If your idea of a top-spec PC is a complete package, rather than just the PC itself, you should look seriously at this Time offering. Starting with a typical tower-cased PC based on a 1.1GHz Athlon processor and featuring 256MB of memory, a hefty 41GB hard drive and DVD and CD-RW drives, it also includes a GeForce2 Pro graphics adapter. While not as pacey as the Ultra card, this is still pretty quick and its lower price makes room for some of the other extras included here.

There's a 19-inch Samsung monitor, which give a clear, crisp picture, and a three-way speaker set from Labtec. What's more unusual, though, is the inclusion of an Epson Stylus Color 880 inkjet printer, a Mustek flat-bed scanner and various other bits. The printer is a mid-range device, rather than the rock-bottom models often bundled with PCs, and the scanner is a fair match for it.

On top of this are a force feedback steering wheel and foot pedals, a joystick and a handy Agfa CL18 digital camera, which doubles as a low resolution camera and a Web cam for video conferencing. Completing the package is a software bundle based around both SmartSuite and Works and including over 30 other titles. If you want a complete get up and go system, Time's 1200-7XL Professional is a very good choice.