Good PC?

[Nick]

just wanted to get some feedback on a PC and value - if you know anywhere cheaper let me know

the PC will just be for running 4 instances of MetaTrader 4, IM and Web Browsing, so I think this could be a bit of an over kill. but I want the four screens so I can monitor my four trading accounts without having to flick through windows to get to them

CPU Type:Intel i7 2.8 GHz (930)
System RAM:6 GB (Fast 1333MHz)
Hard Disk Drives:80 GB SSD (Boot Drive) + 1TB (Storage Drive)
Backup Drive:Bootable Backup Drive
Graphics Cards:nVidia Quadro FX 380 (Professional Desktop Graphics Cards)
Optical Drives:DVD +/- RW
Audio:6 Channel HD Audio
Networking:Integrated Gigabit Ethernet LAN Adapter
Memory Reader:Front Mounted Memory Card Reader
Ports:9 x USB 2 - (6 Rear & 3 Front)
Inputs:Microsoft Wireless Laser Keyboard & Mouse
Operating System:Windows 7 Professional (64-Bit)
This is £1499.95 (including VAT)

I already have 4x 22" screens that I'll attach to this - they are not new but I don't want to burn cash

Thanks,

Nick Reviewed by Nick on 14th Jan 2011. Good PC? just wanted to get some feedback on a PC and value - if you know anywhere cheaper let me know :) the PC will just be for running 4 instances of MetaTrader 4, IM and Web Browsing, so I think this could be a bit of an over kill. but I want the four screens so I can monitor my four trading accounts without having to flick through windows to get to them CPU Type:Intel i7 2.8 GHz (930) System RAM:6 GB (Fast 1333MHz) Hard Disk Drives:80 GB SSD (Boot Drive) + 1TB (Storage Drive) Backup Rating: 5

[fornon]

not bad at all

[doni]

it needs more ram +6 GB

[Mr.KiLLeR]

Ram can be 8GB otherwise its really a kickass PC go for it

[ushare]

Get a i7 870 and save on the mother board. Theres not much difference in performance.

Love the sound of 80GB SSD.

You'll be fine with 6GB ram.

Get a GTX 480!!! KICK ASS!!! Needs huge psu..

Love building PCS...

[Nick]

Thanks, I've been taking a look at it, 6GB is the default, but I'm sure I can get an upgrade.

[bluejax]

Nice one, it will be really powerful. If you play games on it you can run all games at high performance. I mean max. settings.

[Nick]

not sure I'll be using it for gaming, but it's good to know that I could if I wanted to

[Xtreme_Designs]

Nice one .. man!


Here is mine too

2010 Alienware Area-51 ALX Desktop Specs:
• Intel® Core™ i7 980x Extreme (3.33GHz, 12MB Cache)
• Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 1280MB DX11 ZT-50201-10P
• 12GB DDR3 1600MHz (3x 4GB) Tri Channel Memory
• 2TB RAID 0 (2x 1TB SATA-II, 7,200 RPM, 32MB Cache HDDs)
• Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium
• Dual Drives: Blu-ray Disc (BD) Burner (Writes to DVD/CD/BD) and DVD-ROM

[icome]

Ram could be 8GB+ , Storage drive could be 2TB. Anyway, your PC is good enough.