Quote Originally Posted by Dr Unne View Post
£727.33 = $1400 according to Google. I built my computer last summer and it's almost the same as the one you have there first (mine has a slower CPU but twice the HD space as yours) and it cost me $850 (~£450). Also I didn't get a copy of Windows, so I avoided the Microsoft tax; that may also explain some of the difference. But that was a whole year ago; prices should've come down even more since then. So that first one doesn't seem like a good deal to me, at first glance.

Word on the street nowadays seems to be Intel Core 2 Duo is better than AMD. I'm sure Yams will post soon.
It should probably be notable that things are cheaper in America. A good example is that if you buy an XBox 360 game...
US: $50-60 (British Pounds: £25.89 to £31.07)
UK: £30-40

So obviously there's a significant margin to take into account when you convert prices of products when you go from US to UK.

I'm more interested in just how good that equipment is. Things have changed a fair bit since I last purchased a PC and now they measure speeds of PCs in a few different ways and I'm not sure on exactly what is "good" on each of the different areas.