Machine Assessment

[GingerPrinz]

I have a friend who is looking at this machine.

Spec Summary

http://www.computerplanet.co.uk/systems/intel_base_units/item_49959_conf.html

Motherboards\SKT 775 ASUS SKT-775 P5VD2-MX S/V/L M-ATX 1066
Optical Drives\DVD Writers NEC DVD±RW/DL 18x6x18x8 AD-5170A BLACK
Cooling Fans SPEEZE - Heatsink/Fan - Silent
CPU\Intel Core 2 Duo INTEL CORE 2 DUO E6600 1066FSB SKT775
Memory\DDR2 1GB DDR2 PC-5400 667 MHZ
Hard Drives\SATA 160 GB SATA HDD UDMA 300 7200 8MB
Second Hard Drive 160 GB SATA HDD UDMA 300 7200 8MB
Graphics Cards ASUS 256MB GeF 7600GT SILENT PCI-E SLI
Second Optical Drive BTC 16x IDE DVD BDV316E BLK OEM
Floppy Drives NOT INCLUDED
Card Readers NOT INCLUDED
Computer Cases Black/Silver ATX Tower Case 350W
Power Supplies STANDARD PSU INCLUDED WITH CASE
Operating Systems WINDOWS XP PRO + FREE VISTA UPGRADE
Sound Cards CREATIVE SB AUDIGY SE 7.1
USB Ports 8 X USB 2.0 PORTS
Networking FAST 10/100 LAN (BROADBAND READY)

What do you gents think of this rig? Is he getting bang for his buck?

[CaNNoN_FoDDa]

price is £678.20, for those who cant be bothered feeding the options in.

[Edit]: plus £35 delivery

[YegaDoyai]

Power supply will need to be replaced inside of one year
Why two harddrives?
Not enough memory.

Not bad for a prebuild, but he could do better if it built it himself (with the exception of the free upgrade to vista - which unless it is the Premier package is pointless)

Oh, drop the audigy, the onboard is as good as that is.

[GingerPrinz]

I agree on the harddrives. That site seems to have great value on one and terrible on 2. Cheers for the tips, i'll pass them on.

EDIT: I also agree with everything else on principle because you are teh 1337 and I am r4w n00b.