Thread: Need a new PC - any ideas?

Looking to replace my office PC (MESH Athlon XP 2700+) which I've had for a number of years. Ideally looking to buy rather than build as I don't really have the time.

Needs to support two monitors, current use two via DVI and VGA.

I think the following spec should do

Intel Core i7 (8MB L2 Cache)
Windows 7 Home Premium/Professional 64bit Edition
8GB 1333MHz DDR3 Memory
DVD RW (at least)
2xHDD (Ideally for raid, size not an issue)

Any recommendations or suggestions?

A Dell? If you opt for a Video card upgrade (rather than onboard) it should have dual DVI, at worst you will need a DVI top VGA adaptor

I'd sooner gouge my eyes out with a spoon than have a Dell desktop machine.

Not that I have a strong opinion or anything...

Doesn't seem to be much choice for i7 at the moment.

Mesh Ice seems pretty good spec.

MESH Computers - Award Winning Review PCs Since 1987 - XGS Ice 7 LE

Anyone used PC Specialist before?

Seems good price:

Intel® Core™i7 Processor i7-920 (2.66GHz) 4.8GTs/8MB Cache
6GB CORSAIR XMS3 TRI-DDR3 1600MHz
GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD3RDR3, 2-Way SLI & CrossFireX
500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
8x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GT220 PCI EXPRESS
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)
STYLISH SILVER/BLACK TRIDENT CASE + 2 FRONT USB
450W Quiet Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£25)
INTEL CORE i7 STANDARD CPU COOLER

£670.43 exc vat.

Bargainous.

Still got a couple of them

Me too, albeit in the loft at the house. Think the DD is buggered on one of them tho. You got any spare Solidisk units you don't need?

Originally Posted by Ricky-Serverstream

Me too, albeit in the loft at the house. Think the DD is buggered on one of them tho. You got any spare Solidisk units you don't need?

Got a couple of external (un cased) full height 5.25s if you want them! Need a PC PSU to run them up mind and boy are they noisy

Cool, that would be handy. At the moment tho they are stuck in the loft so it's unlikely I'm going to get up and rescue them for my tiny flat as not enough space

Hopefully when we sell the house and I can get hold of more space for techy stuff, yay!

Ta.

Perhaps sell them to Neil so he can replace his database server with something a bit more reliable? He could load balance them on a token ring econet behind an A310, should give us a bit more WHC uptime

Back on topic, are Dell really that bad? I've been asked by a friend to get a couple of computers for their office, but I really don't want to end up as their tech support; I figured telling them to buy a couple of Dells would be a good way round it, their support people seemed pretty good when the two Dell things I have broke. Ahh - the only two Dell things I have broke - is that the problem?