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GlanzaV1.3

GlanzaV1.3

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Hi Guys,

Had my computer for over 7 years now, beginning to annoy me with the slow speed, its awful lol.

I have a Playstation 3 so if i need to play games i can use that, im not much of a PC Gamer anyway apart from Counter Strike lol

I do alot of Photography and Graphic design.

What and where would someone suggest buying from.

Thanks
 
Monkfish

Monkfish

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What's your budget and what is your monitor like?

I recently bought a new PC from Tesco's. It cost £450 for the base unit with keyboard and mouse, but no monitor. I know for the money I could have built better, but I couldn't be arsed with the setup or the wait.

It's an AMD X2 4400+ Dual Core (2.3Ghz, dual core means actual speed is double that ;)) with 2GB RAM and a 250GB HDD. It came packaged with Vista and a smattering of other programs too. I'm not sure if they still do them, but it's worth a look.

I recently bought a 1GB 8600GT nVidia card too (There's a topic about that) which has turned it into a fairly good games machine.

Have a look on www.eBuyer.com too, see if they do any package deals. If you're not sure about the spec, post a link up, I'll have a look.

:)

EDIT:- Forgot to say, the monitor I have is a 19" widescreen from Argos, cost £140. They do a 6 months interest free option too.
 
GlanzaV1.3

GlanzaV1.3

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Thank you for the reply Monkfish

i have built PC's in the past, but that was in college and its been a while!

I would just rather buy one than have to wait for parts.

well...budget... i could spend 500 - 1000... but i dont need to, looking to spend about 300 - 350.

Cheers
 
Greg0r

Greg0r

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id get one from ebay matey...

i got just my tower from there for £500 brand new... and its a beast

didnt come with a OP tho so had to buy vista myself and run it all through my HD tv

Might also be worth having alook at Dell as they are really competitive at the moment....
 
AdDaMan

AdDaMan

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you can buy my comp off me if you want.. pretty good spec with graphics card especially for graphic design.
 
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Lifer
I usually build my own computers but this time I found a bargain that was too good to pass up.

# AMD Athlon X2 5000+ Processor
# 2GB Memory
# 250GB Hard drive
# DVD-RW Optical Drive
# Gigabit Ethernet
# Vista Home Basic Operating System
# Monitor Not Included

http://www.microwarehouse.co.uk/catalogue/item/HPPC1194

It's a HP and microwarehouse are part of the DSG group (Dixons, PCWorld, etc, ugh) but the best bit was it cost me £233.83 inc VAT and I am currently awaiting my £50 cash back from HP. :) Even without cash back I think this is a good deal for a base unit. Not good for gaming though unless you upgrade graphics card, and then you might need a new PSU though so not so great deal if you are thinking of doing this.

http://www.pcwb.com/ - PCWorld business also have the same offer as it is the same company.

Hope this helps.
 
Greg0r

Greg0r

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pretty sure the mobo on that deal isnt anything special tho...

think 2gb its max ram and doesnt except pci-express? please correct if this is wrong..

but with £50 cashback thats like £180 so is still a bargain
 
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Lifer
Monkfish - Totally agree. :) I couldn't pass it up at that price and HP just approved my cashback today so it basically cost me just over £180. :)

Greg0r - Yep, the mobo ain't nothing special but you can't really expect that for the price. I don't think you would be able to build this spec with Windows Vista Basic for the same price but I may be wrong as I don't really follow component prices TBH.

You are right though - max RAM is 2gb. It does have PCI-Express x16 slot though! But the PSU is only 250 watt so you couldn't upgrade to a top end graphics card although it would probably take a mid range card from comments I have read on the forums. Worse case you could upgrade the PSU.

Full specs here - http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/uk/en/sm/WF06a/35123-968421-968421-968421-12999428-12999480.html
 
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