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Old 12-28-2003, 11:51 PM   #46
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Holy damn. I have to get that monitor setup.
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Old 12-28-2003, 11:51 PM   #47
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How much did that cost?
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Old 12-29-2003, 04:35 AM   #48
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As already posted, around 15'000 GBP!
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Old 12-29-2003, 01:04 PM   #49
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Welcome back Jabba, I understand the feeling, I too was called away on family stuff, that is why I have not been around lately either. But, the new year is almost upon us and family responsibilities are now far away once again.
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Old 12-30-2003, 09:37 AM   #50
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For real, is it really 15000 GBP? Because that's like 25,000 usd!!! I just want to make sure. Thanks
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Old 12-30-2003, 09:40 AM   #51
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It is, yes
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Old 12-30-2003, 10:03 AM   #52
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Well, I've just check the price on their site and adding everything up, came out to be 11k GBP. Now that's more reasonable.
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Old 12-30-2003, 01:23 PM   #53
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Well I didn't take the time to double check all the prices, but if Jabba said it is 15k why not to believe him? did you consider shipping costs and so on? The monitors alone costed almost 1000 USD just to be shipped...
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Old 12-30-2003, 01:32 PM   #54
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Jabba on the final note, everything is amazing, but that table wont do. I know it got to be a really good table, but it just does not fit into the picture. You need something biger. You need one of those huge semi circular ones. Anyway it's just a thought.
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Old 12-30-2003, 05:27 PM   #55
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Originally Posted by XyKo
Well, I've just check the price on their site and adding everything up, came out to be 11k GBP. Now that's more reasonable.
The monitors eventualy came in at £6,883 as Amex obvisouly uses a different currency conversion than the amount quoted to me.

In addition to the £6,883 there was also britsh import duty to pay @ 17.5 % (£1204) which brings the total for the monitors to

£ 8087

You will also notice from my pictures that the PC was also upgraded from the original spec and many extras added inc

All drives upgraded from 160 GB to 250 GB each, Extra Cooling, Upgraded sound card and speakers, A matrox quad output video card inc TV tuner, DV cables X 4, CD Writer, a 1000 Mbps switch and 5 network cards and cabling, wireless keyboard, high gloss black paint finish (PC, Keyboard and Mouse), various software and other bits and pieces.

So we have the basic 4 GHZ PC at

£5000
£2300 upgrades and extras
£8087 for the monitors

Total

£15,387

And I am not finished yet....
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Old 12-30-2003, 05:33 PM   #56
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hahahahahaha, owned!

lol, sorry 8)
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Old 12-30-2003, 05:36 PM   #57
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Awesome system Jabba - congrats
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Old 12-30-2003, 05:49 PM   #58
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i think out of that awesome list i could afford.............the mouse and keyboard,lol

again nice setup,i just showed my dad the spec coz he has just built up a PC and is iterested in all this stuff,and he was gobsmacked.the look on his face was priceless,lol nice one jabba
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Old 12-30-2003, 05:49 PM   #59
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Originally Posted by SDK2003
Awesome system Jabba - congrats
Thanks...PC World has got nothing like it !!
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Old 12-30-2003, 05:51 PM   #60
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Originally Posted by gis
i think out of that awesome list i could afford.............the mouse and keyboard,lol
The mouse and keyboard are very nice painted in black gloss and carry a unique build logo.
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