Packard Bell iextreme 6060

Last year was a very bad year for me and computers, I went through three bad computers before ending up with the Packard Bell 9100 ixtreme. This model has: Intel Pentium III 800MHz CPU 30 Gb UDMA 5400 Hard Drive nVidia GeForce 2NV11x2 AGP Graphics Card CR-Writer 8x4x32 CD-ROM DVD 12x A762 17-inch CRT Monitor Video RAM 32Mb SDRAM Sound Blaster Live 1024 Sound Card 128Mb RAM keyboard ActivBoard USB 3D ActivMouse USB Haupauge TV Card TV Out 4 USB Ports 2 at the rear and 2 at the front FireWire connection for Digital camcorders Windows ME The computer was bought from PC world, and as I said in my ... more

I bought a Packard Bell Iextreme in December of last year. The machine when I bought it was very well spec’d for the money (£1199). The spec is as follows: CPU Pentium III 1GHz Motherboard Saturn Memory 128 MB PC133 SDRAM Hard Drive 40 GB UDMA CD Drive Pioneer DVD-115 and 8x4x32 CDRW Floppy Drive 1.44MB 3.5" Drive – Monitor A725 Speakers Supplied with Monitor Video Card nVidia Geforce2 MX 32MB with TV out Sound Card Creative SoundBlaster Live Modem MR2800 56K V90 Data Fax TV Card Hauppauge WinTV PCI + MGI Pure Diva Software Firewire Askey SD10-D82 IEEE1394 Case Daytona Keyboard ... more

After a succession of 'built to order' and home built machines of varying reliability, we decided to buy one off the shelf. The main argument being that it would be factory assembled, with greater Quality control than the smaller 'build to order' companies could manage. After trailing round PC world, Comet, Dixon's etc, we finally settled on a n iXtreme with the following spec: Intel P4 2.5Ghz, 256Mb PC2100 ram, 80GB Maxtor Hard Disk, DVD, CDRW & Floppy drives small powered speakers (2) keyboard with cd & web buttons and a basic wheel mouse. and a 15" TFT screen. Good value at £739. Supplied ... more

Having previously owned a Tiny PC, i needed to upgrade to a PC which allowed more flexibility and power, and unfortunately anybody owning a Tiny will know they can be limited on their scope for upgrading due to the casing etc. Having checked out the available models on the market, the ones which really caught my eye was the new i range from Packard Bell. The iextreme is without doubt one of the best PC packages on the market at the moment, although it is quite expensive, it is a product which would be more geared towards the advanced computer users rather than for a first computer. Boasting ... more