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Hi folks,

I`m willing to spend about £1000 on a new pc, what do the experts think of this from Tiny.com? Is there any better deals out there for around the same specifications?

Processor - AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Processor
Operating System - Microsoft® Windows XP Home
Memory - 1024MB DDR RAM (2x 512MB)
Hard Disk - 200GB 7200 RPM ATA-100 Drive
Optical 1 - 8x Multiformat (+/-) DVD-Rewiter / DVD Copier Drive
Optical 2 - 16x DVD-ROM Drive
Graphics - 256MB ATi Radeon 9200 All-In-Wonder Graphics with PCTV & TV Out
PC-TV System - PC-TV System, Media Software and Remote Control
Modem - Dedicated high speed Supanet optimised 56K modem*
Internet Access - Supanet Internet Access Preloaded
Monitor - 15" TFT Flat Panel Monitor
Network - 10/100 Ethernet Port for Home Networking
Firewire - 2x 1394 Firewire Ports
Card Reader - ConnectPro 10 in 1 Multi-Format Card Reader & Writer
Sound - 6 Channel Sound Onboard
Keyboard etc. - Multimedia Keyboard, Wheel Mouse & Tiny Stereo Speakers
Ports etc. - 1.44MB Floppy Drive, USB2.0 Ports x4, Parallel & Standard Ports
Case - Full ATX Tower Case with Upgrade Capacity (7 Drive Bays)
Motherboard - Microstar MS6741 Micro ATX Motherboard
Software 1 - Microsoft Works Version 7
Software 2 - Microsoft Office 2003 - 60 Day Trial
Software 3 - Cyberlink PowerDVD Software Suite
Software 4 - Pinnacle DVD Copying Suite

All for just under £900.00.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

I just did a search on here to see if anyone had mentioned a PC I`m wanting to know about and found this link.

Hope it helps.
:)

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Modem - Dedicated high speed Supanet optimised 56K modem*

You do realise that `Supanet optimised` means it`s locked to their internet service (called Supanet)? If you try to dial another ISP, such as Freeserve, it won`t let you.

It`s quite easy to get around (see here) - but personally, I wouldn`t want to buy a PC from a company which pulled a crappy stunt like this. Heaven knows what other hidden `delights` they`ve included! :/

Mike

I won`t go anywhere near Tiny - although the spec. looks reasonable, one thing you can guarantee with Tiny is that some of the components will be inferior brands. A £1000 will get you a lot of PC right now and there are far better buys than Tiny - Toys`r` Us have got good write ups and then there`s the likes of Mesh etc - BUT DO NOT give your £1000 to Tiny (there`s a million horror stories ! ).

Spartacus

Try Dell, just got my daughter one a month or so back for £350. OK spec and does play 3d games but not as fast as the latest screamer.

My advise is to stay just off the cutting edge and save a fortune, the differance in performance will be minimal and unless you play the latest games all the time you wont notice it.

BTW if you want the latest games buy a PS2 or XBOX.

Cheers for your input fellas :)

Looks like i`ll give them a miss then. Asked somebody at work, who knows a bit about pc`s and he says the same thing.

It does look like a good machine, but have to say Tiny are well known for bad manufacture, using seconds/copy parts and terrible customer service. if you want an all singing all dancing super machine I would recomend building it yourself or at least a local computer shop (not pc world or time etc) building it for you, chances are you will get an even better deal and get good, guaranteed parts.

Give dabs a try for parts, can highly recomend the dabs value full tower chasis, for £29 it includes a 420w power supply and front usb 2 connections, you cant even get a power supply alone for that normally. Or for a ready made machine try carrera, they will build you one to your chosen spec rather than telling what you can have and I think they now have a minimum 2 year warrantee

All the best

Ger.

Read my older posts as Gerald here

This item was edited on Tuesday, 6th April 2004, 21:41