I visited two computer shops today. I asked them for ready-to-use PC with a nVidia nForce 4 mobo, Intel Pentium D CPU, 2 gigs of DDR2 RAM, and a SATA HD with NCQ. And that’s what the shops offered me:
Shop 1
Intel Pentium D 930 2x3.0 GHz 2 MB Cache Boxed € 190.68
Asus P5N32-SLI Deluxe nForce4 Intel Edition SLI PCIe x16 € 158.35
Maxtor 3.5" 250 GB 6V250F0 7200 rpm 16 MB Cache S-ATA € 64.53
Asus Extreme nVidia GeForce 6600 Silencer 256 MB € 82.23
MDT TwinPacks 2048 MB (2x 1024 MB) DDR2-667 CL4 € 123.87
LiteOn SHW-16H5S € 42.41
TechSolo TC-100 black case + 2x Be Quiet Silent Wings 80x80x25 mm € 32.49 + € 18.94
Be Quiet 470W BQT-P5 Blackline Titan € 72.32
= € 785.82 + 16% tax = € 911.55
- Assembly = about € 935.00
Shop 2
Intel Pentium D 930 2x3.0 GHz 2 MB Cache Boxed € ???.??
Asus P5ND2-SLI nForce4 Intel Edition SLI PCIe x16 € 99.99
Seagate 3.5" 250 GB ST3250620AS16 7200 rpm 16 MB Cache S-ATA € ??.??
Asus Extreme nVidia GeForce 6600 Silencer 256 MB € ??.??
Infineon 2048 MB (2x 1024 MB) DDR2-667 CL? € ???.??
LiteOn SHW-16H5 € ??.??
Floppy Disk Drive € 9.00
LX-6A21 Case (Midi) + 2x Papst 120x120 mm 18 dBa 1200 rpm 0.72W € ??.?? + € 40.00
Tagan 430W TG430-U22 € ??.??
= € 887.07 + 16% tax = € 1029.00
- Assembly = about 1079.00
Is the Shop 1 offer good? Is the Shop 2 offer better? Is there any bottleneck in this system?
Or should I buy a Dell Dimension 9150 instead?