Thanks a lot guys. i did try and do some research before buying.. but i was going on the assumption that i was buying a 3.2ghz cpu...in which case i thought i got a good deal. i paid £660 in total. here is the spec i got , did i get a good deal or should a return the lot and claim false advertising? 17" TFT MONITOR AMD XP3200+ CPU AsRock K7UPG MotherBoard 1gig DDR400 RAM 160GB IDE HDD 72000rpm 8mb cache 16x IDE 3520 DUAL LAYER DVD/RW+- 6 Channel ONBOARD SOUND AC97 256mb ATI RADEON 9550 3.5" FLOPPY DISK DRIVE 100/10 Ethernet Network Card (BB Ready) 6 USB Ports Keyboard, Mouse & Speakers ATX Case 450watt PSU 6Bay AS for the buying off eBay...it was cheaper than in the shops. the guy has a bricks n mortar company too, which is why i was trusting. i phoned them up and checked bfore buying. when paying through payapl you also have buyer protection so you dont get conned.

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The old addage of Caviat Emptor applies here. You owe it to yourself to do some research on a product before you buy. If this guy actually thought this processor is a 3.2GHz processor then I would be leery of his ability to assemble a complete system that is dependable. What will you do for tech support? What about an OS? You get what you pay for. I am in the USA so I can't speak to the amount you paid but I personally would buy from reputable dealers with some kind of track record.

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Hi again as its an all in one solution its fine the radeon is lower mid range for some games but hey the 17"tft swings it at that price check out the ms rating 25 or 16, 12?. & plenty of ram included. Asrock used to be bye-word for 'cheap' asus in disguise. The brand name has improved with each version released. nice blue colour mobo, and does it have a bridging board for the amd 754?. (it Should do)nice upgrade path for later. If you had self built you could have possibly saved only the difference in £-vat assuming you know where to buy from. & u have to be confident in your abilities to build. novatech.co.uk "matrix" range is comparable in price & spec. so its ok on price ps i build regularily so know the score there. was it from manchester? nd..? a self build at that price i would expect a 3200amd 63 may be geforce 5950 / tops 512 ram its swings n roundabouts. (hey you did the right thing about bricks n morter business btw:) smart thinking. basically does it do what you want? yes?? then forget worrying. re:oth, & just out of interest; if its stolen what can you do anyway?? ebay dont care. jok-ebay .co.uk was described by a judge in the UK as thieves paradise, i dont use it, its there just for laughs. amazing the company still runs !!

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tft has 16ms rating. any good? not sure bout the bridging board, heres what the desc. of the board is: "Support AMD® Duron/ Athlon/ Athlon XP/ Sempron Socket 462 Processors @ 266/333/400MHz F.S.B • 4 x 184 pins DDR Slot, (DDR 266/333/400) Max 4GB *** Dual Channel! *** • 1 x AGP 8X/4X 1.5Volt ATA 133 supported. 2 x Serial ATA Connectors, 1.5Gb/s RAID 0,1, JBOD, SATA HDD HotPlug • 5.1 Channel audio. • *** Dual Channel! *** The 128-Bit Twin bank DDR memory architecture doubles the DDR 400(PC3200) bandwidth. System bottlenecks are eliminated with balanced architecture and peak bandwidths up to 6.4GB/s." if that is any help? im not an expert on building so i prob wouldv wasted £ on building it myself (cost of blowing up, replacing etc) it does do what i want so i gues il just keep it. company is based in huddersfield. re: othehil the company provides 3 yr warranty. 1 yr parts and 2yr labour (RTB) which aint bad..lets hope they stay in business. oh.. another thing.u may laugh at me... when i recieved the machine, i wanted to have a look at the processor to check if it ws the right one (later to discover it says v. little on it!) and i placed the fan on my table... some of the silver conductive stuff came off.. should i be worried? iv read that the cpu has an automatic shut off if it gets too hot, but should i get it topped up? and about eBay..u gota b careful with stuff...loads of fake gear going around. its best to analyse the description and ask loads of questions if buying something expensive. it is a bit of a joke tho.. iv seen sellers that hav sold thousands of blatently s---e or fake goods/'business opportunities'. amazing how many gullible people there are out there.

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Well, good luck to you.

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