Is this good for 1,230 quid?

I'm buying a PC in a few months and want it to last for a while. This is a PC from pcspecialist.co.uk:

Processor (CPU)
Intel® CoreTM2 Quad Q6600 (4 X 2.40GHz) 1066MHz FSB/8MB L2 Cache

Memory (RAM)
4GB CORSAIR XMS2 800MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x2GB)

Motherboard
ASUS® P5N-E SLI: Quad-core CPU Ready, NVIDIA® Dual X8 SLI

Operating System
64 BIT WINDOWS® VISTA Home Premium (inc CD & License) (£69)

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st CD/DVD Drive
16x DVD-ROM WITH 48x CD-ROM

Graphics Card
512MB GEFORCE 8800GT PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT

Sound Card
Sound Blaster® Audigy® SE with 7.1 Surround Sound: £15

Network Facilities
WIRELESS 54Mbps NETWORK CARD (£12)

Case
CoolerMaster CM Stacker 831 Black Aluminium Case

Power Supply & Case Cooling
700W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£79)

Monitor
LG L226WTQ 22 inch Wide: HDCP/DVI/2MS/1680 x1050 (Special: £179)

Speakers
CREATIVE INSPIRE 5.1 T6100 SPEAKER SYSTEM (£39)

Surge Protection
****** 4 Socket 2M Surge Protector with £25,000 Protection! (£7)

Anti-Virus
NORTON ANTI-VIRUS 2008 (£15)

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


Are these specs OK for £1230? And is there anything wrong with the configuration?

a good price, good specs and shouldn't be any problems at all :)

Sounds like a pritty good computer.

Suggest getting a different mobo. P5N-E as rayvin said, isn't a good choice for a board anymore.

Drop Norton as wel, it kills virus great but its such a resource hogger. You're best off with Kaspersky or NOD32. If not, the free edition of AVG is more than good enough too.

As for your sound card, a waste of money there. Any decent mobo out today with integratedsoundhas about the same quality of the Audigy SE. You either go one step higher and get a Audigy 2/4 atleast or stick with integrated sound.

How about this setup:

Processor (CPU)
Intel® CoreTM2 Quad Q6600 (4 X 2.40GHz) 1066MHz FSB/8MB L2 Cache

Memory (RAM)
4GB CORSAIR XMS2 800MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x2GB)

Motherboard

ASUS® P5K: DDR2, SATAII, 2 xPCI-e x16, 3 PCI, PCI-e x1

Operating System
64 BIT WINDOWS® VISTA Home Premium (inc CD & License) (£69)

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st CD/DVD Drive

20x Dual Layer LightScribe DVD Writer ±R/±RW/RAM

Graphics Card
512MB GEFORCE 8800GT PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT

Sound Card
Onboard 7.1 Realtek ALC883 High Definition Audio

Network Facilities
WIRELESS 54Mbps NETWORK CARD (£12)

Case

Stylish Black Aluminium Trigon Case + 2 Front/Side USB

Power Supply & Case Cooling
700W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£79)

Monitor
LG L226WTQ 22 inch Wide: HDCP/DVI/2MS/1680 x1050 (Special: £179)

Speakers
CREATIVE INSPIRE 5.1 T6100 SPEAKER SYSTEM (£39)

Surge Protection
****** 4 Socket 2M Surge Protector with £25,000 Protection! (£7)

I've changed the motherboard, soundcard, dvd driveand case. And I've removed norten. Is that better? Also it's £1113 instead of £1230.

for 1200 quid thats a below average build really, even del has a GTX in there 900 quid build... tbh that really is an overpriced build you have.yoyo462001

Could you reccomend me a site to get a better deal?

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That's one hell of a machine you've got there. Except for one tiny little detail - you can't go SLI on an X38 motherboard. Also, what sort of weird water-cooling setup do you have where you water-cool your CPU and GPU, yet left alone your chipset with actually comes with a water-block on its northbridge?

Or did you just put down the best components you could think of in hopes of impressing(?) us?

[QUOTE="yoyo462001"]for 1200 quid thats a below average build really, even del has a GTX in there 900 quid build... tbh that really is an overpriced build you have.Ultra_Violent

Could you reccomend me a site to get a better deal?