What spec PC for around £600
04-03-2007, 08:06 PM
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What spec PC for around £600
Did ask on here a few months ago what i could get for around £600 but other things came along so didnt bother to get one , and seeing as things move sooo fast in the computer world thought i would get a fresh answer.
Looking to spend around £600 and i just want the computer , monitor , and keyboard.
DVD copier is a must. Not a big gamer so stuff for games not essential
and i also want windows vista included
cheers
Looking to spend around £600 and i just want the computer , monitor , and keyboard.
DVD copier is a must. Not a big gamer so stuff for games not essential
and i also want windows vista included
cheers
04-03-2007, 08:16 PM
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id have a look on www.dell.co.uk
can get a decent machine with what your after for less than £600 mate
can get a decent machine with what your after for less than £600 mate
04-03-2007, 08:28 PM
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Thing is i aint got a clue whats good or whats crap in the computer world
Im using a set up from 1998 , 450mhz processer , 8 gig Hard drive etc etc
not got a clue what im looking for to be honest
so advise me whats good at the mo
Im using a set up from 1998 , 450mhz processer , 8 gig Hard drive etc etc
not got a clue what im looking for to be honest
so advise me whats good at the mo
04-03-2007, 08:32 PM
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yeah dell is probably the best bet for a prebuilt computer, normally id always recommend someone who knows abit about pc's to build there own as then you can tailor it more to your needs and buy exactly what you want, plus save abit in the process but since you dont know anything then pre built is the only way to go, but there are good deals on the dell site so ill have a look through now
04-03-2007, 08:34 PM
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Depends what yo uwant it for really. Is it for general use, surfing, light video use (like the odd downloaded video clip and maybe a DVD or two) burning/ripping CD's, and MS Word etc, or is it for graphics intensive gaming, photoshop editing/graphic design, multimedia applications etc....?
Cos thats makles a big difference on the type of hardware you need fitting to it....
Put it into perspective - I bought an 18mth old Dell off ebay for £200. It's a 2.8 P4 CPU, and stock on board graphics and sound. I upped the soundcard to a digital one, and all I use it for is web, the odd MS Office thingymibob, burning/ripping CD's and DVD's, downloading media files (video, music etc) and very light mucking about in photoshop - it's is absolutely fine with all that Monitor, also Dell, 17" TFT - cost £75. Add to that a tenner for a basic keyboard and mouse, and thats abotu £300 for a full system
Cos thats makles a big difference on the type of hardware you need fitting to it....
Put it into perspective - I bought an 18mth old Dell off ebay for £200. It's a 2.8 P4 CPU, and stock on board graphics and sound. I upped the soundcard to a digital one, and all I use it for is web, the odd MS Office thingymibob, burning/ripping CD's and DVD's, downloading media files (video, music etc) and very light mucking about in photoshop - it's is absolutely fine with all that
Monitor, also Dell, 17" TFT - cost £75. Add to that a tenner for a basic keyboard and mouse, and thats abotu £300 for a full system
04-03-2007, 08:37 PM
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something like this will do you fine mate http://configure.euro.dell.com/dells...sftdppdesktop2
Its not top spec but it will seem like a rocket ship compared to what you have now
It wont be very good at playing games but you said you dont play games really, and it comes with a 20" monitor which is nice
Its not top spec but it will seem like a rocket ship compared to what you have now
It wont be very good at playing games but you said you dont play games really, and it comes with a 20" monitor which is nice
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04-03-2007, 08:41 PM
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Quick mock up on Dells site see's a DIMENSION E520 system, with Dual Core (2.8) Pentium 4 CPU's, 1gb of RAM, a 160gb HDD, 256mb nVidia graphics card, digital 7.1 soundcard, DVD writer drive, interal 13-in-1 memory card reader, preloaded with Windows Vista, 1yrs collect and return warrenty, 17" LCD TFT, sexy multimedia keyboard (I actually fancy one of these) and standard scroll optical mouse (no speakers) for £410 inc VAT and delivery
Hence why I listed mine 
Since they changed to flash, you don't get a custom URL for the specced system 
04-03-2007, 08:46 PM
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Thrush i didnt re-spec it, all i did was find something suitable and copy/paste the link, i was going to let him play about customizing it, but that one you found would be fine for him
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