Buying a new computer...help needed!!

[Dom1878]

Hey people, so im getting a computer for Uni, and ive basically narrowed it down to two basically.

Now i dont want to start an argument, but ones a Mac and ones Windows.

Any advice?

http://www.comet.co.uk/shopcomet/product/602450/APPLE-iMac-MB950B-A/tab/specification

http://www.comet.co.uk/shopcomet/product/655775/SONY-VPCJ11M1E-B/tab/specification

 

[Goat]

Yes, never buy a PC from Comet or any High Street Store.

 

[Dom1878]

Yes, never buy a PC from Comet or any High Street Store.

The only finance payment that suits me really

 

[Goat]

http://www.ginger6.com/ A mate bought from them, hes had no problems at all.

http://www.meshcomputers.com/ Bought my last PC from them and just ordered a brand new 1.


Intel® Core™ i5 750 Quad Core Processor OVERCLOCKED to 3.6GHz
Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium pre-installed
NZXT HUSH Silent Brushed Aluminium ATX Midi Tower - Black [upg £ 12.77]
950W X-Power Desktop Power Supply [upg £ 81.62]
Akasa Freedom Tower Heat pipe quiet cooling, CPU Overclocking, specialist cabling
ASUS P7P55 LX Mainboard - Intel Core™ i5 / i7 - LGA 1156 / ATX
G.Skill 4GB DDR3 1600MHz Memory (2x 2GB KIt) [upg £ 17.02]
1TB Serial ATA 2 Hard Drive with 32MB Buffer
22x Dual Layer DVD Writer Super Format +R/-R/RW/RAM
OVERCLOCKED 768MB NVIDIA Geforce GTX460 wiith CUDA Graphics Accelerator
7.1 High Definition onboard sound card - for 8 Channel Cinema sound
Free Microsoft® Office 2010 Starter Edition
Free Cyberlink Video Editing Utility Suite - 7 titles (oem)
BullGuard Internet Security ver. 9 - 90 Day Trial - AntiVirus/Firewall/Backup/Spamfilter
Supports up to 14 USB 2.0 ports (6x mid-board, 8x back panel) - P7P55 LX
Network Ready PCIe Gigabit LAN
Free 3 Years Gold Warranty - inc 3 Months Free Collect & Return

Total £ 954.89


Clearly they have much cheaper 1s, just tell me your budget and what your planning on doing and I can hook you up.

 

[Goat]

Oh and thats without any Monitor, Mouse or Keyboard, basically just the PC.

 

[Dom1878]

Basically need a pay monthly plan, i was going to go with Apples pay £35 a month for 3 years, but the interest is silly, so i was going to do Comets buy now and pay in 9months option

 

[Goat]

The only finance payment that suits me really

Mesh do finance mate, 12months interest free or 36 monthly payments.

 

[Dom1878]

Oh and thats without any Monitor, Mouse or Keyboard, basically just the PC.

Looking to get an all in one aswell, them two above are the only decent ones for 900 really

 

[Goat]

Basically need a pay monthly plan, i was going to go with Apples pay £35 a month for 3 years, but the interest is silly, so i was going to do Comets buy now and pay in 9months option

Yes the interest is a joke, I went for the 12 month plan.

 

[Goat]

Looking to get an all in one aswell, them two above are the only decent ones for 900 really

Just gonna have my tea, then I will find you on all in 1.

What you planning on doing? Gaming? Editing? Watching films? Or just porn.

 

[Dom1878]

Just gonna have my tea, then I will find you on all in 1.

What you planning on doing? Gaming? Editing? Watching films? Or just porn.

Ermmm the usual really, just watchin tv online along with footy streams, films, porn - obviously, the odd game of footy manager, few word and powerpoint documents and probably abit of music/video/picture editing

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

http://www.ginger6.com/ A mate bought from them, hes had no problems at all.

http://www.meshcomputers.com/ Bought my last PC from them and just ordered a brand new 1.


Intel® Core™ i5 750 Quad Core Processor OVERCLOCKED to 3.6GHz
Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium pre-installed
NZXT HUSH Silent Brushed Aluminium ATX Midi Tower - Black [upg £ 12.77]
950W X-Power Desktop Power Supply [upg £ 81.62]
Akasa Freedom Tower Heat pipe quiet cooling, CPU Overclocking, specialist cabling
ASUS P7P55 LX Mainboard - Intel Core™ i5 / i7 - LGA 1156 / ATX
G.Skill 4GB DDR3 1600MHz Memory (2x 2GB KIt) [upg £ 17.02]
1TB Serial ATA 2 Hard Drive with 32MB Buffer
22x Dual Layer DVD Writer Super Format +R/-R/RW/RAM
OVERCLOCKED 768MB NVIDIA Geforce GTX460 wiith CUDA Graphics Accelerator
7.1 High Definition onboard sound card - for 8 Channel Cinema sound
Free Microsoft® Office 2010 Starter Edition
Free Cyberlink Video Editing Utility Suite - 7 titles (oem)
BullGuard Internet Security ver. 9 - 90 Day Trial - AntiVirus/Firewall/Backup/Spamfilter
Supports up to 14 USB 2.0 ports (6x mid-board, 8x back panel) - P7P55 LX
Network Ready PCIe Gigabit LAN
Free 3 Years Gold Warranty - inc 3 Months Free Collect & Return

Total £ 954.89


Clearly they have much cheaper 1s, just tell me your budget and what your planning on doing and I can hook you up.

Can you change any of that MG or are you stuck to it now...only reason I'm asking is don't believe the hype on power req's for your power supply. You could save some money there...

 

[Goat]

Ermmm the usual really, just watchin tv online along with footy streams, films, porn - obviously, the odd game of footy manager, few word and powerpoint documents and probably abit of music/video/picture editing

http://www.meshcomputers.com/Default.aspx?PAGE=PRODUCTVIEWPAGE&USG=PRODUCT&ENT=PRODUCT&KEY=793587

I mean something like that, just customise it to include a monitor, mouse and stuff, it craps all over those others.

 

[Goat]

Can you change any of that MG or are you stuck to it now...only reason I'm asking is don't believe the hype on power req's for your power supply. You could save some money there...

It came with a 600wat, I personally felt that was a little underpowered.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

It came with a 600wat, I personally felt that was a little underpowered.

Could be mate, depending on the brand. All your gear in there though is relatively low-powered, even at full load, thanks to the new manufacturing processes (45/32 nm). Nothing wrong with more power but, in this economy, I thought I'd ask. With that setup you'll be lucky to pull more than 400w from the mains at full tilt. The Corsair 650TX would suit that rig down to the ground, saw it somewhere for £60 inc VAT. Power req's aren't nearly what they used to be 4-5 years ago unless you get into SLI with some GTX 480's or something insane like that.

Then again, I'm speaking from the DIY side of this...where you're ordering from is more of semi-custom vendor so you're limited with what they offer. 900 is overkill on that setup though, especially if you're not going to go SLI. Just tryin' to help...