Channel 5 - The Gadget Show - 23/10/2006

[Lee H]

As some of you are aware, last night on the gadget show they had a little challenge for the presenter who had 500 pounds to get a system.

1 of them opted for an off the shelf system, while the other was built using components.

You can see the brief write-up of the section of the show HERE

On that link to the channel 5 website is all the information regarding parts used, build information and also what parts were used to build the system.

[kalniel]

Very nice

Shocking how much you have to drop to get below 500 quid though - small increases in budget really pay dividends around this range.

[vicar]

Always knew self build was best.

[unrealuniverse]

you are evidently very pleased with the performance of the parts provided by you and was also a bit of free advertising.

[dangel]

How much did you pay for that advert then Lee?

[Lee H]

Nothing was paid for that at all

I didn't even know about it till last night when I got an MSN message off someone saying put channel 5 on quick.

[dangel]

Nothing was paid for that at all

I didn't even know about it till last night when I got an MSN message off someone saying put channel 5 on quick.

I was quite taken aback when I saw it - I record TGS because it's so full of rubbish normally but when they picked a DECENT supplier (my fave!) I nearly choked on my kebab Shame the rest of the program was dross as per usual.. Thank god for Sky+ and 16X FF!

[kempez]

Nice to see a decent Parts supplier kick a pre-builts systems arse tbh. Good work lads (you couldn't have paid for better advertising btw)

[pands@scan]

If only john barnes presented that show...it would have been a dream come true

[chuckskull]

Does this mean Scan will now soft focus'd with 80's music playing in the backgroud?

[jackofalltrades]

did he not buy any speakers? :s

[kempez]

did he not buy any speakers? :s

The monitor had some

[nightshift]

I didn't realise the graphics card was responsible for stuff like applying filters in photoshop and encoding movies.

[Acidmax]

I was watching last night aswell and i thought "hey that's scans listing!". Not bad, nice promo for scan too!

I still think it's a bit over the top to say straight out "building from scratch is far better" because it all depends on what the buyer wants really!

[dangel]

I agree - if someone asks me for a cheap PC to surf/email with then TBH a dell system on offer is hard to resist..

[pepsi_max2k]

have to say, shocking the way he handled that ram (and most the other parts) still, i once put together a 386 system on the sitting room rug. as in carpet. as in static hell. still worked fine