( im very sorry for all the topics, but i dont think i can delete them )

CPU
AMD® ATHLON® 64BIT X2 3800 2 x 512K L2 Cache (AM2 pin)

Memory
2048 MB CORSAIR DDR400 PC3200 - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x1GB)

Motherboard
ASUS® A8N-E/M2N-E: DUAL DDR, S-ATA, x16 slot, 3 PCI etc

USB Options
USB PORTS & 4 PORT USB HUB (ALLOWS USB ON YOUR DESK)

Hard Drive
SATA II 200 GB HARD DISK @ 7200rpm 8mb cache

DVD ROM/Combi Drive
16X DVD ROM WITH 48X CD ROM

CD/DVD Writer
16x +/- DVD WRITER (8x +/- Dual Lyr) (5x DVD-RAM) (40x CD-RW) (£23)

Graphics Card 1
512MB RADEON X1900XTX PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT

Sound Card
SoundBlaster X-FI Extreme Music 7.1: £52

Network Facilities
10/100/1000 NETWORK CARD FOR BROADBAND

Floppy Drive/Card Reader
1.44MB FLOPPY DISK DRIVE

Case
Stylish Silver Aluminium Trigon Case + 2 Front/Side USB

Power Supply & Cooling
600W Super Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm fan & CPU Cooler (£79)

Operating System required
MICROSOFT® WINDOWS® XP HOME (inc. Genuine CD & licence) (£59)

Monitor
HIGH END TFT: 19 INCH SILVER/BLACK: 8MS + DVI! (£149)

Keyboard
NONE

Mouse
NONE

Speakers
CREATIVE INSPIRE 7.1 T7900 SPEAKER SYSTEM (£65)

Printer
NONE

Anti-Virus
NORTON ANTI-VIRUS 2006 (£19)

Office Software
MICROSOFT WORKS 8.5 - Word Processing, Spreadsheets, etc (£6)

TV Card
NONE

Warranty
1 Year Return-to-Base Warranty + 1 Year Free Collect & Return: £5


£1356/$2345 ( ish ) this seems good, best upgrade potential, apart from the downside of no xfire/sli.




CPU
INTEL® CORE® 2 DUO E6400 (2 X 2.13GHZ) 1066mhz FSB/2MB Cache

Memory
2048 MB CORSAIR DDR2-533 PC4200 - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x1GB)

Motherboard
ASUS® P5W DH DELUXE: DDR2, x16 slot, 975X chipset, 2 PCI

USB Options
USB PORTS & 4 PORT USB HUB (ALLOWS USB ON YOUR DESK)

Hard Drive
SATA II 200 GB HARD DISK @ 7200rpm 8mb cache

DVD ROM/Combi Drive
16X DVD ROM WITH 48X CD ROM

CD/DVD Writer
16x +/- DVD WRITER (8x +/- Dual Lyr) (5x DVD-RAM) (40x CD-RW) (£23)

Graphics Card 1
512MB RADEON X1900XTX PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT

sound Card
SoundBlaster X-FI Extreme Music 7.1: £52

Network Facilities
2 x 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORTS ONBOARD

Floppy Drive/Card Reader
1.44MB FLOPPY DISK DRIVE

Case
Stylish Silver Aluminium Trigon Case + 2 Front/Side USB

Power Supply & Cooling
600W Super Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm fan & CPU Cooler (£79)

Operating System required
MICROSOFT® WINDOWS® XP HOME (inc. Genuine CD & licence) (£59)

Firewire & Video Editing
1 x FIREWIRE PORT ONBOARD

Monitor
HIGH END TFT: 19 INCH SILVER/BLACK: 8MS + DVI! (£149)

Keyboard
NONE

Mouse
NONE

Speakers
CREATIVE INSPIRE 7.1 T7900 SPEAKER SYSTEM (£65)

Printer
NONE

Anti-Virus
NORTON ANTI-VIRUS 2006 (£19)

Office Software
MICROSOFT WORKS 8.5 - Word Processing, Spreadsheets, etc (£6)

TV Card
NONE

Warranty
1 Year Return-to-Base Warranty + 1 Year Free Collect & Return: £5

£1483/$2565

this is alot more expensive, obviously with conroe. not so sure if this is worth it, not as much upgradibility.




dell :

Base:
Intel® Viiv™ - Intel® Pentium® D 930 Dual Core (3.00GHz,800MHz,2x2MB cache) 53558 [210-15650] 1

Microsoft Operating System:
Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 (incl Symantec PC Restore Recovery) 55647 [619-10761][620-10492] 11

Cover It with Dell Support Services:
No service upgrade selected - 1-Year Collect and Return service only 9895 [680-11594] 30

Money Off Savings:
Save £70 inc VAT 25657 [239-11446] 120

Memory:
2048MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz [2x1024] Memory 38004 [370-12006] 3

Hard Drive:
500GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA/100 Hard Drive with 16MB DataBurst™ cache 58336 [400-12453] 8

CD/DVD Drives:
16x DVD+/-RW & 16x DVD Drives 46176 [429-11154][429-11368][429-11707] 16

AntiVirus & Security Software:
Norton™ Internet Security™ 2006 15-month subscription 63867 [650-10692] 40

Microsoft Application Software:
Microsoft® Works 7.0 - English 9078 [630-10933] 25

Video Card:
256MB nVidia™ GeForce™ 7900GS graphics card 61090 [490-10534] 6

Monitor:
Dell™ 19" UltraSharp™ Digital/Analogue Flat Panel (1907FP) 52977 [480-13365] 5

Sound Cards:
Sound Blaster® X-Fi Xtreme Music PCI Soundcard 46069 [510-10116] 17

Speakers:
Dell™ 5650 5.1 Surround Speaker System 6681 [520-10291] 18

Standard Warranty:
1-Year Collect and Return Service 9487 [680-10654][680-10655] 29

Keyboard:
Dell™ Enhanced USB Multimedia Keyboard - UK/Ire (QWERTY)

Mouse:
Logitech® MX1000 Laser Cordless Mouse with Mouse Pad

Power Protection:
Belkin 6-Socket SurgeMaster with

Dell Photo All in One Printer 924

Base:
Upgrade to Dell™ Photo All-in-One Printer

Cables:
Dell™ USB 2.0 Printer Cable - 3m black cable

Printer Ink Cartridges:
SAVE 3% Double Pack of 1 Standard Black Cartridge and 1 Standard Colour Cartridge for Dell™ 924

Standard Warranty:
1 Year Next Business Day Exchange

Printer Driver:
Printer System Drivers for Dimension

cheapest system : £1306/$2259. also the worst. what do you think ?

ill edit this later, to made it easier to read.