Please a look and tell me what you think........? Is there anywhere else I could get a good box from (pre-build)? Is this SLI graphics stuff any good? Any thing else?

Thanks in advance,
Karl :yes:

[Jackal]

OMG no replies! Any ideas guys....................

[Green_Goblin]

I had a computer from MESH once.

Was wicked service and wicked computer :yes: fook that computer is the shit!!

[Jackal]

I have one now and my bro, Camope has had a couple. Good company and great machines!!!!! I feel my credit card appearing...........

[Zeph]

Nab it!! It's a beast for the price!

[The yellow snow]

Hell yea...its class....go for it

[Zeph]

I just configured that PC to how I'd want it and it came to just shy of £2500, reckon I could build it cheaper.

[BulletMagnet]

Well if you fancy getting stuck in and building your own, then check this thread that Jo3 Pinneapples started.

PC Building Tech Stuff Bonanza (http://www.loonyasylum.net/forum/showthread.php?t=5627)

[Jackal]

I cant really arsed to build my own and I am Mr Static!

Think I am going to buy this one, unless anyone has an objections........! :eek:

[Jackal]

Anyone?

[HaYl0]

buy it :D

[BulletMagnet]

build one, that way you will get a deeper understanding of your PC and you will know what does what.
Best of all, you know what excatly has gone into the case.
But that's just me and the way I'd prefer it.

Go on.....buy it..........yer lazy arse

[JanthraX]

lol i wouldnt buy it, i would be to tempted to use the slide out drive trays as cup holders,
lol j/k
really good pc some of the latest hardware go for lad!!!!!

[Snader]

BUY IT !!!

[Jo3_Pinneapples[CYM]]

SLI is the new way to go ATI is on the way out and PCI-express will also be going out too

never read a bad thing to do with MESH computers and the band is good to :)

buy it if you dont want to build your own.
also give them a bell and see if they will upgrade a few things instead of giving you the keyboard+mouse

[Scooter]

yea i heard that pci-e is gonna be the new thing so im gonna wait for that. but u buy that one jackal and buy me one too and we can be pc buddies :D

[GreenGrass]

nice one there... but Im with BM... build it urself, I have never had a PC I didnt build :D

[Jo3_Pinneapples[CYM]]

scooter PCI-e is here alrealdy and has been superseeded (SP?) by SLI
but it does depend alot on your thinking
so say SLI isnt as good as it sounds, others say its way better than PCI-e

[Jackal]

:yes:

Here the spec of the finally ordered Machine:

Case: MESH ATX MidiTower with tool free access

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition

Motherboard Features: ASUS A8N-SLI Delux Mainboard - DDR400, Dual GB LAN, IEEE 1394, SATA 3GB, PCIEX16, SLI Ready

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 4000+ (939PIN)

Memory: 1024MB PC3200 DDR Memory 400MHz

Floppy + Portable Storage Options: 1.44MB Floppy Drive

Hard Drives: 300GB Serial ATA (150MB/s) Ultra Fast Hard Drive

Video Card: 2x 128MB nVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT - TV Out + DVI - PCI Express - SLI configuration

Optical Drives: SONY 16x Dual Layer DVD-Re-Writable +R/-R/RW + 16x DVD-ROM (2 Drives)

Sound: Creative Soundblaster AUDIGY 2 ZS Platinum


It is going to a monster machine and a true glorious sight to behold. All bow your heads!

[[x]wyre]

Blimey Jackal, how much did that set you back?

[Jackal]

A shade over £1200!

[Afrodo]

']SLI is the new way to go ATI is on the way out and PCI-express will also be going out too

SLI is not going to replace PCI-e at all. You use SLI over PCI-e slots. SLI is just the technology to get two gpu's working together and sharing the load. PCI-express is the slot that you use to put two SLI'd cards in.

http://www.viperlair.com/articles/editorials/pcie/

http://xyzcomputing.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=257&Itemid=26

The technology is based on a 1998 innovation by 3dfx called Scan Line Interleave. Six years later, utilizing PCI Express (http://xyzcomputing.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=257&Itemid=26#) technology and the nForce 4 chipset NVIDIA has again harnessed the power of two GPUs :yes:

Here the spec of the finally ordered Machine:

Case: MESH ATX MidiTower with tool free access

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition

Motherboard Features: ASUS A8N-SLI Delux Mainboard - DDR400, Dual GB LAN, IEEE 1394, SATA 3GB, PCIEX16, SLI Ready

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 4000+ (939PIN)

Memory: 1024MB PC3200 DDR Memory 400MHz

Floppy + Portable Storage Options: 1.44MB Floppy Drive

Hard Drives: 300GB Serial ATA (150MB/s) Ultra Fast Hard Drive

Video Card: 2x 128MB nVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT - TV Out + DVI - PCI Express - SLI configuration

Optical Drives: SONY 16x Dual Layer DVD-Re-Writable +R/-R/RW + 16x DVD-ROM (2 Drives)

Sound: Creative Soundblaster AUDIGY 2 ZS Platinum


It is going to a monster machine and a true glorious sight to behold. All bow your heads! Looks like a beast jackal, now you won't have any excuse for your scores except maybe rsi in ur wrists and will be plainly humiliated when another -4, 17 score highlights this. :p

(You know with me being in AIM i am only joking, I envy your professional consistency in acheiving what no-one else can :):yes::yes: )

What monitor you got with it??

[Jackal]

no monitor included in the price! But I do have a 19" Inch TFT already.........!