Is this computer good value or are there others worth considering?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AC-PC-1055T-1TB-8GB-DDR3-GTS450-DESKTOP-COMPUTER-/250715236461?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item3a5fcae86d

Mac book pro or an i-Mac

Bit expensive ,but good.

Seems reasonable.

Note - No operating system. You'll be £80 for a copy of Win7

Macs - Some people love them. Not my thing. Try before you buy if you can.

Seems reasonable.

Note - No operating system. You'll be £80 for a copy of Win7

Macs - Some people love them. Not my thing. Try before you buy if you can.

I already have Win7 so I don't have to bother with the £80.

Seems reasonable.

BUT - as usual with these ebay bundles the highline parts are fine - eg the CPU , but the rest is older / lower spec.

The 760 chipset mobo is not great. The GFX card is only £50 on its own and tbh better can be had for similar money. You also have no idea what you are getting with the memory or HDD. The case doesnt look brilliant either.

As said though, the AMD 10XX chips are real gems. They OC incredibly well, in fact many can be bought factory OC now. ( I am running that same chip - the 1055T @4.0HGz on air no probs )

Build it yourself -

+1 for the above when looking st building my new pc with a brand new phenom 6 core amd processor, tried having a look for a pre built kit, first few problems are,

1, well barely any kits have this processor any thing near it costs about 300 quid more and I couldn't figure out why!

2 most pre built kits are already out of date most are still with ddr2 ram and have only just started building kits with quad core, plus the motherboards they put in to kits are crap!

Personally macs are great bits if kit but are more fashion statements all you pay for is the operating system, unless you do a vast amount of video editing, web design ect, there is no point you won't use the mac for what it's for, plus windows 7 is just as good now ( vista crap)

For the money you'll pay for a mac you can get an awesome pc that would pee all over the mac in graphics and performance. All macs come with older non performance graphics cards.

All macs come with older non performance graphics cards.

Apart from the Macs with ATI Radeon HD 5750 graphics cards :yes:

but the ati radeon 5750 isnt that new im affraid, its a good card but there are better out there for not a lot more, 5750 is a budget graphics card, the difference is apple will charge you through the roof for it!!

Apart from the Macs with ATI Radeon HD 5750 graphics cards :yes:

I have a 5870 HD in my Alienware laptop, it was only a £45 updgrade over the standard card. It's still failry mediocre in the grand scheme of things though. The 27" iMac I have has been a real trial as it has had so many problems (when it's been working it's a thing of beauty though) and the Radeon 4850 graphics card was stone age tech when it was released in the iMac.

Edited 7 December, 201015 yr by fluffmeister

Fair enough, you just cant beat alien ware for performance gaming!! Beats just about... if not everything ever, mac or pc!