Hi, i've just been given premission from the wife to buy myself a sam (providing I sell off some of my old stuff!)
Problem is im not sure which to get- should I get the sam460ex basic system
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=37_86&products_id=1040
and add a radeon 4650 graphics card along with 2gb of ram for a grand total of £841.96
OR...
Do I wait and buy an amigaone 500 with the radeon graphics card for £944.47
Also... the sam from amigakit says DVDRW and SATA 4-port card is an extra £34.99 so do I presume that this computer has a standard dvd drive or even none at all!!???
Please give me some advice...
Basic sysrem is 15% slower. For same performance as AmigaOne 500 sys you need to get the full SAM 460 board. All in one its almost the same board, and its recommended that anyway get the Radeon 9250 pci. Later on, when 3D Driver is done, you could get SATA PCI card and RadeonHD PCI-E
So, best buy (in terms of price) is this kind of system (offered by Acube)
Sam460ex - Lite
CPU CLOCK 1 Ghz
Case LC-Power 2039MB-MBS
512 MB DDR2
Radeon 9250 PCI - 128 MB
HD SATA2 Western Digital 500 GB
AmigaOS4.1 pre-installed
Price EUR 774,50 (937.15 EUR including VAT where applicable)
Other option is to go for AmigaOne 500 - you can always change to another case
